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I just started using Linux and as such do not have a proper knowledge of how to use the command line and all of those sorts of things, so please try to bear with me :).

I have been able to connect to my house WiFi since I first started using this computer, but for some reason after a restart, i could no longer connect to WiFi as when I am asked for a password I can only enter one which is either 5 or 14 characters long.

I looked up a number of guides on the subject, this seeming to fit the description perfectly:

Wifi only accepts passwords of 5 or 13 characters

I have tried since then changing my wireless setting for my network back to WPA, which it allows me to do. However when I try to connect to the internet, it gets stuck in the same place, and if I try to view it under my wireless connections, my computer will for some reason have created a new log of this network.

By this I mean, I will have changed the settings to WPA on "My-WiFi", and when it tries to connect it will create a new WEP connection called "My-WiFi 1".

Tried a few fixes but none have worked :/.

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Please Update with Wireless Router model and any pertinent info regarding that device. For now, I'm assuming Your wifi router can in fact provide other forms of encryption.

The first thing we should know is what your device is named:

$sudo iwconfig

it gives similar output to ifconfig. What we care about is the device name. lets pretend it is wlan0. next, do $sudo iwlist wlan0 auth

alternatively, do 

$sudo iw list

this will tell you what authentication protocols your wlan0 device supports. If there is something besides WEP available, Please tell us your preferred Authentication method, out of which your device supports. I will update my answer accordingly.

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