Cannot connect to my home wifi

Hi:
My ipod touch has been in storage for a couple of months while I moved from London to northwest Spain. I connected it to my Mac yesterday and iTunes did a pretty extensive update but since then I'm unable to connect to the internet / email. Let me explain that as best I can; the network shows on the iPod and requests my alpha-numeric password which it accepts and appears to be connected BUT no web pages will load and I cannot send or receive emails. My mac and laptop work fine, it's just my iPod touch that isn't playing fair! Today I tried it with a local, free wifi and it works fine but doesn't work with my network. I tried all the reset buttons even completely resetting it and losing lots of music unique to it, all to no avail. The router is not set up with individual passwords for my mac, laptop etc., so I'm not sure what to try next... Any ideas?

I am not familiar with your router but there are two things to look at - router firmware and encryption protocol used.
If the manufacturer has a website, you can visit the website and look for firmware upgrades. These are free and the installation instructions will be on the website. You should get the manual while you are at it.
To change the encryption from WEP or to get information about what hex code is present for Key 1, you will need to log into the router control panel. You will need to do this from a computer connected to that router on your network. Open a browser and type http://192.168.1.1 into the address bar (note: some routers may use 192.168.2.1). You should be greeted with a simple screen asking for User & Password. You will need that information to proceed or, if it has never been setup, Enter may get you in.
Thing you want to look for once you are in are:
SSID - this broadcasts your network name and should be left on. You can name your network anything you want.
MAC address filtering - make sure this is off
DHCP - on. This automatically assigns the IP number (and is why you are updating the firmware)
Encryption - on and set to WPA-psk or WPA2-psk. You will have to change your other computers if you switch to this. There are two advantages - far more secure than WEP and easier to implement as the password can be any length (8 characters will be nearly bullet proof). If you have to stay with WEP, copy down the hex number in the Key 1 field and use that in place of a password.
Keep us posted on how you are doing.

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