Connecting iphone to Wi Fi network

Hi,
Hope someone can help:
I am trying to get my iphone to connect to the internet via my wifi connection at home. I can connect to the internet 'normally' on my phone - ie through my mobile service provider, but obviously for bigger files etc I need to connect via wifi.
My phone will pick up my home signal, so I then choose it, put in the password but it says "unable to connect". I have tried it about 10 times to no avail. I have re-booted both phone & router, but it won't work.
I have read on here that people have had to update their 'firmware' on their router....not sure what that means, or how to do it. Do I have to tell my router to let my iphone connect to it?
Please help, its driving me mad!!!

When I first got my iPhone, I could not connect to my home wi-fi and was convinced that I had entered all the details correctly, until I checked my router name and realised that Netgear needed to be NETGEAR.
After that no further problems.
It may be worth checking if your router name is correct and whether it should be lowercase or uppercase.

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