IPhone refuses to join my network

My iPone won't join my home network. It'll join any other open network I throw at it, except mine. I tried renewing the lease, turning Wi-Fi off and on and power cycling the phone. I thought this was a router issue, but my friend's G3 iBook joins my home network no problem.

http://www.apple.com/uk/support/iphone/wifi/
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Thanks for your response!
IP: 192.168.1.100 (DHCP-assigned)
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
DNS: 66.218.44.5, 66.218.44.90 (the DNS's of my ISP)
Router's (local) IP address is 192.168.1.1
Router's internet-facing address is the one assigned by my ISP via their DHCP
All looks right to me.
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I am able to connect to my home wifi without any problems and my work wifi, and possibly others.
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