IPod Touch & Wifi Being A Pain

Hello,
I am having terrible problems getting the Wifi to work on my IPod Touch. Is there some secret or routers that don't work well with the Touch.
Apple has made this much more difficult than it needs to be!
I want to use bluetooth with some headphones and to spend all weekend off and on is rediculous.
Hobbydad

Overall, iPod networking is as simple as you want it to be. You can connect to any b/g wireless network that either has no encryption or uses WPA-psk, WPA2-psk, and WEP (although some restrictions do apply with WEP). Routers older that 2-3 years maybe problematic unless their firmware is upgraded.
This article will help you: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1398
As to bluetooth, the touch will only work with headsets designed for music only.
You might want to read through the manual for both of these. http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPod_touch_3.1_UserGuide.pdf

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First off -- thank you all for replying and providing your insight, stories, and findings with your own iPod Touch, MAC, and iPhone WiFi fun...
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Just to be clear, as others have mentioned -- this is not a feature and we should not have to tolerate it. This iPod, like the other one and yours too, once worked flawlessly and then continued to degrade to a point of not functioning according the 802.11g ieee standard. Something that has been in development for over 10 years and has been an adopted standard in consumer electronics for more than 7 years -- an eternity in this industry.
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