Losing home wireless connection intermittently

Every so often, I have to re-enter the key code for our home wireless router into the iPod Touch (64gb). Most of the time I don't, and the Touch works like you'd expect - immediately connecting to Safari, local weather, everything internet-wise.
Unfortunately, for the past few weeks there have been a couple of occasions where the Touch apparently has forgotten the key code as nothing connects. In fact an entry screen pops up saying 'wrong password' or something to that effect, and asks for the password to our home router (which it specifically and correctly names). However, passwords don't work, but re-entering the key code gets it working again.
This has been a pain as the code is about 24 alpha-numeric characters long. I have to look them up in a safekeeping spot which is a bit of a hassle.
Does anyone know why the iPod Touch would be losing this information only on occasion?
Thanks in advance

To check on or change things on a router is actually done through a browser - you can use your Mac or your son's PC, doesn't matter. If you type in http://192.168.1.1 in the browser window, you will open the router control software. If you haven't set a password (which you should do) you can get into the router control software and make changes to suit your network. You will probably want to review the router documentation before you do this or view the manual online.
Here's some router terms defined:
SSID is your network name. You can choose to broadcast it or not. For troubleshooting I would broadcast it.
WEP is an encryption format for wireless networking. It is dated, doesn't work well with the touch, and is best replaced with WPA2-psk.
MAC address filtering is a security scheme that limits connections to devices you select, each of which as an unique MAC address. Leave it turned off.
DHCP is a routine that assigns IP addresses to devices on the network. This works for wired and wireless devices.
When you are looking down through all of this stuff, note the firmware version the router is using. Check the Linksys website for newer versions of the firmware. Do download and install them - that alone may correct your problems.
Take your time learning some of this and let me know when you are ready for more.

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