Wifi at home won't connect?

I'm sure this has probably came up before because I've been searching all over the web and seen many people asking, but still can't find an answer.
But the problem is that my ipod touch won't connect to my house's wifi. I get strong signal and I get an IP address and all that stuff, but I can't get on safari and other internet apps. My PSP and Xbox live connects over the wifi just fine, but my ipod touch won't.
I was able to briefly get on my neighbors wifi and it worked fine, but the signal was too weak and far away to be useful. So I was wondering if anyone knows what could be the problem, and how to fix it. I've tried the apple troubleshooting but nothing worked.
And I don't know a thing about computers, so please try to limit the confusing words. Thanks in advance.
32gb 3rd gen ipod touch. Just got it last week.

Do you know anything about your wi-fi network? It would help if you could tell us a few things:
1- Does it require a password to get connected? Since your other devices connect, do you remember if you had to enter a password? If so, the password is case-sensitive and you'll have to enter it exactly as your router expects.
2- If you've entered a password and still can't connect, do you know what type of security encryption is being used for your network? (typically WEP, WPA, or WPA2). If you're using WEP, for some reason the Touch has a hard time with that and people have better luck with WPA or WPA2 encryption (those are more secure anyway).
3- All network devices have a unique "MAC address". Your router could be set up to only allow devices whose address has been entered into the router's MAC address table. If that's the case, you'll need to enter your Touch's MAC address (go to Setings/ About/ Wi-Fi address) into the router's table. However, not all networks are set up with MAC adress filtering.
4- What make and model of router does your network use? Perhaps users here will have specific advice for you.

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If any of the above solutions work, please post back what solved your problem. It will help others with the same problem.
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The problem is, my neighbor came to me after his older Dell Inspiron laptop finally went belly-up and he was forced to buy a new laptop. He loves my Macs and begged me to take him down to the Apple store and help him buy a Mac laptop. He ended up with a white MacBook with most hardware he could get. I told him the transition was going to be a bit frustrating at first but he would eventually get the hang of it. "Will I be able to connect to my in-house Wifi network?" "Of course," was my answer. We have so much WiFi in the neighborhood that I have held off installing my Airport Extreme and setting up WiFi in my own home.
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