Yea, the router is not the troubling factor, it's something to do with the iPod Touch itself. Listen to this, I realized by trial and error that if the Wi-Fi connection doesn't require a password, the Wi-Fi on my iPod works perfectly; however, when I have to input a password to grant me access to a network, that's when the problem arises. So ColeShep, I think you are having the same problem, because your iPod didn't have issues browsing the Internet on Wi-Fi networks that don't require password such as Apple's or McDonald's, but when you go home things get messed up, because I'm assuming your Wi-Fi requires a password. Do me a favor if you can, remove the password on your Wi-Fi for a few minutes and try to connect again to see if the problem gets fixed. As for me, I returned the iPod Touch the next day I bought it, and will buy one again when I'm certain this problem has been addressed and solved.
Here is the problem that I was having with my iPod Touch 5th Generation in more depth so people can undestand better and maybe even relate to this:
- After setting up the Wi-Fi network at home with my iPod Touch for the first time, I realized that it wasn't working at all, so I just turned off the Wi-Fi, waited a few seconds and turned it back on. Then I opened Safari and it worked when I loaded the first website.
- Then I opened a new page and loaded a second website successfully, so I closed this page and went back to the first one where I had opened my FIRST website. I tried loading a third website, only this time it never loaded.
- I closed Safari and opened the App Store to check if the problem was only with Safari but no, the App Store wasn't working either, nor was anything that required an Internet connection.
- I went to settings and turned off the Wi-Fi, waited a few seconds again, turned it on, opened Safari and after loading a few websites the same thing happened again.
- So the only way I could solve this was by turning my Wi-Fi off and on EVERY SINGLE TIME the connection was lost.
- Then I decided that maybe it was my router that had some kind of problem, and went to my university, which has two kinds of Wi-Fi connections: One that requires a password and one that doesn't. I first connected to the one WITHOUT requiring a password, and to my surprise, the Wi-Fi on my iPod Touch WORKED PERFECTLY; I could open any application that required an Internet connection without an issue and could load any website that I wanted, and I browsed Safari for at least 15 minutes to make sure it was really working.
- So then I switched to the Wi-Fi network that REQUIRED a password, and it didn't work, just like my Wi-Fi network at home, which also requires a password.....I'm almost certain that this is where the problem is.
THOUGHTS!
