AutoConnect to my Wireless Network

[slu]

I am a newbie who just got an iMac on Monday.

I am having trouble and I searched the forums and played around and cannot figure it out, so forgive me if this is a dumb question.

Anyway, I got my iMac all setup on my existing wireless network, but everytime the machine goes into sleep it disconnects from the network and I have to click the icon in the menu bar and reconnect. This is driving me crazy and I need help!

Thanks in Advance!

[7on]

Give a little time it should reconnect. You can open Network preferences and move the Airport connection up in front of other connections. OSX checks them in order. I have my machine set up so that Ethernet, Airport, Modem are all under different locations so I can just change the location under the Apple menu. It's really helpful.

[wwooden]

Go into system prefs, in the network prefs select "airport" under show. Now that you are in the airport preferences, there is an option under "by default, join" to "connect to a specific network". Just select your network name and you're all set. Hope that solves the problem. :)