How do i force Snow Leopard to remember my network?

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As above really, i'm having problems since upgrading to Snow Leopard with my macbook after i open the screen back up basically from sleep. I have the airport extreme base station which can use both 2.4ghz or 5ghz band, i'm wanting to use my macbook on the 5ghz band because it supports it and i get all my other wireless gadgets to use the 2.4ghz. So i'm having to select the 5ghz band everytime i reconnect.

Anyone have any ideas as to why this is happening and what can i do to resolve this. I have tried deleting certain settings in both system preferences > network & the settings in airport utility.

Thanks in advance av8
 
Yup i certainly have made it the default for my macbook, in the preferred networks section of system preferences. I've messed around with some different settings too, then deleted others to try to make them work. Even returned to default settings and started again.
I believe that Apple are releasing a new update, and one part of that update is to do with networking etc. Hope that helps.
 
Ok i've done a re-install of snow leopard and this is still happening, after opening the screen the macbook still connects to the 2.4ghz network instead of the 5ghz band that i want. Does anyone else have anymore idea's please?
Thanks
 
Can the 2.4GHz and 5GHz "networks" be given different passwords? If the computer wasn't aware of the password for the 2.4GHz network then it obviously couldn't connect to it, automatic or otherwise.
 
My mini keeps connecting to my neighbour's wireless since the update. I only noticed when I spotted a shared library in itunes!
 
It seems that it picks up 2.4Ghz signals before the 5Ghz ones so nothing really you can do unless you make a script to change it to the 5Ghz or change the 2.4Ghz PW...
 
Surely thats a power saving issue?

The mac will be using the 2.4 frequency because it has no need no use 5 unless you are quite far away?

Will having the macbook on 5 and everything else on 2.4 really give that much of a performance improvement?
 
I just never connected my MBP to my 2.4GHz network and hence it never tries. They have the same password but different SSIDs.
 
Still struggling with this issue, even after a re-install of SL. :(
I've also tried resetting the airport extreme, can't understand why it was fine with Leopard.
 
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