How do I stop wireless disconnecting when my macbook pro goes to sleep?

When my mac goes to standby I have to re enter password for the wireless. The problem with this is that it is a difficult password to get right so I end up having to restart my computer everytime. Any ideas?

Why don't you just save the password?
there's a option to remember the network and the password and connect automatically to it. I think everyone use it that way.

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These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
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