2009 Macbook will not connect to internet, or drops the connection the quickly.

My 2009 Macbook has suddenly decided that it either cannot make a connection to anything, or when it finally does connect, it almost immediately drops the connection.  This is irregardless of which web browser I'm using, as it does it for all different browsers.  Other devices are connecting wirelessly just fine.
Thank you for your help.

I have fixed it, had to format and re-install, annoying, but at least it works now.

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