Airport Express Security.

Can anyone help? I have put a password on my wireless network , this was all done in the airport admin utility section. This is a WPA2 Personal, change my base staion name, and airport name, then reset my airport. My airport status in menu bar shows that it works, and hey presto it works. I come to swith my Mac on the next day and no internet connection. I go to airport status in menu bar again and pick the network that I set up, still no internet. So I choose other network, put, which still doesnt let me connect. i can this time go back to the network I sent up, again this asks me for my passwod which I put in, and again I can go on the internet. This will happen everytime I turn my Mac on. Yet it only asked me once when using my ibook and this works everytime no problem. If I reset my airport base staion, to original settings, it works fine. I hope someone can make sence of all this. Many thanks.

Try the following, in order...
Delete Preferred Network(s)
- System Preferences > Network > AirPort > Configure
- In the "By default, join:" pull-down menu, select "Preferred networks"
- Delete the network(s) you regularly use from the list
Delete AirPort Keychain Entries
- Launch the "Keychain Access" application located in Applications/Utilties.
- Click on the "Kind" filter at the top, and look for any "AirPort network password" entries...and delete them.
- Restart, or log out then back in.
Add Preferred Network(s)
- System Preferences > Network > AirPort > Configure
- In the "By default, join:" pull-down menu, select "Preferred networks"
- Add the preferred network(s) using the "+" button.
- Restart or log out then back in.

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