Airport not "auto" connecting...

When I start my G4 it no longer connects automatically to my network. I have to go to the grayed out airport icon and select my network, then it makes the connection. My imac on same network logs on automatically when I boot up!
Airport Extreme Basestation
airport equiped G4 APG
iMac G5 iSight

Hi.
I just typed this in another post but it might be beneficial here.
I looked over in the Airport Discussion area and found this post, take a look:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=362234&tstart=0
Regards,
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