Airport: Not Configure

Can someone explain this problem?
First of all the airport works just fine thanks. Even though the menu icon shows an empty wedge, and clicking on it says "Air: Not Configured" I can perform a software update, receive and send mail, and browse the web.
However, I have to reset every re-boot. This means that I have to select the airport, and choose a network name. The result is that after a re-started (say after a power failure) the Time Machine backup to Time Capsule will not restarted and so on.
Any solutions?
I found a similar question but I only have an Automatic location.

I found that I had to delete the Airport and reconfigure it. Once started it has been working fine. i found the suggestion by googling the web.

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