Can ibook with built in airport detect a private wpa secure network?

I have an ibook g4 with built-in airport. My home supports a d-link wirless router on private broadcast and wpa-psk security. The ibook has no problems linking to the router and the network but when the ibook goes to sleep or is shut down, it drops the connection. When I awaken the ibook or turn the ibook back on, I have to enter the SSID and the password every time. Is this normal for airport?
If not, what would be the problem?
My airport is set to join prefered networks by default and the only prefered network listed is the private network on the d-link router.
I also have a wirless laptop PC and it is able to pick-up and join the network without prompting though it sometimes has a hard time obtaining an IP address.
Any advice would be appreciated.

This started to happen to me just recently as well. The iBook was having no problem maintaining the connection with the wireless network. Over the past few days, the connection drops whenever the iBook sleeps or I restart. I have to reenter all the information.
I don't recall any sort of updates being installed, but it's very confusing.
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