Cannot automatically connect to my Netgear Router

Hi,
When I turn on my Mac Book Air (2011) it will not automatically connect to my Netgear WNDR3400 on either the 2.4ghz or 5ghz bandwidth. When I over at a friends house I able to connect automatically to a linksys or cisco router. Do you know what the issue could be? Thank you.
David

Someone from the Netgear forum solved my issue. My mac air was trying to use WPA instead of WPA2. Once I removed the saved network and added it back it works great.
David

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