Displaying multiple available wifi networks - a workaround

Hi...Having this trouble on a MB and MBP after upgrading to 10.5
The wifi icon menu displays ONLY the network you're connected to, not all available networks. They also don't appear in the Network Preferences / Network Name dropdown menu. I'm on tech support with Apple. It's a known issue but no fix yet.
This may not be a problem for you when there's only one available wifi network, or if you're already connected to your preferred network and don't care about the others but this bug will bite you if you want to change to a different available wifi network.
If you get bit here's a work-around (with thanks to Peter Nelson4 for suggesting it as part of a fix for an unrelated issue elsewhere in this forum):
Open Network Preferences... (from the wifi icon in the menu bar)
Assist me
Diagnostics
Yes, Continue
Select your location and Continue
Airport, and Continue
NOW you see all the available networks. Yippee!!!
Choose the one you want, and Continue
It may ask a few more questions but I was able to quit and everything seems OK.

Try the following:
- A reset. Nothing is lost
Reset iPod touch: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears
- Reset network settigns: Settings>General>Reset>Reset Network Settings
- Restore from backup
- Restore to factory settings/new iPod.
If you still have the problem that indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order

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