G4 mini won't find network at startup

I don't know when this started happening, but it was recently. If I restart my G4 mac mini, I have to manually click the airport icon in the menu bar and choose my network. My mac own't remember it. I have it Network Prefs set to preferred, and my network is the only one listed. I have the exact network settings set up for my iMac core 2 duo, and it can find my network at startup no problem.
If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate them.
Thanks,
Bryan

Furi0us.Bee-
You could try creating a new airport connection in Network Preferences and then delete the old one.
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