Have to reconnect to airport when switching users

Recently I set up my HP printer to print via wireless rather than USB connection.
Ever since then, if users are switched, or if the computer is waking for sleep, I have to reselect my airport network from the menu.
Under "Network" system preferences, under "Network Port Configurations," Airport is at the top of the list and is the only connection with a checkmark.
In the same preference pane, under "Airport", I have the following 2 options selected:
--Automatically join an open network
--Remember any network this computer has joined
Any ideas how to fix this? Basically just an annoyance at this point--it's not like it drops while you are using it.
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Similar issue here - just tried it and i went into the PPPoE options and in there I had " Disconnect when user logs out" and "Disconnect when switching user accounts" checked - Unchecked both of those - hit apply and so far looks good.

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