How to force OSX to connect to a specific Access Point i.e. manually choosing beetween different APs with the same SSID?

My office room is near different APs with the same SSID, my Snow Leopard selects automatically to join the AP with stronger signal.
But this AP isn't running well, so I want to force my mac to join a AP with weaker signal.
(I've the same troubel as described in https://discussions.apple.com/message/6470508#6470508)
Note that I'm a guest user and I hanen't access to APs, so I cannot change their SSID.
Any idea how to force Mac to join a specific AP?
Thanks,
adso

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