IBook not connecting to Airport

Hi I have an iBook 13' I am very happy with it, but I have always been afflicted by a problem, every time my iBook goes to sleep, it loses the ability to connect to my Airport.
When i wake or start it, it show a list of wifi connections, all my neighbours, but not mine, at that point I have to manually connect it.
Any ideas on why?
Thanx

in system preferences > network > airport > network name
move the name of your network to the top of the list,
might help?

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