Mac Mini doesn't connect to wireless until after logging in

I'm having an issue with my Mac Mini in that I am unable to connect to it via Screen Sharing in Leopard until after I have logged on to the machine physically (from the login splash screen).
I believe it has to do with it not connecting to my wireless network until I log on, it does not respond to ping or anything else until I log on, which seems to indicate that it doesn't connect to the wireless network until after/during log on.
Am I the only one having this problem or is there a way to make it connect to my wireless network even though nobody is logged in?

I'm not aware of a way to do what you are looking for, but I'm far from being an expert! It might be better to look for specialist MacOS help from user in the discussion area at http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1222

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