MBP freezes when connected to internet

Hi all,
My 2011 MBP has continually frozen when connected to the internet for going on 5 months now. Bizarrely, it is the only computer in the house that is affected, and it is only on this network that the problem occurs. When connected to other networks, the laptop functions as normal.
With regard to the freeze, I can still move the cursor around the screen (although it becomes a beachball), however any programs I have open become unresponsive and I am unable to open any new ones. This includes Finder. Further, I am unable to login when connected to my home network, instead stuck on the user login window (the part with the blue bar after I've logged in).
I'm somewhat reluctant to reimage it, and so any other ideas would be most welcome. Thanks in advance.

Just to update this thread with what I've posted elsewhere:
On my machine this problem only happens if the computer has been put to sleep before being connected to a projector. That is, put to sleep after being booted but before connection to the computer. It can be connected after booting without sleep. Once it has been successfully connected to a projector, it can be disconnected, put to sleep, awakened and reconnected with no problem.
I think that this "first sleep after boot" issue is what makes the occurrence of this problem so variable.
Some people just leave their computer on for long periods, only putting it to sleep when not using it. If they connected to a projector before putting it to sleep the first time they wouldn't see this problem.
Jim

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On my machine this problem only happens if the computer has been put to sleep before being connected to a projector. That is, put to sleep after being booted but before connection to the computer. It can be connected after booting without sleep. Once it has been successfully connected to a projector, it can be disconnected, put to sleep, awakened and reconnected with no problem.
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