MBP won't stick to access point priority setting

We have a recent MBP running 10.6.8. It will not stick to the access point priority established in the Advanced tab of Networking.
Background:
Wireless router had to be in a back room where another laptop has to connect; when the front room signal proved too weak I ran a cable to the front room, placed a switch at the end, and connected an Engenius access point to that be short cable. It is set in access point mode sending a clear SSID that is different than the distant router. The MBP can almost always see both access points but with very different signal strengths. There seems to be no pattern, but too often the MBP in the front room will connect to the back room router. I believe it has been found to have CHANGED acces points within one session.
I believe "Bridge Mode" was available for the front room Engenius device, but the literature and web site of the manufacturer seemed to urge me in the Access Point direction. I think of this as one big network rather than two separate entities that must be "bridged". In the front room there are either one or two laptops. One in Windows7 and that can be easily switched to what is its *second* priority. When my wife wants to force her MBP to the stronger signal it seems to knock out wireless connection altogether and she sometimes has to restart!
The Engenius is a 2.4 GigaHertz device.
The IP addresses have been resolved as best I know how to do this, and the subnet is the same. When the front room MBP is "on" the stronger signal the network offers good performance.
Please let me know if I need to provide more details like IP addresses.
jonathan

MAJOR UPDATING: IT WORKS FROM THE RECOVERY DISK!
I tried to reboot and get to the recovery disk and TA-DAH! it connects to my router wifi normally.
Still can't connect when booting the normal OS.

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