My macbook pro takes 5-10 seconds to connect to my wifi

when I gear up my computer or when I click on my safari, it takes 5-10 seconds to hook up to my wifi
anybody have any ideas why

Can't vouch for your setup, unknown to me, but I see my MBP take about 3-5 seconds to renegotiate its association to my home's encrypted Wi-Fi ADSL router, whereas the unencrypted base station at work completes the process much faster. I have Personal WPA2 encryption with a 128bit key and this has a direct bearing on the process.
Since the neighbor had the vice of hooking up to my router prior to my enabling heavy duty protection, the time the Mac takes to reconnect is a necessary and unavoidable evil.

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