None of your preferred wireless networks available but they are.

I have a brand new MacbookPro with retina display and Ive had it for about a month now.... reciently every time i start up my computer i get a message that none of my prefered wireless networks are available and it gives me a list of networks. I can clearly see my network listed even though I got this message. Ive tried everything from deleting the prefered wireless networks and reconnecting to them to changing my router ssid and security settings. I'm kinda fed up with this at the moment especially since this is the third or fourth time I've had to search this forum for a problem with this computer.

No... It only happens when i log on initialy and if i leave the window long enough it eventually connects after a minute or two... it knows the network and it has the password saved. This is completely different than the behavior it displayed when i first got the computer even though my settings havent changed. The window is just an extra annoyance which causes connecting to the network to take a minute or two. This is disapointing considering macs are praised for their rapid DHCP.

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