Not auto detecting wifi out of clamshell mode

I have a MacBook Air and when opening my laptop out of clamshell mode my wifi will not auto detect the closest connection point. The current work around is to right click and select the appropriate connection. While this is ok, I would really like the auto detect to work properly.
I do have the automatic find selected in Network Preferences.
Looking for any solutions.
Thanks.

noelani72 wrote:
I'd be curious to go buy an old Linksys WRT54G Wifi Router and see how the iPads work on it....but my lord, I have already spent so much time on this issue as it is.
Message was edited by: noelani72
Unless you get that WRT54G for free or next to free, pass on it and pick up an old apple WAP off eBay or similar site. Like you my iPad has a connectivity problem with the WRVS4400N running iOS 4.2.1, where it didn't have trouble with iOS 3.2.2 and ran fine for five months.
My solution at the office was to spur a second router off my DSL router just for the iPad. The first was a WRT54G that had to be set to only one 802.11 protocol to keep the iPad reliably connected, but swapped it out for an old airport extreme that I kept on after testing it to be good. With a home network like you describe, I would run a subnet off the WRVS4400N just for iPad using an apple WAP (the configuration app for Windows is easy to use).
Good luck.

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