Time Machine, Wi-Fi and Waking from Sleep

I've got a 2009 MacBook Pro and a Time Capsule.  If I close the computer to put it to sleep, when I open it up again, the computer (1) will try to back-up for the first minute, but can't because (2) the computer can't connect to my Wi-Fi. 
In order to get online, I have to cancel the back-up (which takes about a minute), then turn off the Wi-Fi, then turn it back on again. 
This is every time!  Come on, Apple, 10.7 has been a little embarrasing...

I have the same problem, reported in https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3333935. Our white MacBook running 10.5.8 does not do this.
For now I've just turned off automatic backups (yes, defeating the purpose of automatic backups...), and do one manually every couple days. That's a lot less annoying than checking to see if I have to stop an automated backup before allowing it to sleep, especially since it may go to sleep automatically when I'm not around if I've left the MBA open.

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