Using Automator to open a program with a delay after a programmed restart

Hi to all! With my old PowerPc I used to start unattended sessions of my Newsreader (Unison) overnight simply putting Unison in my Login elements window, and programming a restart at a fixed hour. Unfortunately, with my very fast new iMac this doesn't work: Unison opens too fast after the programmed restart, before a network connection has been established, and Unison is unable to see the NewsServer online when it starts (error "nodelist not found", typical of a not yet established Internet connection). Note that I downgrade to Unison 1.8.x to do this, as the Unison 2.x program cannot be closed with a session running to resume it after start: it simply defaults to "Pause transfers" after quitting, and need a clic on "Resume" after reopening.
Obviously, what I need is to introduce a "wait (say) 2 minutes before the opening of Unison", or anything that can check the Internet connection before Unison starts. May anyone instruct me to do this with Automator and/or AppleScript?
In fact, I tried to generate a workflow in Automator, with a Pause after the start of the process, then the instruction to open Unison. I put the saved workflow in my Login elements, but it didn't work on my iMac 27, i7Core, Snow Leopard installed. I added an "execute workflow" at beginning of the process, but the Pause command gives always an error and the process stops before Unison' opening.
Any suggestion or help in writing an Automator or AppleScript workflow/script to be put among the startup items?
Thanks a lot!

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