Why won't my Mac automatically connect to my preferred network?

My router at home is one of my preferred networks but it won't connect automatically.  I always have to go up to the wifi menu and connect to Home manually.  Why won't it connect automatically?

Try to drag the network to the top in the order of networks.
System Preferences > Network > Advanced > Wi-Fi
To delete the network,  select it and click "-" minus button underneath.

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