Wi-Fi won't work when mac restarted after connecting Samsung Galaxy s3 via USB

I've been having this problem for a few months now, and it's stopping me from syncing my Samsung Galaxy s3 (I changed from iPhone and expect responses telling me to go back, but that's not helpful right now).
1.) I have Wi-Fi connection working fine on my mac,
2.) Connect Galaxy s3 to sync it with Kies,  - WIFI working fine on mac still however notice Samsung modem connection appears in my network connections on mac.
3.) Remove Galaxy s3 and at some point in the next few days reboot my mac.
4.) Wifi is automatically switched off, when turned on, can't find any networks. Forcing me to go to network connections, make the wifi service in-active and then click apply, then remove the service all-together and click apply. Then reboot my mac and create a new wi-fi connection into my network connections to finally get wi-fi to work again. Wi-Fi automatically connects back to my wifi network.
I'm sick of doing this every time I connect my phone. Mountain Lion 10.8.2, MacBook (alluminium unibody) 8gb ram, 2.4 ghz core2Duo.
Any ideas how to prevent the samsung creating it's own modem in my network connections?
Anyone with similar set up experiencing the same problem?
Thanks
Matt

Try accessing the router through your favorite Web Browser and enabling Wi-Fi through there. The Wi-FI should be enabled by default on this router.
Web Admin: http://192.168.1.1/
The default login should be one of the following:
admin/password
admin/password1
admin/admin
admin/admin1
admin/verizon
admin/verizon1
If the username and password is admin/password, the modem will ask you to change at least the password to something else. Once in, you should be able to check the Wi-Fi settings and network name. Finally, once you've saved the settings, take a backup of the modem's configuration file if possible, and then reboot the modem to ensure the settings stick.
As a note, I strongly suggest using WPA2-PSK AES Encryption as the only form of encryption. Mixed mode or WEP can cause issues, especially with Apple Devices, and presents a security risk to the network. Also as a note, make sure SSID Broadcasting is enabled for the ActionTec. Otherwise, you won't see the name by simply scanning for it, and will have to manually enter in the name of the network.
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