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Old April 27th, 2009, 08:45 PM
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Try to open System Preferences->Network and at the top of the pane use the drop down to select a New Location (calling it Home or whatever you want) and then connect to the wireless. I personally found that the Automatic Location is not up to snuff and selecting a new Location helps a lot.
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