Why doesn't my Macbook detect network after sleep?

Clear the network out and re-setup it.

Otherwise, I've run into this issue before, what brand of router are you using? And does it happen with other networks apart from this one?

Related: Why doesn't Airport reconnect after sleep or shutdown?


Apple claims to have addressed this issue with the OS X 10.7.3 update which, amongst other things, has a fix to:

Resolve a Wi-Fi connection issue when waking from sleep

Ars Technica reports that some people have had problems with the update but they are resolved by reinstalling using the Combo Updater.