It may have physical switch or a keystroke sequence. As it is brand new it will be in the manual. (The manual may be soft copy rather than paper.)
T
August 2009
Try Settings - Control Panel - Network Connections and right click on the Wireless Icon - select View Available Wireless Networks (you may see several) connect to your own.
It works for me - Good luck...
Peccavi
August 2009
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