please help!...on the verge of a nervous breakdown!

[nessi]

I have recently purchased a sony vaio laptop with vista. I have gone through the step by step intructions to connect to the internet. It says that it is connected but when i open IE it cannot display the page because i am 'not connected to the internet'. I am able to open web pages using a cable but not wirelessly. I have trawled through all the help books and sites but not found anything which has solved the problem. Can anybody please help me?

[Prescott]

I presume that you do have a router ?

[nessi]

yes and iv had no problem connecting using my older laptop which is xp

[Aji]

Have you physically turned the wireless connection on ? On a laptop, it is usually something like pressing the Fn key as well as (for example) F2 ... or there may be a little button on the side or front of the laptop to switch it on. In the manual, this may be indexed under *radio* rather than *wireless connection*.

[Ethel]

Is this a new router?

If it is an old one you had working with a previous laptop, try resetting it and then setting up your security with the laptop connected by cable.

[Postdog]

Have you flicked the switch to enable wireless.

My Vaio has a switch on the front, and if off, cannot work.