Learned something new!
On-board wireless cards for Gateway laptops have two ways to enable/disable them:
1) Right click on the Wireless Connection in your system tray, click 'Enable'.
2) Hit 'Function - F2' (this key combo varies by Model) to enable the radio signal.
heh.
EternalEponine Foretold that it was something simple, and it was. She's Good! I've learned something new about on-board wireless cards ;)