New Mac Mini-wired keyboard unresponsive

Hello..
I just took my banrd new 2.6 ghz Mac Mini out of the box. I hooked up my Apple wired keyboard and mouse from my ~~2009 Mac Pro. The mouse functions. The keyboard is not responding--It works fine on my Mac Pro. All I have done so far is turn the computer on and it wants to know my Wifi network. I can select the network with the mouse but cannot enter the password. The keyboard appears to be dead. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated...
Thanks
Rocky

I have a feeling you've tried this already, but...
Try plugging the keyboard into a different USB port on the back of your Mini. Plug the mouse into a USB port on the back of the Mini, too; not into one of the USB ports that may or may not be on your keyboard.

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