swearing at things almost always helps*
(*almost always)
do you know what kind of password it was? if it was a wep one you may as well not have bothered as they crack about as easily as an unboiled egg.
Then again I have went further than most, as well as having a password on the wifi, a VERY limited dhcp offering and at times mac filtering, even if you get onto the network, to actually connect to the net you need to please garlax (I dont know why I call him that, but I do.)
Garlax can be seen here