WICD can't find/set IP

Okay, so I have an HP netbook. In WICD I can see all of the wireless connections but when i connect to lets say an unsecured network I get a message that says it can't find/set an IP address. Also, when I try my wireless router which is wpa2 secured, (i know the password) the wireless manager thing hangs at the validating part which then says it is a bad password. Any idea what this is all about?

Are you sure you selected the right encryption on WICD ? Also have you tried manually connecting ?

Definitely research manually connecting. You'll be much more prepared to troubleshoot and or repair the GUI connections. Sometimes wpa_supplicant requires special definitions in the conf file. Hidden SSIDs for instance need a special type of entry to work. Here is what I use for mine.

Code:

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darkside-ng ~ # cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa.conf
network={
        ssid="dd-wrt"
        scan_ssid=1
        proto=WPA
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        #psk=""
        psk=
}

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Here it is shown using my device's default SSID. I've omitted my PSK string and hash, but these are normally generated using the wpa_passphase command. I believe in this case the scan_ssid and key_mgmt as well as proto variables were added.

Definitly have a quick read of

Code:

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root@bt:~# man wpa_supplicant.conf

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Ok here is a wicked site that will definitely benefit you, it helped me perfectly :)

Wireless Security 802.11 Security Wirelessdefence.org Index

If I were you just double check your WICD is started and then from there you can run the WICD manager and try connect. I know i have used WICD and the iwconfig to connect to my WPA2 wireless without hassles.