Ubuntu – Wifi encryption with wicd

I suggest you set up /etc/network/interfaces something like:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
address 192.168.1.150
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
wpa-ssid <your_router>
wpa-psk <your_wpa_key>
dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 192.168.1.1

Be sure to select a static address outside the range used by the DHCP server in the router, switch or other access point. Of course, substitute your details here.

Get the system to read and use the changes:

sudo ifdown wlan0 && sudo ifup -v wlan0

Did you connect?

ping -c3 192.168.1.1
ping -c3 www.google.com

I got the same issue here: The problem is the wpa_supplicant 2.4 as you can read here: http://community.arubanetworks.com/t5/Unified-Wired-Wireless-Access/Internal-radius-server-incompatibility-with-the-new-wpa/td-p/236602

If you do a downgrade to 2.3 this problem will be resolve !