Unable to connect to home network (WPA2-PSK, works on Windows)

Hello!
I am having problems with connecting to my home network (on a FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7360 SL) which uses WPA2-PSK encryption.
Windows works normally so I don't think that it is a router issue.
In addition, I managed to connect to my Universities WPA2 network and another unsecured network without problems.
I tried netcfg+wpa_supplicant, wpa_supplicant on its own and wicd (on a sidenote, wicd didn't even manage to connect to the router when using a cable). None worked.
This is the wpa_supplicant conf file that I am using:
## wpa_aachen.conf
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
network={
ssid="myssid"
psk=hexcode
proto=WPA RSN
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
I am getting an "authentication timeout" error everytime I try. Yes, I double and triple checked the passphrase. I also tried it via hexcode and plaintext passphrase.
Does anybody have any suggestions?
Last edited by lorizean (2012-10-14 20:59:49)

Ive been trying the same thing for several hours googling it etc. wicd doesnt work always ends up with bad password error no matter what..
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