Wifi setup: wifi-menu fails but wpa_supplicant works

Guys,
I've installed archlinux for the first time, and I'm mighty pleased. I've been following the installation guides, and have run into a slightly annoying issue.
When I try to setup my wifi(WPA) with "wifi-menu", I end up with "CONNECTION FAILED" error message. The steps I'm following are.
# wifi-menu
In ncurses
1. choose the SSID
2. Enter the password
Result - CONNECTION FAILED
However, running wpa_supplicant command from commandline works well.
# wpa_supplicant -B -i wlp3s0 -c <(wpa_passphrase "ssid" "password")
.. works!
So, wifi drivers are properly loaded for sure. I believe that wifi-menu internally uses wpa_supplicant. Why would "wifi-menu" command fail? Ultimately I want to use netctl profiles to automatically enable the wifi rather than manually enabling wi-fi every time. Any ideas?

@luisgmarine, I have tried it with and without the single quotes -- no difference. Thanks for the idea though.
@progandy, Interesting. I'm not sure how to figure out if it's an issue with the router communication or not, though.
Anyway, thanks for the ideas and thoughts. I'll mark this as solved, because it is working; I was just curious to see if there was an apparent explanation.

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