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    Not sure how that takes care of the reconnection- initial connect wasn't the question here! Commented Sep 25, 2013 at 14:44
  • I updated the answer because there is a step where you have to check connect automatically. Also in preferences you should scroll all the way down. The last option is off screen. It also says Automatically try to connect to networks for Wifi(it is ON by default). I can even take out the WiFi adapter plug in back in and it will reconnect within 2 minutes.(I did this without LAN plugged in) This is really the best way I have found to configure and manage wireless. You also get the GUI version just called wicd Commented Sep 25, 2013 at 18:54
  • there's a typo in the command "sudo wicd-cruses" 'u' and 'r' are exchanged Commented Nov 14, 2014 at 23:38
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    After installing wicd-curses, my RPi 3 started freezing randomly. Was never freezing before and freezing disappeared immediately once I uninstalled it. Beware! Commented Jun 14, 2016 at 5:22
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    After installing wicd-curses, my RPi 3s running Jessie Lite have not frozen and do stay connected. But today I tried connecting to one by the ethernet port, and found the interface would be lost a few seconds after boot. I was able to connect fine before configuring wicd-curses to connect to wifi. Commented Jun 17, 2016 at 22:44