[newbie] I can't setup wifi connection

[starach]

I have tried doing manually, using net-setup and dhcpcd and I still can't get it to work properly.
Of course when I'm using wired connection everything works as expected and I don't really have to lift a finger to configure it but that is not the point. I'm one of those stubborn bastards and I want to do it via WiFi.

I have a router with 192.168.1.254 ip address which surprisingly shows that computer with hostname of Gentoo-11 is connected and working but I cannot access internet. I have even turned off encryption for WiFi thinking it might be the problem. But well it looks like it isn't.

After I boot Gentoo from LiveDVD 11.2 using x86 no framebuffer I get my network cards configured and ready to use. Than I execute the fallowing commands:

[Telemin]

Hi Starach,

Just a few further questions about your specific setup. Does your wireless router use wpa2 encryption (and if not why not?). If it does then you need to be using wpa_supplicant instead of wireless tools, and to be honest it is a much better tool to use anyway.

Also I have personally chosen to forego the old style of doing things with net.wlan0 and net.eth0 in favour of adding wpa_supplicant and dhcpcd as init services instead, which I find a whole lot easier.

wpa_supplicant is pretty straightforward to setup the basic configfile is:

[code=/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf]
network={
ssid="my_ssid"
psk="my_wpa_key"
}
[/code]

Then it should be as simple as