How can I enable WPA on an Atmel AT76C503 USB 802.11b device?

I have set up an OpenEmbedded build environment on my Linux box, and it is now steadily humming as it cross-compiles Angstrom. I am trying my luck on WPA by building the whole thing myself. I'm willing to use unstable sources if I have too.

The day I wiped out Windows Mobile was the day I said hello to freedom. It was also the day I said goodbye to things that work out of the box. Yet this is fun, and it forces me to learn new things that will come in handy in the future.

Anyway, if you know how to enable WPA on an Atmel AT76C503 USB 802.11b device, can you please leave a note? I'm using an iPAQ H5550. I suspect that I need to modify the driver myself, but I don't know how. Help. =)

GPE is beautiful

w00t! GPE Screenshots:

Hello GPE

GPE looks more refined than Opie. I'm still having trouble setting up WiFi with WPA-PSK though. I'll post screenshots later.

Opie Screenshots

Here are some Opie screenshots before I wipe it out from my iPAQ. I'll be replacing it later with GPE.



Wtf. I think my SD card is worm-infected (i.e., the recycled directory is not supposed to be there).

Hidden Costs in License

Blah. Opie uses Qt, so I think it has some hidden costs when developing commercial applications on it. Bad platform for learning my first embedded apps. I might get stuck on it later on. I'll try Opie for a week or so, and replace it with GPE later on.

New Environment

Open Palmtop Integrated Environment (Opie) generally works OK, although it still has some rough edges. Crappy handwriting recognition system, lack of simple GUI to configure the system (although I'm happy that it has a console), and other stuff. This will not yet attract the average user in its current state, but this may improve in a year or so. I hope this gets sponsored by a commercial entity, similar to Ubuntu being sponsored by Canonical.

My ancient iPAQ is not GSM and GPRS-capable. I hope I can save enough money to buy OpenMoko. Bounty projects on that platform, anyone? =)

iPAQ touchscreen out of whack

The touchscreen is out of whack. Waaaah... How can I recalibrate this thing?

Hello Familiar Linux!

w00t! It works!

root@h3900:/# uname -a
Linux h3900 2.4.19-rmk6-pxa1-hh41.1 #1 Tue Aug 15 05:10:33 CEST 2006 armv5tel unknown

Familiar Linux

I foresee that embedded programming would play a large part in my future. Web application development will no longer pay as much as it used too, because scripting is too easy. I was already coding in PHP while I was still in highschool, when that language was not yet in vogue. Now that it is being offered in some schools, I need to learn something else. I need to start early so that I will be ready when the time comes.

I'm now installing Familiar Linux on my iPAQ in preparation for my experiments. It's now being reflashed as I type this blog. I'm crossing my fingers. I hope my iPAQ won't end up as a very expensive paperweight. =)