Ferris on Air is an open source 802.11 stack for the ESP32 written in async rust
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Ferris-on-Air: An experimental IEEE 802.11 (WLAN) stack for rust on the ESP32.
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Ferris-on-Air: An experimental IEEE 802.11 (WLAN) stack for rust on the ESP32.
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Observed mentions: 2025-01-26 09:42:03 UTC to 2025-04-13 23:51:41 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.
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| Jan 20 | 2025-01-20 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-27 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 27 | 2025-01-27 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-02-03 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 3 | 2025-02-03 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-02-10 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 10 | 2025-02-10 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-02-17 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 17 | 2025-02-17 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-02-24 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 24 | 2025-02-24 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-03-03 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 3 | 2025-03-03 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-03-10 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 10 | 2025-03-10 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-03-17 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 17 | 2025-03-17 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-03-24 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 24 | 2025-03-24 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-03-31 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 31 | 2025-03-31 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-04-07 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 7 | 2025-04-07 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-04-14 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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2 sourcesFerris-on-Air: An Experimental Wi-Fi Stack for the ESP32 in Rust
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