Ferris-on-Air: An experimental IEEE 802.11 (WLAN) stack for rust on the ESP32.
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Ferris on Air (FoA) is an open source 802.11 stack for the ESP32 written in async rust, with the work of the esp32-open-mac project. The stack is intended to be used with embassy and is still in very early stages of development. We do not claim to be Wi-Fi certified, but implement the features specified by IEEE 802.11 to our best knowledge.
The main FoA crate acts as a multiplexer, that divides access to the hardware up
into a number of virtual interfaces (VIF's). These can then be passed to interface
implementations, like foa_sta or
foa_dswifi. These interface
implementations can coexist, enabling things like AP/STA operation in the future.
The foa crate contains the LMAC, TX buffer management and RX ARC buffer management.
foa_sta contains a rudimentary implementation of a station interface.
examples contain a set of examples showing how to use different parts of the stack.
For a concrete usage example, see examples. These examples can be run with
./run_example.sh <EXAMPLE_NAME> <CHIP> [SSID] [LOG_LEVEL].
The docs sometimes contain anecdotes I left during coding, since I believe them to be interesting.
This project is licensed under Apache 2.0 or MIT at your option.
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Ferris-on-Air: An experimental IEEE 802.11 (WLAN) stack for rust on the ESP32.
Rust
270
120 commits
updated Aug 14, 2026
Ferris on Air (FoA) is an open source 802.11 stack for the ESP32 written in async rust, with the work of the esp32-open-mac project. The stack is intended to be used with embassy and is still in very early stages of development. We do not claim to be Wi-Fi certified, but implement the features specified by IEEE 802.11 to our best knowledge.
The main FoA crate acts as a multiplexer, that divides access to the hardware up
into a number of virtual interfaces (VIF's). These can then be passed to interface
implementations, like foa_sta or
foa_dswifi. These interface
implementations can coexist, enabling things like AP/STA operation in the future.
The foa crate contains the LMAC, TX buffer management and RX ARC buffer management.
foa_sta contains a rudimentary implementation of a station interface.
examples contain a set of examples showing how to use different parts of the stack.
For a concrete usage example, see examples. These examples can be run with
./run_example.sh <EXAMPLE_NAME> <CHIP> [SSID] [LOG_LEVEL].
The docs sometimes contain anecdotes I left during coding, since I believe them to be interesting.
This project is licensed under Apache 2.0 or MIT at your option.
120 commits
Rust
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