Station Mode Issue with Voxl Suite 1.6.3

Matt69

Hello Modal AI team,

I just flashed my Voxl2 with the newest SDK 1.6.3. The issue is I cannot seem to get station mode working with voxl-wifi. Is this a common bug or am I missing something here? Here is my system info from the abd shell "intro" for reference.

Thanks!

Matt69

@Matt69 For further clarification, my understanding is that a 169.XXX.XXX.XXX IP address indicates off nominal wifi performance. Please advise.

Thanks!

Alex Kushleyev

Hi @Matt69 ,

Yes, the shown ip address is a self-assigned address which happens if there is no ip address assigned by a DHCP server.

What wifi module are you using?

Does output of iwconfig wlan0 show that you are connected to your Access Point?

Alex

fhaltmayer

I'm also facing this after updating. Worked on an older version but it is now defaulting to the link local. One thing I noticed is that it doesn't go through the connection process (finding the network, trying password, etc) when using voxl-wifi, just skips all of it:

Configuring station mode...
Detected WiFi interface: wlan0
NetworkManager not installed, using legacy wpa_supplicant/hostapd
stopping softap mode
Enabling station mode on wlan0 (legacy)...
creating wpa_supplicant configuration for station mode
Station mode enabled on wlan0
Station mode configured!

This is using the MCBL-00022 kit on the voxl2.

Downgrading to 1.6.2 and the wifi works but seems a bit bugged because it cant find it at first even though it connects successfully :

Detected WiFi interface: wlan0
Disabling all WiFi modes...
Detected WiFi interface: wlan0
Scanning for network 'xxx'...
Scan succeeded, looking for network 'xxx'
Could not find network 'xxx' in scan results - proceeding anyway
Enabling station mode on wlan0...
creating wpa_supplicant configuration for station mode
Station mode enabled on wlan0
Station mode configured!

Alex Kushleyev

@fhaltmayer , which wifi usb adapter are you using?

fhaltmayer

@Alex-Kushleyev The Alfa Network AWU2036

Alex Kushleyev

@fhaltmayer ,

SDK 1.6.3 added support for usb-eth0 (ethernet over usb). That interface should be using subnet 192.168.7.x. If your wifi subnet is the same, that could cause issues. Can you please check to make sure your wifi subnet is different?

Alex

Alex Kushleyev

I have just tested this on voxl2 using SDK 1.6.3 and it seems to be working. The prints were updated, but what you see is normal (i saw the same messages). Did you check dmesg for any errors from wifi dongle? I used the following wifi adapter, which is unfortunately EOL (with our M0141 expansion board) :

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
system-image: 1.8.06-M0054-14.1a-perf
kernel:       #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 22 04:13:18 UTC 2025 4.19.125
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
hw platform:  M0054
mach.var:     1.0.1
SKU:          MCCA-M0054-C8
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
voxl-suite:   1.6.3
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
no current network connection
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

voxl2:/$ voxl-wifi station xxxxxx yyyyyy
Detected WiFi interface: wlan0
NetworkManager not installed, using legacy wpa_supplicant/hostapd
stopping softap mode
Enabling station mode on wlan0 (legacy)...
creating wpa_supplicant configuration for station mode
Station mode enabled on wlan0
Station mode configured!

voxl2:/$ ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=0 ttl=118 time=11.806 ms