# VOXL FLIGHT DECK WIFI CARD NOT BEING READ

Source: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/1476/voxl-flight-deck-wifi-card-not-being-read
Category: Flight Core and Legacy VOXL (https://forum.modalai.com/category/9/flight-core-and-legacy-voxl)
Tags: flight-deck
Posted: 2022-10-21 21:44:36 UTC by mirasul
Replies: 4 · Views: 940

## mirasul · 2022-10-21 21:44:36 UTC

The Wi-Fi was working fine out of the box and then when I attached it to my drone the Wi-Fi card is not being shown in ```ip a``` or ```ifconfig```... I don't know what could have happened. Is there a command to enable the Wi-Fi adapter? My setup contains 4 motors 4 ESCs attached to a Power distribution board. The VOXL is powered via LiPo 3s 11.1v battery connected to the Power Module v3. I can ADB in but there is no WLAN0 in ifconfig. Please advise what I should do. I don't have a Debug Add-On board so I can't flash it to factory defaults. 
Print out of ```ifconfig```:![Screenshot from 2022-10-20 23-06-04.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1666388650192-screenshot-from-2022-10-20-23-06-04.png)

## Reply by Adrian Hidalgo (ModalAI staff) · 2022-10-21 22:38:23 UTC

@mirasul, that is weird. 
Let's start with your software version. What version are you running? 
What if you try
```
voxl-wifi -f
```
This'll reset wifi back to factory.

## Reply by mirasul · 2022-10-22 22:28:14 UTC

I have tried setting it back to factory, to my understanding it should broadcast as ```VOXL-<MAC ADDRESS of VOXL>``` however, it doesn't broadcast anything. Here is the output:
![Screenshot from 2022-10-22 18-15-04.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1666477141167-screenshot-from-2022-10-22-18-15-04.png) 
My software version:
![version.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1666477681891-version.png)

## Reply by mirasul · 2022-10-27 14:18:44 UTC

I just replaced the wifi antennas but no luck still WLAN0 still not shown in ifconfig… please help me out. Do I need to RMA device?

## Reply by tom (ModalAI staff) · 2022-10-27 17:47:52 UTC

@mirasul This is most likely a hardware issue in which the WiFi chip on the VOXL has either failed or the solder connection between it and the board has failed.

I would recommend sending it in for an RMA: https://www.modalai.com/pages/rma