# VOXL is in station mode, but doesn't connect to WiFi

Source: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/1595/voxl-is-in-station-mode-but-doesn-t-connect-to-wifi
Category: Flight Core and Legacy VOXL (https://forum.modalai.com/category/9/flight-core-and-legacy-voxl)
Tags: voxl
Posted: 2022-12-03 00:15:44 UTC by Steve Sager
Replies: 6 · Views: 2034

## Steve Sager · 2022-12-03 00:15:44 UTC

We are trying to put the VOXL into wifi station mode so we can work with docker python files. We followed the documentation online which lead to us being stuck at this step.

voxl:/$ docker pull gcr.io/modalai-public/voxl-mavsdk-python:v1.1
Error response from daemon: unable to ping registry endpoint https://gcr.io/v0/
v2 ping attempt failed with error: Get https://gcr.io/v2/: dial tcp: lookup gcr.io on [::1]:53: server misbehaving
 v1 ping attempt failed with error: Get https://gcr.io/v1/_ping: dial tcp: lookup gcr.io on [::1]:53: server misbehaving

Any suggestions of how to enable the wifi connection of a VOXL flight deck?  More than just the https://docs.modalai.com/wifi-setup/#configure-station-mode instructions.![MicrosoftTeams-image (5).png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1670026370583-microsoftteams-image-5.png) ![MicrosoftTeams-image (6).png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1670026533410-microsoftteams-image-6.png)

## Reply by tom (ModalAI staff) · 2022-12-03 00:18:09 UTC

@Steve-Sager `wlan0` doesn't look to have an IP address meaning it was unable to connect to your WiFi network. Does your VOXL have WiFi antennas attached?

## Reply by Steve Sager · 2022-12-03 00:20:06 UTC (in reply to tom)

@tom I did not manually put antennas on. The flight deck is configured as stock. Do we need to add the extra wifi antennas to the board?

## Reply by tom (ModalAI staff) · 2022-12-03 00:24:11 UTC

@Steve-Sager I wasn't sure if you were using a standalone VOXL board or a flight deck. However if you're using a flight deck it should come with the antennas attached already.

Is there a chance that your Wifi network has some sort of firewall or secondary login that is preventing a connection?

## Reply by Steve Sager · 2022-12-03 00:25:33 UTC (in reply to tom)

@tom Yes, I believe we have a special firewall here at the Institute that isn't allowing the aircraft to gain access. Can we use a work around, or maybe manually upload docker files onto the VOXL as needed?

## Reply by tom (ModalAI staff) · 2022-12-03 00:28:38 UTC

@Steve-Sager It may be possible to do a manual workaround but if you're planning on communicating with the drone via. WiFi it would be nice to get that going first

## Reply by José Quintanilla · 2023-02-23 13:55:58 UTC

Has someone already solve this?