# VOXL2 cannot connect to internet in station mode

Source: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/1637/voxl2-cannot-connect-to-internet-in-station-mode
Category: General Questions (https://forum.modalai.com/category/2/general-questions)
Posted: 2022-12-21 23:21:55 UTC by Daniel Ryu
Replies: 5 · Views: 1159

## Daniel Ryu · 2022-12-21 23:21:55 UTC

Firmware: voxl2_platform_0.9

I currently have an issue where if I have a microhard attached to the voxl2, and a wifi dongle attached through the microhard board, I cannot connect to the internet in station mode. 

In the past when I've had this problem, I could disable the interfering network interfaces with "ifconfig eth0 down" or "ifconfig usb0 down." However, if I run "ifconfig eth0 down" on the current voxl2, the internet connection only lasts a few seconds before being interfered again by eth0. While I haven't tested this thoroughly on other voxl2 firmware versions, I currently have only run into this bug on voxl2_platform_0.9, which as of now is the latest firmware version.
This problem has been observed on one voxl2 development kit, and on one Sentinel drone

![Screenshot from 2022-12-21 15-18-44.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1671664861662-screenshot-from-2022-12-21-15-18-44.png) ![Screenshot from 2022-12-21 15-18-42.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1671664861735-screenshot-from-2022-12-21-15-18-42.png) 
![IMG_0273.jpg](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1671664878467-img_0273-resized.jpg) 

^the jst cable connected to the microhard is the wifi dongle. The problem has been observed in both ports on the microhard add-on board

## Reply by tom (ModalAI staff) · 2022-12-21 23:30:40 UTC

Do you have the voxl-modem service running? 

`systemctl status voxl-modem`

## Reply by Daniel Ryu · 2022-12-21 23:37:35 UTC (in reply to tom)

@tom I do not. If I do run voxl-configure-modem and reboot, I still have the same issue with eth0

 ![Screenshot from 2022-12-21 15-34-31.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1671665832398-screenshot-from-2022-12-21-15-34-31.png) ![Screenshot from 2022-12-21 15-34-17.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1671665832538-screenshot-from-2022-12-21-15-34-17.png)

## Reply by Daniel Ryu · 2022-12-21 23:38:56 UTC

An additional note I forgot to mention: I also need to run "ifconfig usb0 down" but I only need to do that once, whereas I need to run "ifconfig eth0 down" every 5-10 seconds to regain internet connection over station mode

## Reply by Daniel Ryu · 2022-12-28 19:37:03 UTC

@tom Any follow-up things I can try to troubleshoot this?

## Reply by Chad Sweet (ModalAI staff) · 2022-12-28 19:43:18 UTC

this is a standard linux networking system. Have you googled how to manage the network interfaces?

Maybe make sure your routing tables are properly configured for what you are trying to do? https://opensource.com/business/16/8/introduction-linux-network-routing