# 5GHz mode on ALFA dongle and change beacon freq

Source: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/4189/5ghz-mode-on-alfa-dongle-and-change-beacon-freq
Category: General Questions (https://forum.modalai.com/category/2/general-questions)
Posted: 2025-02-18 17:35:55 UTC by RSAUser1
Replies: 3 · Views: 586

## RSAUser1 · 2025-02-18 17:35:55 UTC

Hi,
I am trying to connect to the softAP of the VOXL2 drone with a ALFA dongle.
VOXL-suite 1.3.1
I can connect fine with 2.4GHz and see that 5 GHz is supported on the dongle.
But when I access hostapd program in Linux the file structure seems different then what I expect. I am unable to find hostap.conf which is how I would expect this change to be made. AM I missing something within the adb shell?

Thanks!

## Reply by tom (ModalAI staff) · 2025-02-18 18:25:42 UTC

@RSAUser1 If you upgrade to the latest SDK (1.4.0) you'll see a new option in `voxl-wifi` for `softap5` which will create a 5GHz network

## Reply by RSAUser1 · 2025-02-18 19:00:44 UTC (in reply to tom)

@tom Any way to change the broadcast frequency as in AP?

## Reply by tom (ModalAI staff) · 2025-02-18 19:01:56 UTC (in reply to RSAUser1)

@RSAUser1 It's not something I've tried, but I assume it would work in the same way you would do it on another Ubuntu 18.04 device.