# IBSS does not work on Starling 2

Source: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/4500/ibss-does-not-work-on-starling-2
Category: Development Drones (https://forum.modalai.com/category/44/development-drones)
Tags: starling
Posted: 2025-06-11 11:42:46 UTC by sssagara
Replies: 2 · Views: 627

## sssagara · 2025-06-11 11:42:46 UTC

Hi! I'm exploring a way to control a group of Starling 2 as part of a swarming project. One of the ways that I'm looking at doing this is by using IBSS. When I queried the driver for the USB WiFi, it says that IBSS mode is supported (pic below). However, I'm unable to get 2 drones to ping each other. I think I found the [github repo for the driver](https://github.com/modalai/8821cu-20210916) that the Starling 2 uses but it doesn't explicitly says it supports IBSS.

Is there a way to enable this function in the Starling 2? Else, is there a way to upgrade the USB WiFi to something more recent? As far as I know, that might be a problem too as the kernel is pretty old and doesn't support the newer WiFi drivers that are on the newer kernels

Thanks!

![5e9431c0-558c-406a-ba35-42f82f500d52-image.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1749641489452-5e9431c0-558c-406a-ba35-42f82f500d52-image.png)

## Reply by Moderator (ModalAI staff) · 2025-06-13 18:51:58 UTC

@sssagara IBSS is not something we have any experience with. As you see, it is an open source driver. You can also use different wifi adapters

## Reply by sssagara · 2025-06-16 10:35:07 UTC (in reply to Moderator)

@Moderator When you mentioned different WiFi adapters, do you mean that the Starling 2 is able to support newer WiFi adapters that are WiFi 6E capable too? Or only those that are listed [here](https://docs.modalai.com/voxl-2-wifi-setup/)?