One Cause For Airport Drop Outs

If you’re having trouble with Airport reception dropping out a lot or the range doesn’t seem to extend as far as it should (in my case I could stand next to the base station and keep losing reception), it may be caused by something like Romeo sending out a lot of bluetooth traffic.  When I started using Romeo I also started getting frequent problems with connecting to the airport network and now that I’ve stopped using Romeo it’s been running smoothly again.

The problem may just be caused by the auto-reconnect feature of Romeo (which I believe is off by default) as the problems generally started as soon as I walked out of the room taking my phone with me.  Drop outs did occur when the phone was within range and unused but I don’t remember the problems ever starting before my phone first went out of range after a reboot.  I also can’t remember ever leaving the room with my phone and not loosing network connectivity before I got back.

I have no idea if this problem is specific to Romeo or if it’s common to all the bluetooth integration style apps like Romeo and Sailing Clicker.  I suspect it’s just caused by bluetooth interferring with the airport and has nothing to do with the particular software in use.