Apple bluetooth magic mouse and keyboard affecting my internet?

[tomtendo]

I got a magic mouse and an apple bluetooth keyboard and it seems lately they are affecting my performance of my AirPort extreme when I'm at my desk using them.

If I leave my desk and go somewhere else in the house my Internet works as it should or if I turn off my keyboard/mouse it also seems to go back to normal.

Also, since I got these it seems when I awake from sleep on my MBA is slow to establish Internet. It says I am connected in the top menu bar (full bars), but if I try to immediately connect to adium or safari, it will take a while to get an establishment.

Any answers?

 

[GGJstudios]

Your keyboard and mouse are bluetooth. Your wireless network is WiFi. Two different animals. One has nothing to do with the other.

 

[Mactrillionaire]

I would recommend two things, assuming you can do them on your hardware:

First, configure your AirPort Extreme to run dual band (b/g on one band and a/n on the other). Also, enable 5Ghz n. The 2.4Ghz n is susceptible to a lot of interference from other appliances.

Next, connect computers using 5Ghz n and connect iOS devices using the wireless g band. This should improve connection issues considerably.

 

[tomtendo]

Your keyboard and mouse are bluetooth. Your wireless network is WiFi. Two different animals. One has nothing to do with the other.

Sorry, but thats wrong. BT uses 2.4ghz technology.

 

[GGJstudios]

Sorry, but thats wrong. BT uses 2.4ghz technology.

I stand corrected. My statement was based on the fact that I'm running at 5GHz for WiFi, so it's not affected by BT at all.

MacBook Air: Optimizing AirPort performance while using Bluetooth

 

[Tomorrow]

Sorry, but thats wrong. BT uses 2.4ghz technology.

BT uses 2.4 GHz frequency; it doesn't use the same hardware or software as wi-fi.

In any event, there are only two possible ways that BT could be interfering - one is if, somehow, BT was using the same hardware and software as your wi-fi - in which case the amount of "bandwidth" the BT devices would use would be miniscule, and hardly noticeable, relative to network traffic; the other is if, somehow, BT does interfere somehow with wi-fi connectivity - in which case, nobody would ever be able to use BT devices near a wireless network.

Either way, I don't think your BT devices are the culprit.