I just may have the next best idea.
One thing I was wondering was if we can change the wifi "handshake" through code to be asynchronous instead of synchronous. May act more like lightbridge and would possibly not drop so easily and for so long?
I had this idea as well.
I am beginning work on this pseudo-lightbridge project. I am initially thinking the wifi modules may be physically unable to adapt to different handshaking protocols, but unsure. Bird and transmitter both have one, probably same darned chip in each. Has anyone identified the chip yet? If we know the identity of the chip or module , I can determine the possibility of changing it. Investigation continues....