Hooking Up Time Capsule to Direct TV Whole Home DVR

What are the considerations to hook up my Direct TV Whole Home DVR to Apple Time Capsule? Can I use the Ethernet Ports on the back, or do I have to use another type of router?

You can use one of the Ethernet ports on the back of the Time Capsule, but be sure to check with DirectTV for the other end of the connection. I do not think that it goes to the Ethernet port on the DVR, (as you might think) it appears to go to a port on the DECA adapter.
Some of this will depend on how the installer set up the Whole Home configuration.
DirectTV help forums should be able to give you some pointers.
http://forums.directv.com/

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  • Hooking up Time Capsule to mac mini

    Hello, I just bought a thunderbolt display and i want to get the newest mac mini. I was wondering if there is a way to hook up a time capsule to the mac mini and then hook the mac mini up to my thunderbolt display. reason being is that the mac mini only has 500gb of memory. The time capsule im looking to buy has 2tb of memory. I already have over 500 gb of stuff on my old computer that I will be transfering over. Thanks for the help.

    The Time Capsule is a wireless drive. It would appear in the Shared sidebar of the Finder. You could then copy and paste stuff onto the Capsule this way. If you actually want a drive that directly plus into your Mac over USB, you would have to buy a 2TB external hard disk like this model: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Elements-External-Desktop/dp/B003IPC21Y/ ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347985261&sr=8-1.

  • I have a time capsule connected directly to fiber connection. I have connected a windows server directly to TC and configured it for remote desktop connection. From my interanet I can access srvr but not from my home. What config I need on TC?

    I have a time capsule directly connected to fibre optic point out. All pcs and macs are connected wirelessly to the internet. I have connected a windows server pc to TC. When configured for Remote desktop connection, I can access windows server from within interanet but don't know how to access it from internet. I guess I need to change some settings in TC to get some ip adress for the remote desktop connection from my home. Anyone who can help me out? Appreciate it.
    Narmin

    I am a little lost now.. I have read again your title and your first post.. and they seem inconsistent.
    In the title you state.
    From my interanet I can access srvr but not from my home.
    Interanet is not a word I know.. I assumed intranet...are you talking about internet or intranet? And just to be clear say WAN or LAN.. !! Is your home part of the interanet??
    In the first post you state,
    I can access windows server from within interanet but don't know how to access it from internet.
    Now this is more normal.. the issue is not in the home at all, it is accessible from there but fails from internet. If this is correct, then you can do a few obvious things to determine where the problem is.
    But first I need to know are you actually testing from a different internet connection to your home lan.. you are not just trying the public IP from inside the LAN as that will fail due to the TC not doing NAT Loopback.
    I am also assuming the TC is the only router in the network, and has the public IP on the WAN interface.
    And I am also assuming you have turned on the ping responder and you can actually ping your public ip from the internet and get a response. This helps no end in figuring out where there are issues. Strange but I have no idea if there is a ping responder in the TC WAN so you might need to forward that as well. Also if you have a dynamic public ip address are you using dyndns or no-ip or some other service to connect.
    1. Test bypassing the TC.. plug the internet connection straight into the windows server,, and test if you have access. If yes, the TC is the problem.. if not, your setup on the windows server is wrong.. look at firewall in particular.
    2. Assuming from test 1 the TC is the problem, Post the screen shots of the port forwarding setup for us to look at.. that is by far the easiest way to check it out.
    There are lots of references to port forwarding in the TC.. eg
    http://must-know-mac.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-port-forward-time-capsule.html
    The things that generally go wrong are firewall on the computer that is accepting the port.
    The ISP doesn't allow connections on a particular port. (not likely in your case)
    The router is behind another router.. double NAT will kill any port forward.
    Upnp has already allocated a port.. not an issue as TC doesn't use upnp although a reboot of everything after you set port forwards is well worth it.. amazing how things don't stick properly without a reboot.
    IP on the receiving device is not static and so changes.
    Not enough or right type of ports are opened. This is always messier than it looks as one port is often not enough for two way communications.

  • Communication error with printer hooked to time capsule

    I have a Macbook using 10.5.8 and a 500 gig Time Capsule with an Epson cx 3200 printer plugged into it and when I try to print, I get a 'Communication Error". What am I doing wrong?

    Welcome to the discussion area!
    If your Epson is compatible (not all devices will work at the USB port of the Time Capsule), the Apple Printer Troubleshooting Guide will provide some assistance.
    Keep in mind that only the printing function is supported if your device is compatible. Fax, Scan, Copy, Maintenance, etc., are not supported, so you will need to connect the device directly to your computer if you need these functions.

  • Hooking up time capsule - benefit to replace existing router?

    Hooking up my time capsule to my macair (2011) and mac desktop (2007) - already have a linksys srx 400 router (wrt54gx4) in place, working well.  I want the time capsule primarily for wireless backup.  ANy real benefit to displacing my current router - both the time capsule and srx router seem like they will do wireless activity equally well.  Comments?
    Thanks

    Not in so many terms. However, were I you I would replace the old router with the Time Capsule because that is much easier to do.

  • Can time capsule stream directly to apple tv with out having itunes open

    I'm interested in buying a Time Capsule and Apple TV however I would like to know if I can stream directly from my time capsule to apple tv without having itunes open?

    sort of.
    if you own an iDevice, you can use NetPortal on iPhone (or FileBrowser on iPad) to access media files stored on
    a NAS
    an external HD connected to an airport extreme
    a time capsule
    and use AirPlay to send the files to Apple TV without the need for a computer to be running.

  • Has anyone hooked up Time Capsule on VERIZON'S FIOS?

    I'm thinking of adding a 2 TB Time Capsule as a wireless backup drive, and using it for my wireless 5 gig Communication hub?

    Sure.. do a search for FIOS here. lots of posts..
    It will be fine in bridge.. plugged into the Fios router.

  • I want to use my time capsule connected directly to my imac.

    I already have a wireless router that I use with my iMac and other devices. I have a Timecapsule that I bought to use as a backup device and as a wireless router, but it won't keep a connection. How do I use the Time Capsule  with Time Machine as "just" an external hard drive without it interfering with my current wireless network?

    Much depends on the version of the utility you use.. but you are correct that the main documentation is well out of date.
    Most of these things are supposed to happen without your needing to know anything.. ie the apple utility has a built in setup wizard is is supposed to get it right 100% of the time..
    Not surprisingly this doesn't actually work more than about 66% of the time and even then can still prefer the wrong setup over the right one.
    So click on edit.. and go into the manual setup.
    Go to the Internet tab and choose dhcp.
    Go to the Network tab and choose off (bridge mode).
    Go to the wireless tab and choose whatever you want.

  • Time Capsule 2TB interoperability with existing home network

    Can I still use Time Machine backing up to my 2B Time capsule if it is LAN wired to a Netgear router?
    I am using my Netgear router as the primary and wireless device.  I have my TimeCapsule Wired via a lan port.  I mostly want to use the time capsule for stoarage and time machine backups.  It would also be used for media storage.  I have been told adding it as a wireless bridge is very slow. 
    Thanks in advance for any experience/advice.

    For windows.
    1. Load in the appropiate airport utility.. even if you have latest TC, and cannot configure the unit. since apple is miles behind in windows utility as neither v6 utility nor win8 have been dealt with. (or perhaps they have.. poorly!!)
    The utility includes a connection agent and bonjour for windows which helps loads.
    2. Make sure you use SMB compatbile names in the TC.. ie short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
    3. In windows explorer type into the address bar
    \\TCname or \\TCIPaddress where you put in the actual name or IP.
    If it doesn't respond turn off the windows firewires.. and maybe any security software you have.
    Tell me if it still doesn't work.. also what version TC are you talking about.. Gen4 or Gen5??

  • Time Capsule no longer connects to home wireless network.

    Last night the Time Capsule we have been using for wireless internet and TM backup stopped connecting to internet.  It will still back up from this network. It is connected to a FIOS router.  The status light is off, which is supposed to mean it is unplugged.  It is plugged in and connected to the FIOS router, this light is green.
    If we switch to using the FIOS router for internet access, we get internet access but no backups.  Our Canon printer used to work connected wirelessly, but now does not on either network.
    Shelly

    Good news that the Time Capsule has not had a major power failure.
    But, I'm not clear on whether the Time Capsule is working OK now on your network.....and the amber light is blinking......or......whether the Time Capsule is not working on your network and the amber light is blinking.
    The genius should have told you that you can use AirPort Utility on your Mac and it will tell you "why" the amber light is blinking.
    What operating system are you using on your Mac?  If you are not sure, click on the Apple icon in the upper left corner of the screen, then click on About This Mac. Post back with the OS X Version number that you see there.

  • Configure a new Time Capsule via iMac in a home non-apple WLAN

    Hi, I have a new Time Capsule and want to configure it via my iMac. Aim is to use the TC in an existing WLAN (Vodafone) and to have it as a backup device in my home WLAN. When I start the TC it always turned to a blinking amber. This is regardless if I have it wire connected to the WLAN Router or not. I tried it also wireless with pressed WPS key.
    Any suggestions?
    Thanks
    Joe

    When I start the TC it always turned to a blinking amber
    This is normal, as the Time Capsule has yet to be configured with the correct settings to work with your existing network.  When the Time Capsule has been setup correctly, it will display a green light.
    The Time Capsule needs to connect to your wireless router using a permanent wired Ethernet cable connection.
    Specifically, the Ethernet cable would connect from a LAN <--> port on the Vodafone router to the WAN (circle of dots) port on the Time Capsule.
    Use Apple's configuration wizard as noted in the Setup Guide to set up the Time Capsule to create a new wireless network.
    Once that is done, you can go back in using AirPort Utility to turn off the wireless if you don't need another wireless network. In that case, the Time Capsule becomes a back up hard drive only.
    Macs can back up to the Time Capsule using either a wireless or wired Ethernet connection.

  • Cannot see time capsule on Airport Utility (Vista Home)

    Hi I have a new Time Capsule. Have set up Airport Utility on Windows Vista Home Premium. But I cannot find the time capsule on the airport utility. I tried restarting, rescanning. Help!!!!!!!

    Ok.. You don't need to use the airport utility then.. it is irrelevant if the windows computer can see it or not in the utility.
    What is AC?
    The new TC is AC wireless.
    Open Windows Explorer.. type
    \\TCIPaddress into the address bar. where you replace that that with the actual IP address.
    eg \\10.0.1.1
    It should show up.. If it fails, then turn off the vista firewall.. and open a command prompt and ping the TC by name and IP address.
    Note names like Fred Blog's Airport Time Capsule.. are useless for windows.
    You need SMB compatible names.. eg TCgen5
    Wireless also should be TCwifi for example.
    Short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
    Once you do that does the TC disk show in the Vista computer??
    It must respond to pings.. make sure windows hasn't changed the computer from home to work or public network.. windows can do that spontaneously because it was full moon.

  • How do I set up my Time capsule now I have BT Home Hub 4?

    Has anybody had a similar problem? All I get no matter how I connect up is the flashing orange light on the front of my time capsule

    what is the error??
    You cannot solve these things without finding out what exactly is the issue.
    For hh4 the TC should be in bridge.. and it will work fine.

  • Which is the best Option for Time Capsule setup.

    Got my 2Tb time capsule today, burning to get home to set the whole system up but I have a few questions i'd like help with befor I jump in...
    Here is my setup.
    1) Cable internet connection running wifi through a Netgear WNR 2000 Which is a Wireless N device..
    2) 2TB Time Capsule just unwrapped.
    3) Macbook Pro
    4) iphone
    5) Hp office laptop running XP Sp 3
    5)Really complicated appartment layout which makes a single Wifi base station battle for coverage in the entire appartment.
    Ok so here is what I was thinking..
    Keep the Netgear as the base station and use the Time Capsule as a Bridge in my office thus extending the range of my existing network..
    1) Will using the TC on a wireless network as a repeater half my connection speed while doubling my coverage?? In that case it might be worth it..
    2) Do I have any reason to believe I could get better coverage using the TC as the Base Station and trying to virtually impossible task of setting up the Netgear as a bridge?
    3) Any ideas on other options open to me?

    Welcome to the discussion area!
    +1) Will using the TC on a wireless network as a repeater half my connection speed while doubling my coverage?? In that case it might be worth it..+
    Unfortunately, the Time Capsule will only "extend" a wireless network if the network has been created by another Apple "n" router. So the Netgear would not be compatible with the Time Capsule for this purpose.
    If you could connect the Netgear and Time Capsule together using an ethernet cable, you would be able to create one large wireless network.
    +2) Do I have any reason to believe I could get better coverage using the TC as the Base Station and trying to virtually impossible task of setting up the Netgear as a bridge?+
    Not sure about "better coverage", but the Time Capsule would create dual band networks operating at both 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz so faster devices could connect at 5 GHz for maximum speed and slower devices would connect to the 2.4 GHz band.
    In addition, if the Time Capsule connects directly to your cable modem, you could enable the "guest" network feature if you needed that function. (However, if the Time Capsule is configured in the network as a "bridge", the guest network feature cannot be enabled).
    On a quick glance, your Netgear router does not appear to be a simultaneous dual band device. If that's the case, you could configure it to expand either the 2.4 GHz band or 5 GHz band (assuming it will handle 5 GHz) for wider wireless coverage. But, the connection between devices would need to be via ethernet cable, and as you point out, the Netgear would need to configured as a "bridge" in this type of setup.
    If running the ethernet cable is simply not possible, take a look at a pair of ethernet powerline adapters to accomplish the same task using the AC wiring in your home to transmit the ethernet signal. While not as good as a straight ethernet cable, this type of connection would still yield better performance than wireless only, if the devices were compatible.

  • Time Capsule folder access

    I finally got my time capsule working and copied the old data on my new Macbook Air. However I am not able to get into the folders. It says i am not authorized?

    I figured out the ethernet issue. I was using time capsule wirelessly along with the 2 Wire Modem. I just hooked the two together and disabled the wireless function on the Time Capsule with Airport Utility and also turned off Airport. Now the Time Capsule is directly connected to the I-Mac by ethernet. However, I still was not able to restore the i-Photo collection. The Time Capsule would simply not load it to restore. I left it on overnight to load and it was a no go. I have maybe 5,000 pictures so maybe it just can't handle that much even by ethernet. Unless somebody has a different idea, I think I am going to try a complete restoration of the Mac HD volume. I know it will take forever, but I don't know how else to save the i-Photo collection. Suggestions are welcome. Thanks.

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