Access time capsule remotely

Hi All
I recently bought a 2TB Airport Time Capsule (TC) and I want to access it remotely.
I was using a Swisscom modem/wireless router. After checking several forums it looked like setting the swisscom router to bridge mode is one of the pre-requisite to achieve what I want.
I went into the router sertting and used IP Passthrough to my TC. Right clicking the TC in Airport utility now shows the external IP (I guess. It starts with 762...)
Now can anyone help me to set up my TC for remote access ?
Things to note:-
I do not know if I have a PPoE account or if that is a must to get what I am asking for.
I also use Swisscom TV. The set top box is connected via a ethernt cable from the Swisscom router. This works even now after I configured IP passthrough (Isn't that strange ? Makes me think if I could set my router in 'bridge' mode succesfully)
Thanks
Somsubhro

Couldn't find a way to include screenshots in these postings, but here are links to screenshots of the actual setup screens in the Airport Utility and MobileMe prefs:
http://jonbeckphotography.smugmug.com/photos/540480142_EwYWe-M.jpg
http://jonbeckphotography.smugmug.com/photos/540480150_Z9VzL-M.jpg
http://jonbeckphotography.smugmug.com/photos/540480114_S2oLn-M.jpg
All this is turned on, I used the link above to determine my IP when connected to the TC for internet use, yet when I try and use "Go ... Connect to Server" the error as described above appears.
Curious to know what I'm missing.
The Starbucks example above is a good one, that was one of the places I actually tried, unsuccessfully, to connect to the TC.
Has anyone actually managed to connect to their files on the TC from a remote location, such as a Starbucks? If so, how?

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Is it possible to access files on Time Capsule remotely that are not on iCloud? I would not be on the same wireless network when accessing these files.

You certainly can, if you use Back to My Mac, a feature of OS X "Lion" and later:
Setting up and using Back to My Mac with an AirPort base station or Time Capsule

How do I access Time Capsule Remotely with iCloud?

Before, with MobileMe, I was able to backup and access my Time Capsule anywhere in the world because I had my MobileMe login stored in my Time Capsule, and my MobileMe entered into my mac.
So when I was at home it would backup through the local network and when remote it did it through the internet.
Once upgrading to iCloud this broke (even though I entered my iCloud info into the time capsule).
Apple apparently fixed this with an update:
The latest Airport Base Station Update 7.6.1 "provides support for remote access to an AirPort disk or a Time Capsule hard drive with an iCloud account."
However, I'm still unable to do it. Is there instructions some where on how to do it with the latest Airport Utility / iCloud?
Note, yes I could do it with port forwarding but that would require that I have a static IP and like most all residential users I don't have a static IP and can't afford to pay 180+ for a business account to have one. And yes, you can use something like DynDNS but that only works if you have an extra computer at home and that its always on. I only have one machine and its my laptop that I bring with me. MobileMe acted like a DynDNS on the Airport to make Back2Mac work and supposively iCloud should do the same.
Also in Airport Utility next to my iCloud login it shows a green icon (so it's connected).
Thanks in advance!

There is some new info posted by apple.. and links to more setup as well.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4907
I haven't done it.. as I refuse to move to Lion while the networking is so kludgy.

Can you access time capsule remotely?

I am currently at work and would like to access backed up files from time capsule, didn't know if this is possible.

Yes, you can on a Mac as the TC is only able to present AFP access to the internet.
There is a number of methods to set this up but since Apple is shutting mobileme the easy method has finished.
Follow the info in this thread.. starting with the post at the bottom.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2792797?tstart=0
That is valid for TC if it is set as the router in the network, and takes the public ip on its wan interface.
If the TC is behind another router, you will need to open tcp and udp on port 548 to get access.
It is relatively simple to do.. but I am fairly sure this is not secure.. even if you put a decent password on the disk, which indeed you should do, it is open to man in the middle type attack. If the content on the TC is not an issue.. then you can live with the risk, but if you would prefer not to have people get access, I would say this is the wrong way and you should use a vpn router, and bridge the TC.
You will need to check that your workplace allows access as many work places will consider what you are doing is a risk as well.

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I have an iMac(2013), an MBP(2013) and a TC(2012). I want to access the files on my TC remotely through my MBP, outside my home network. I tried setting this up by going through a lot of blogs but was unsuccessful Plz can someone guide me on how to set it up. I even registered at the DynDns. Looks like Apple had made some changes recently forcing users to access the TC remotely only thru the Back to My Mac option. I am unable to understand on how to set it up using the BRMM option. Please can someone advise on how to set it up to access using this option.
Many thanx for your support in advance.
Sudhakar

Did you use Tesserax documents??
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3413
There are three methods .. IMHO try doing it by direct AFP connection first. as that tells you if you have some other issue.
Is the TC the main router of the network.. BTMM will not work without it.
Is the place you are testing from giving you a public IP? ie it is better to tether to your phone as long as your 3G provider gives you a public IP than using a business or wireless cafe etc.. where you are behind a firewall. Remember this has to work from both ends.. not just one.

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The failure of the airport utility to find the TC suggests something more fundamental is wrong.
1. Use ethernet. Plug the laptop directly into the TC. Make sure you have internet connection and wireless is off.
2. In windows explorer type directly into the address bar the TC name or IP address.
\\TCname or \\TCIPaddress
If both of them fail and you still have internet access then the issue is firewall.
3. Test again with airport utility.
4. Ensure that the PC is set to home location, not work or public. Turn off all internet security, not just the firewall you can see.. as there can be another you cannot see.
5. If your laptop is setup for windows domain controller, then explain to your IT department you want to connect to peer to peer resources at home. It maybe blocked somehow.

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If the TC is at home and in router mode as the main router of the network, get someone at home to give you the current public IP which will be on the summary page of the airport utility.
With the public IP try and access it by typing the IP directly into finder.. go.. connect to server.
AFP://publicip.
If you have setup WAN access it will. Otherwise no.
For BTMM and iCloud access and its various issues.. this thread may give you some ideas.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3699096?start=0&tstart=0
If the icloud method proves unreliable and you are dependent on access to the TC.. I strongly recommend better and more reliable access methods.. in particular buy a VPN modem or router.. whichever suits your internet type and put the TC in bridge behind it. Direct connect to the TC via the vpn.
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I heard that in order to access my Time Capsule remotely, I need to have more then one Mac. I that true?
I bought a TC, of course to make backups of my system, but I also bought it because I was told it could be used for 'cloud' storage . Can anyone help me out with this?
I have my TC set up on Bridgemode as I cannot turn off NAT on the router it is connected to.
BTW, I'm totally new to Mac (2 weeks), so please dumb it down as much as possible for me... Thx!!!

The port forwarding set up on my router looks like this:
I use port 8888 for both Public UDP and Private TCP Ports. Your provider may have a different port for you to use on your specific modem/router.
The Private IP Address is the fixed IP that my router assigns to the Time Capsule on the local network. Your router likely is using the 192.168 range, so your information here will look something like 192.168.1.25 for example.
You must use 548 for the Private UDP Port Setting and the same port 548 for the Private TCP Port on your modem/router setup.
Once the modem/router is set up with the required information, you can try to log onto your network.
Click the Finder Menu on your Mac on the lower left of the dock
Click the Go Menu at the top of the screen
Enter in the following in the address bar:
afp://staticIPaddress:portnumber
For example, say that my ISP has assigned me a Static IP address of 72.111.222.33
Then, the setting on my Mac would look like this:
afp://72.111.222.33:8888
Then, click Connect
You will be asked for the device password to connect to the Time Capsule

Can I access the data backed up on my time capsule remotely via the Internet?

Can I access the data backed up on my time capsule remotely via the Internet? Let us say I have all my music or photos on my time capsule at home and I want to access it while I am outside over the Internet can I do this?

See remote access methods here.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/wireless/airport?view=documents
I am not sure what format these files are in.. but if they are itunes or iphoto.. have a care.. it is easy to corrupt them.

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You need to follow the BTMM via icloud instructions.
http://www.apple.com/support/icloud/back-to-my-mac/
There are plenty of other ways to do it.. but issues to do with Apple not using a dynamic DNS client so if your ISP does not allocate you a static public IP there is no way to find it, if the public ip rotates as they are designed to do hourly or daily.
Do a google search, remote access time capsule..
Or use the more like this on the right hand side... there are plenty of posts and even youtube video which go right through it.
BTW your school system may simply block the port.. if I was a school IT admin.. I would. You are dragging files across to the internal school network bypassing the firewall.. that is unacceptable risk to the whole school system.

Time Capsule Remote Access [HELP]

So like the title says I want to have access to my Time Capsule from anywhere.
I'd like someone to post a [HowTo] Step by Step.
I have:
MB Pro with Lion OSX 10.7.4 (Airport Utility 6.1 and 5.6)
TC with FW 7.6.1 (Bridge Mode)
T-Home Speedport W 504V configured as a DSL-Modem
TC is connected to the Speedport.
I've read many things but they make everythin more complicate.
I also tried to activate NAT-PMP with a public IP so that I can Share Disk over WAN, but the program tells me that
DHCP Staraddress and Endaddress are in conflict with my WAN-IP-Address.
So at the moment I'm using the Bridge Mode.
Also iCloud "Back to my Mac" tells me NAT-PMP or UPnP isn't activated on my router.
So please give me some help with this stuff so I can get access from an extern network.
And if I try to do it on Airport Utility 6.1 it tells me Double NAT.
Regards
Khanh Duy

I don't have a howto step by step sorry.. I refuse to use OS with as bad a Networking as Lion.. and no interest in clouds..
You can do this without icloud at all. And it is simple if you have a static public IP address.
Even without static public IP you might do ok with the modem you have.
So let me suggest 3 possibles..
1. If you want to continue down the icloud road.. the issue is upnp .. did you turn on upnp in the modem.. if not do so and try it. TC should be bridged.
Or if you ISP allows pppoe authentication then bridge the modem and use the pppoe client in the TC.. this is a better method as then the TC gets the public IP on its WAN port. You can select to allow disk access from WAN. Although if this is necessary or not from iCloud I have no idea.
2. With a static public ip, simply port forward AFP to the TC ip address. I will not post the details unless you do have a static public IP because most people don't. TC is in bridge.
3. Use dyndns client in the modem.. Here again you will have to check if that facility is in the modem.. again the TC is in bridge.. port forward AFP to the IP of the TC. The router has to control this using a fixed IP to the TC.
In both the case 2 or 3, you access the TC remotely by simply using its IP address or URL. In finder, go, go to server and type in AFP://PublicIPaddress or AFP://TCdyndnsaddress
If you just google for "Time Capsule remote access" there are hundreds and thousands of posts explaining how to do it.. but if you cannot figure out method 2 or 3.. I am happy to give further details.

Accessing the Time Capsule remotely

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This worked just fine when I used it in the past:
http://gigaom.com/apple/access-your-time-capsule-over-the-internet/
Might be worth a look.

Help with Time Capsule remote access

I have recently purchased a MacBook Pro and a Time Capsule. I have registered with a MobileMe account and have specified the details of this in the Advanced section of AirPort utility. However, I don't know what else I need to do to enable me to access the Time Capsule remotely? The Time Capsule is set up on a bridge with my existing router and is performing backups, so I believe that this is working as it should. Any advice would be much appreciated as I'm new to Macs! Many thanks.

Hello morph1977. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
I believe the issue is that you have the Time Capsule (TC) behind another router.
I assume that you want to take advantage of BacktoMyMac (BTMM) to access the TC with your MobileMe account ... correct?
If so, two things must be present in order for BTMM to be successful: 1) Routers on both ends of the connection must support either UPnP or NAT-PMP. Note: The AirPort and TC both support NAT-PMP, and 2) The router with the host device you are trying to reach must have a publicly reachable IP address.
BTMM only works with either a public IP address or with automated port mapping via NAT-PMP or UPnP.
Here's roughly how BTMM works:
1. For a computer connected to the Internet via a router that assigns it a network address, BTMM asks the router for configuration information.
2. BTMM sends this information to MobileMe: BTMM tells MobileMe where the computer is located and how to reach it on the network or via the Internet. This information is stored on the MobileMe’s servers.
3. When connecting to a remote computer, your copy of BTMM creates a secure connection with the other computer, using the information about that computer’s
location and configuration stored on MobileMe.
Since the TC is behind another router and configured as a bridge, the only thing that needs to be configured on it is to identify the MobileMe account(s) that will access it using the AirPort Utility. The key would be to make sure that existing router has either NAT-PMP or UPnP enabled.

How to config Time capsule remote access with Motorola SVG1202 router?

I'm having difficulty trying to congif Time capsule remote acces. I have a router Motorola SVG1202 and Time capsule config to Bridge mode, when I change Time capsule config to "DHCP and NAT", an error of "Double NAT" happens. How to correct this? Tried to search what to do exactly but no luck, appreciate anyone support.

Method 3 will work if you have a modem/router or gateway device, as it appears that the SVG1202 is......with the Time Capsule in Bridge Mode.
The method 3 has some differences from my Airport Utility options (v6.3.2), please if there are any image of the screen options would be helpfull.
You will not be using AirPort Utility to set up port forwarding for the Time Capsule, so as long as you can get the Time Capsule back to Bridge Mode, you should not need any additional help on AirPort Utiltiy 6.3.2.
Basically, all the setup will be on the Motorola device.
The first order of business is that you have a Static Internet IP address from your service provider. It is not practical to consider Method 3 unless you have this in place.
Then, the Motorola must be able to assign a fixed IP address to the Time Capsule on your network......probably something like 192.168.1.4.....for example only.
If the first two conditions can be met, the Motorola still needs to have the capability to set up Port Forwarding. If it does, then you would set up Port 548 for both Private UDP and Private TCP.
Then set up a port number....example 8888.....for Public UDP and Public TCP.
Then, from your Mac, you would click the Finder Go menu and click Connect to Server
Enter the following:
afp://12.345.678.910:8888
The 12.345.679.910 is an example of the IP address that your provider furnished to you for your Internet connection with their service.
Then, click Connect

Accessing Time Capsule From Any Internet Connection

Could you please tell me if it will be possible to access Time Capsule from any internet. I would like to put all my files on the device and be able to access these while out on the road.
Thanks in advance for your help
Cheers Steve

Yes, you certainly can (right now) remotely access the hard drive attached to your AEBSn. I will refer you to "Step 4" in Apple's article Sharing a USB hard disk on your network for instructions on enabling this feature. To access the disk remotely (and don't test this from a computer on your own LAN) select "Connect to Server" from the Finder's "Go" menu, and enter the public IP address of your Base Station.
I have to admit the specs for Time Capsule don't explicitly indicate that Time Capsule will support this feature. However, given this feature is available on the AEBSn and is easy to implement, I would be very surprised if Apple took away this feature when they designed Time Capsule.

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