Add air port to time capsule

add air port to time capsule

Which AirPort model will you be adding to the Time Capsule network?
Do you plan to add the AirPort by connecting it using a wired Ethernet connection to the Time Capsule?
or
Do you plan to add the AirPort by connecting it wirelessly to the Time Capsule?
What operating system are you running on your Mac?

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I'm trying to decide what to buy either air port or time capsule. I want a hard drive to save my pictures documents etc. but I want to be able to delete it off my computer but it still stay on my hard drive any advice?

need to decide what to get for a hard drive

Any hard disk drive in a USB enclosure will work with either the Time Capsule or the Extreme.
Don't use Time Machine for archival purposes - that's not what it is designed to do. It's strictly a backup utility.

Windows 8.1 on Macbook Air connecting to Time Capsule

I have installed Windows 8.1 on a separate partition of my MacBook Air. My Time Capsule (2 TB) is visible when I boot to iOS X, however, when I boot to WIndows, it doesn't show in the Network devices list even though the MacBook Air is connected to the Internet through the Time Capsule's wireless network. Does anyone have any suggestions of how to make the Time Capsule available under WIndows? I have turned on Network Discovery and file sharing in Windows.
Thanks for your time.

It is very helpful to install airport utility for windows.
Although rather out of date it adds bonjour for windows and other small apps which help.
Then in standard Windows Explorer, type the TC IP address directly into address bar.. thusly.
\\10.0.1.1
Now you will need to find out the IP of the TC.. that should now be available in the airport utility you have just installed.
If it refuses to open the issue is firewall .. turn it off.. or it is network is set to work or public location not home.. reset it to home.

Cannot print from Canon MF4412 through USB port of Time Capsule

Hi everyone,
I've recently purchased a new Canon imageCLASS MF4412 and cannot print while connected to the USB port of the time capsule. I can print and scan perfectly when connected directly to the mac.
This is the exact steps I took:
1.After connecting the usb cable to the back of Time capsule, I go to the sys pref pane to add a printer.
2.It shows up as a 'Bonjour' and I had to manually select the driver.
3.It added fine and I thought everything was setup.
4.However, when i go to print something, there's an error. "Canon URF II Printer Driver"
"Cannon communicate with the printer, or the printer is not supported. If the printer is supported, check the printer connection and add it again. Then, if the Print Dialog box has a [Printer Info] button, acquire the printer information: 10322"
Anybody know of a solution?
Thanks.

I got a similar problem on MF4412, the canon 4412 is connected the newest airport extreme , it get configured. But I got same problem described about on my leopard, lion, even worst on iOS, it does not find the printer. But I got a Windows 7 starter NetBook ...haha it works, I can print it from Windows. what is the problem then,it works on Windows but not Apple's OS??????

Add MAC Address to Time Capsule?

Hey everybody--
I have a MacBook Pro that connects to the Internet via a Time Capsule that is hooked up to a cable modem. I recently bought a Blu-Ray player that has a LAN port (no wireless), but it is miles away from the Time Capsule.
I would like to share my MacBook Pro's wireless Internet connection by connecting an ethernet cable between the Blu-Ray player and the MacBook Pro. I turned on Internet Sharing and selected share Airport with computers using ethernet. I tested it out by seeing if my wife's MacBook could share the connection and it worked like a charm. (I turned off her Airport card and her computer accessed the Internet via an ethernet cable between our two computers.)
Alas, the Blu-Ray player can't seem to share the connection.
The Blu-Ray player uses DHCP but tt appears to receive a self-assigned IP address.
The player manual says that if the connection fails "it may be necessary to set the MAC address of the unit at the router side."
Does anyone know what this statement could mean? Can I add a device somehow to the Time Capsule. Any other thoughts on ways to make this work?
Thanks in advance for the help!

I found this how-to on the Web. I'm not too saavy with terminal, so these things always make me a bit nervous. Anyone have any concerns about following these steps to see if it works?
The following procedure is confirmed to work as written.
Start Internet Sharing if it's not already running.
In Terminal, type cp /etc/bootpd.plist /tmp/bootpd.plist
Stop Internet Sharing.
Open /tmp/bootpd.plist for editing using TextEdit or whatever.
Locate this section of the file, near the end:
<key>replythresholdseconds</key>
<integer>4</integer>
Change the value 4 to 0.
In Terminal, type sudo cp /tmp/bootpd.plist /etc
Start Internet Sharing.
If you want to, check that your change to /etc/bootpd.plist hasn't been reverted.

How to add hard disc to time capsule

Just got new Time Capsule which works well with my MacBook pro. it says a hard disc can be added by USB but when I plugged it in it is not recognised.
Help please

Make sure that the hard drive is formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
Check to see if the drive is recognized by using AirPort Utillty as follows:
Open up AirPort Utility and click on the Time Capsule icon
Click Edit in the smal window that appears
Click the Disks tab at the top of the window
If the drive is recognized, the drive name will appear here. In the example below, the drive is named WD Drive.
If you have checked to make sure that the drive is formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled)....also known as HFS+.....and the drive still does not appear in the AirPort Utility check, then the USB port on the Time Capsule may not be providing enough power for the drive.....even if the drive has its own power supply.
The solution in this case is to add a powered USB hub to the Time Capsule and then connect the hard drive to the powered USB hub.

Add USB hub to Time Capsule

If I add a USB hub into a Time Capsule, can I add HDD and printer(s) into the hub at the same time?
Thanks.

Is there a limit on the number of devices (printers, HDD's) the can be accessed via the Time Capsule if I connect them through the Time Capsule's USB port via a powered USB hub?
Thanks,
Rick

Can you expand the number of LAN ports the Time Capsule has?

I have a recently purchased a Time Capsule and am wondering if you could use something like a splicer to add more LAN ports to the device.

You can install a Gigabit Ethernet switch to add as many ports as you need. Switches come in 5-port, 8-port, 16-port etc. varieties.
Why a switch and not a hub? A switch will deliver full bandwidth to each connected device. A hub will divide or split up the bandwidth to connected devices.
Any electronics / computer superstore will have models to choose from. Recommended brands are Netgear and Cisco, among others.

Can't add/access files from Time Capsule

I have two time capsules, one that I bought for myself and one that my brother gave to me. For the past couple of months, I've been using the time capsule I bought for myself to back up my imac and I've also been adding video files from my macbook air into a separate folder I created in the time capsule. This method has been working really well for me and I have approximately 700 GB of space left on the the time capsule. However, after I downloaded the Mac OS X 10.5.5 update, every time I try to add video files to the folder on my time capsule, the time capsule disconnects itself after freezing my finder application for about 10-20 minutes. The same thing happens when I try to access the files in the folder. I've been using my brother's time capsule for the time being, but I'm worried I won't ever be able to access these files again. Can anyone help me with this problem? Thank you,
Sugi

Yes, unless it's been deleted from the Time Capsule, which may happen when it runs out of space. Don't use the backup as a storage place for files you intentionally delete from the computer; it's designed for recovery of accidentally deleted content, and if desired, for use with the Migration Assistant when setting up a new Mac.
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Port Forwarding Time Capsule With Bridge Mode

Whoever says that the Time Capsule opens all ports if it is in Bridge Mode, it does not.
I have put my Time Capsule in DMZ, firewall disabled, and it is still blocking ports, except for a couple (Apple Filesharing, Telnet,…)
My TC was set up in Bridge Mode as it SHOULD indeed open all ports, but this is not the case, it seems you have to add the ports yourself.
How it works is completely not intuitive and i would even consider it a bug.
Adding the following port configuration opened up the port, even though it was blocked before adding it with the TC in Bridge Mode.
This doesn't seem to work for all ports however, so i am at a loss as to what is going on
I'm using the following site to test the Network ports
http://www.whatsmyip.org/port-scanner/
If anyone could explain or help out, that would be great
Kind Regards,
Cipher

Hi, Thank you both for your continued support!
The main router is from our ISP, it is remotely controlled by our ISP and they will not allow us to access it and adjust/view the configuration ourselves (dumb, i know, but can't be helped), which is why is i went with the DMZ option, as i don't want to keep having to call them, wait and trouble shoot every time a specific port needs to be opened.
That router goes to 2 floors in the building, with a switch on the first floor and another one on the second floor, this second one extends the network to the third floor. My Time Capsule is connected to this switch.
The main router from our ISP has the IP 192.168.254.150 set up to be in DMZ (per request) as well as the, what they call, "soft firewall" disabled.
My Time capsule has it's network setup manually, so it has the static IP mentioned just above, the router is the main router from our ISP
Currently the TC is set up to to share that IP address using DHCP & NAT, where the private IP range identifier is different from the one used by the main router (TC is using 10.0.X.X) resulting in a double NAT, but causing no problem since the IP identifier is different
Ports that need to be forwarded have been mapped in the TC
IPv6 is configured to be setup automatically and it's mode is set to Native
The TC also broadcasts a secure wireless network
My Main Desktop (running OS X Mountain Lion) is connected through ethernet, directly to the TC
I have tried connecting to an external server @ IP XX.XXX.XX.XX on port 7777, but the connection fails
That's pretty much it i think.

How do I connect a Canon Selphy CP900 using the USB port on Time Capsule

I am running a MacBook Pro with Mountain Lion (10.8.5) and have installed the CP 900 driver (6.2) supplied by Canon from their website. I have a Time Capsule set up as a stand alone internal network at my home and use it as a network attched hard drive directly - not via Time Machine. I can "see" the printer when I connect but cannot print to it. I open a photo in preview and select the printer and print.
I get a
Cannin Selphy CP Generic
connection method not supported message - 9786
The printer does show up in my Print and Scan control panel in System Preferences
I also cannot reach it to check suplies
At the print it dsiplays the printer to computer connection via USB
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Asa

Hi Asa,
I experienced the same error -9786 although I'm not using the time capsule, but only through the wifi.
I did following and resolved the problem.
1. I re-installed the driver software.
2. I re-configured the printer settings. (System Preferences - Printers and Scanners - "+" button)
3. I didn't add the selphy manually, but just I just input "CP" in the searchbox in "Add" dialog, and clicked "OK" button then the printer is set automatically.
4. I tried pringing a photo from iPhoto and could print correctly.
it looks like the key action is #2 and #3 above, so why don't you give a try?

Moved drive to USB Port on Time Capsule and TM no longer sees backups

I moved my FireWire attached HD from a direct attachment to my Mac Pro to attached via the USB port on my Time Capsule. Time Machine now wants to start over, and does not see the previous backups.
The destination drive name did not change, other than the added NAS address.
Is there a way to force TM to use the previous backup set incrementally instead of starting over?
Thx

SRJaynes wrote:
I moved my FireWire attached HD from a direct attachment to my Mac Pro to attached via the USB port on my Time Capsule.
unfortunately, it's not that simple. TM treats backups to directly attached drives differently vs. networked ones.
see this for more information and possible solutions: http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/18.html
JGG

Add Airport extreme to Time Capsule to boost Wifi

We currently use Time Capsule for Wifi throughout our house with one exception. Our family room is on the other side of a brick wall. We have an old Airport extreme and was wondering if we could somehow add it to the network to boost the wifi into the family room. Thanks.

Hello williards. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
It is possible, but there are at least two things to consider before doing so:
1) Mixing "n" and "g" AirPorts will only allow you to extend the wireless range in a static WDS. This means two things: The overall bandwidth (speed) will be cut in half, and the other is that this type of WDS can only operate in the 802.11g mode ... effectively, eliminating the advantage of "n."
2) In order to extend the network wirelessly, the extending AirPort must have a sufficient signal from the AirPort it is extending. If wireless devices in the family room cannot get a good signal the old AirPort Extreme won't either and you will not be happy with the performance of the WDS.
A few options would be:
1) Connect the AirPorts via Ethernet.
2) If Ethernet is not possible, consider employing Powerline adapters. These adapter take advantage of your home's electrical circuit to create a hybrid Ethernet circuit between adapters. Note: It is important that the two adapters are on the same electrical circuit.

HT4260 How to add a Mac to time capsule network for backup

I'm trying to add a 4th Mac to our time capsule. The 3 of us are able to do backups at the end of the day and I'd like to add another on. How should I go about it?
Appreciate any help
Thanks

Anguspattie wrote:
I'm trying to add a 4th Mac to our time capsule. The 3 of us are able to do backups at the end of the day and I'd like to add another on. How should I go about it?
As LaPastnague says, that should be no problem.
Unless, of course, the TC's disk is already near full. Then you've got a bit of a problem. See the pink box in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #33 for details and possible workarounds.

Port forwarding Time Capsule Airport 7.6.3

Network problems. I want to run a free software called Maptool 1.3b89. I created some sweet maps in OS version 10.7.5, and assembled players, but I can't connect with other computers. I have the Time Capsule (router) with Airport version 7.6.3, updated, Cisco cable modem. I updated Java when I installed Maptool, less than a month ago.
The Maptool Networking FAQ says UPnP is by far the easiest approach, furthermore,"(An alternative is called NAT-PMP, but they are functionally the same so the second won't be mentioned again.) "This sounds as if one can plow ahead and get the same result. Believing they were functionally the same, I enabled NAT-PMP, attempted to connect with the UPnP box checked, and Maptool returned: "no internet gateway devices found UPnP port mapping will not be available."
So I asked, "If I get the server enabled, will it work for windows, or just for mac clients? Is this where it is functionally the same?"
Here is the response, though I'm not certain it addresses my concern: "The NFAQ is incorrect if it says that NAT-PMP is the same as UPNP. NAT-PMP is a new protocol from Apple that only applies to the AirPort routers, although a lot of other routers now support it as well. I'll fix the FAQ. There will be a b90 build either tonight or tomorrow that will fix the UPNP bug, but it won't help with NAT-PMP since it's a different protocol. I'll see if I can find a way to support NAT-PMP but it's not likely to be soon."
Does that translate to, give up or get a different computer, Mac user?
I searched these forums. The suggestions aren't talking about version 7.6.3 of Airport. They tell you to go to port mapping, which is not an option/selection offered. The most useful post says my version of Airport is a toy hammer with no functionality, go get old Airport, version 5.6. Did that using Unpkg. Did not run both airports at the same time. Followed another post that referenced Bit Torrent, thus, I enabled Nat-PMP, and mapped all four ports to 51234, the default port for Maptool. Airport 5.6 returned: The airport utilty was unable to find your Airport wirless device after restarting, the settings for this wirless device have successfully updated, but there was a problem rejoining the wirless network or finding the Airport wireless device. you may need to select your network from the Wi-fi menu and try again.
Lost wireless. Did a backup from Time machine and still couldn't connect wirelessly. Restarted and the wirless returned.
The NFAQ says UPnP won't work with port forwarding (at the same time) but that is what seems to need to happen on a Mac. I tried portforward.com. Does not have my router. Followed instructions for the only featured Apple/Macintosh product, Airport Extreme. Not even close.
I have clicked all the advanced buttons and menu choices through Airport and through (settings)network, and figured out you can click on the + sign. The outdated portforward.com info says, "enter both the public and private boxes with the same port number," and shows two boxes, but I have four boxes: IPV4 port mapping, public (and private) UDP ports, Public (and private) TCP ports. Should I fill all four with port 51234 and use the provided IP address?
I can't make my IP address static. I followed the portforward guide and lost my internet connection. Portforward Open Port check tool says, "this program cannot be run in dos mode," with a giant code strip following. Excuse my ignorance, but why is a dos program set up to run a test that is embedded in a Macintosh installation guide? Is that an emulator or a different dos? Shouldn't it be Unix or something? It says if I have no internet connection (which I don't at this point) to restore my original settings. Futile. The user guide offered here isn't my software version but it says to enable NAT-PNP and give the ip adress to the host, but Maptool isn't going to use this special IP because it will only see the public one, right?
I was tempted to buy one of their products like PCconfig but here is what they say, "Instead of manually configuring your network router, just pick your app from a list and update your router with a single click." but they don't bother to indicate whether it works for mac, don't feature my router, and it says you must pick an app, but Maptool is not featured in the giant list of users that, "you are forwarding ports for." I tried to download PF Setup Static IP Address but the download was a Windows app, so I couldn't run it.
I have tried just enabling Nat-PMP by itself, Canyouseeme.org returns "firewall or ISP is blocking certain parts, error, I could not see your service on (my IP address) port 51234." I have tried port mapping by itself to port 51234, which causes the time capsule to crash, requiring a backup and reboot to restore the wireless network, and both together, which is contrary to the way it is supposedly done with UPnP.
If I installed Windows that wouldn't change how it networks. What is my next step, buy another router?
Downloaded Hamachi. The tutorial no longer launches. The tech data has removed the mac screen shots and not replaced them, but I can see the headings and blank spots where they should be. I assume they aren't supporting new mac users. Logmein was just as obscure. I don't feel very confident about either product. The freeware Virtual Network Provider gets reviews like, "hard to use," and "complex interface."
Thanks in advance for your consideration.

If you want to use maptool and it is only going to work with UPNP type router. Then simply replace the TC with a standard router.. it is less than $100 for a very reasonable one like Netgear WNDR3800 which has 3rd party firmware like dd-wrt, openwrt and gargoyle as well as netgear which is pretty but lacks features.
Bridge the TC and keep it as backup target for TM which is what it does best.. and wireless AP for apple devices.

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