Assigning clients on multiple Time Capsules

I have two Time Capsules on different floors in opposite sides of a two-story house:
1) TC1: 4th Gen TC connected to the internet modem (2nd floor)
2) TC2: 3rd Gen TC acting as a wireless bridge (1st floor)
I have several devices connecting to the wireless network (Apple TVs, Macbooks, iPads, iPhones, etc); all running the latest Mac OS or iOS. Is there a way to force a device, an Apple TV, to connect to a specific Time Capsule?
The Apple TV is on the 2nd floor and is connecting to the wireless bridge TC2, which is in the same side of the house but on the 1st floor. I would like to force it to connect to the main TC1 on the 2nd floor. The physical distance from the Apple TV to the wireless bridge is probably shorter, but given that the signal has to travel through the floor to the bridge and then back upstairs to the main router, the download speeds are significantly lower. If I disconnect the bridge TC2, the Apple TV connects to the main TC1 without any problems.
I imagine that there is a way to manually manage clients/devices for each Time Capsule. But I would like to avoid doing this for every device, since I have 10+ devices, some of which are mobile. Just want to force an Apple TV to connect to the main router and not the wireless bridge. Is this possible?
Thank you

The problem you have here is the criteria used by each device to connect is wireless signal, not speed. We have no access in the apple device to change the criteria.. nor is it is easy to set one that isn't immediately measurable.. like download speed. ie you need to add the intelligence.. the system cannot know which WAP is the faster.
Is the upstairs TC setup in bridge or router mode? If it is in router you can setup the guest network and use that for the ATV. That option should work but will only give internet access. You can use the 5ghz with a different name.. but the range of that is very limited.. I doubt it will work. I am assuming you are wireless linking on 2.4ghz.
The only solution I can see is to introduce another WAP plugged into the main router and using a different wireless name.

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Multiple Time Capsule Problems - WDS, Backup Crashes Computer

I am having TWO major faults with my new Time Capsule:
1. Kernel failure: My machine crashes every time Time Machine tries to do an hourly backup to my Time Capsule. I get the message : "btreeswapnode: about to write corrupt node!\n"........ I have turned backup off for the moment. The Kernel error causes the gray "curtain" to drop over the screen saying that your Mac requires you to push in the power button for a restart. Certainly not what you expect from a May.
2. Support of a WDS network: I have two brand new Airport Expresses (80211.n) that I tried to add to my Time Capsule to make a WDS network. Should be pretty straight forward. I have the latest version of Airport Utility and updated the firmware on each of the devices. I am now watching one (not both, mind you) of the Airport Expresses blink "green" and then "yellow" in 3 second intervals. It is switching between being a part of the WDS and then not being able to see the Time Capsule. I have done multiple restarts, checked configurations.
My CONCLUSION is that the TIME CAPSULE is NOT READY for prime time.

OK, I have been able to move forward.
My kernel failures were happening on my MacBook Pro, but my iMac was backing up just fine.
From the iMac I was able to connect to Time Capsule and delete the "sparsebundle" for the MBP.
Then, I initiated a new backup of the MBP and all is well so far. The MBP backed up it's 70 G to the TC and hourly backups have proceeded from there.
It appears that some kind of "corruption" of the sparsebundle folder on TC causes the host machine to panic.
Don't totally understand why. I'd expect an error message, not a crater.

Client id on time capsule

Hey all,
How can I get time capsule to show 'client ids' in the dhcp list?
Thanks
Michael

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How many clients can the time capsule handle?

I'm trying to research how many clients can be accomodated by the time capsule - anyone know?

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
You can connect 50 devices and computer wirelessly to the Time Capsule, but you can connect more through Ethernet

Who is 10.0.1.3 wireless client in my time capsule

I use my time capsule as a router and there is this wireless client 10.0.1.3 along with all others (which are known to me), except this one.
How can I find out who is this, or what is it?
I have AirPort Express connected to TC too, but it shows separately in the AirPort Utility.

OK Bob/John,
Sorry for this long post - and thank you so much for your thoughts and time.
It still shows that 10.0.1.3 wireless client. But now I think it could be my MacBook as the 10.0.1.3 wireless client on the TC has the same hardware address (xx:xx:xx...) as the one that shows in my System Information panel in the Network/Locations folder under the Wi-Fi Hardware (MAC) Address - see screen shots.
Bottom line - 10.0.1.3 could be my MacBook, but is it really - I am not that tech savvy?
If it is - where can I go and rename it so it shows my MacBook name?
Anyway, I am going to tell you what I did if this is relevant for anything you were wondering about. Otherwise you don't have to read the statements below.
Bob said:
Power off the entire network....all devices....in any order that you wish when you go to bed tonight.
In the morning, power up the modem first and let it run a minute by itself
Power up the next device connected to the modem the same way
Power up the next, etc.
Keep powering up devices one at a time until the network is back up
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I did that this morning.
John said:
The TC will retain the client's IP address until its DHCP lease expires, or you cycle its power.
If you had a visitor with an iPhone or iPad or iPod Touch the TC will remember its IP address long after he's gone. Don't forget the guest network - if you enabled it, it's open.
"Ping" that address using Terminal - if the client is no longer present you will get 100% packet loss so that was likely the source of this mystery. On the other hand if you get returns the times shown may be useful.
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I have AU 6.1 and it shows on the TC in the Internet Tab option for "Renew DHCP Lease", but I haven't touched it yet, as I don't know what exactly to do. However, I did cycle power the modem.
And yes, I had visitor a while back (approx. 4 weeks ago) - he has an iPad and and an iPhone too. Both were not on my WiFi though. They were on my Wi-Fi before that - around 8 weeks ago. But at that time I had a different ISP. I don't know if that's important to be mentioned.
Guest Newtwork is disabled.
John, I don't know how to "ping" any address in Terminal. Which address are you referring to?
Bob is right - iPhones and iPads come and go as wireless clients depending on sleep/power off or when they are not on any Wi-Fi but on their celular network.
John, Yes, all screen shots are from my MacBook 13" AL, late 2008 (yes, I know it is old) running on Mac Lion v.10.7.5.

Backing up one Mac to multiple time capsule.

I'm using a Macbook Pro running OSX Lion. I use the Macbook to work from both home and office.
Because I live very far from office, I usually stay in the city with my gf which means I might not go home for 7-10 days at a time.
I do have a time capsule at home, everything works fine whenever I go there, backup is done seemlessly, catching up to whatever state the macbook is.
Because I can be without backing up for days and sometime weeks, I'm considering getting another Time Capsule that I would setup at work.
My question is:
Is it possible to backup a single Mac to multiple independant Time Capsule (or NAS ). My understanding is that Time Machine probably create indexes of what changed vs. what didn't ... so I am not convince it would correctly update two Time Capsule which might be at very different levels.
If not possible I guess I'll have to look into another parallel backup scheme like Acronis or else (didn't really look into that yet)

From Pondini's Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions
Pull quote:
... But Time Machine can’t back up automatically to two different places; you must tell it each time you want to switch, via Time Machine Preferences > Select Disk. That’s easy to do, but since you can’t automate it, not very handy to do often. It doesn’t get you a second app, either.
http://pondini.org/TM/27.html
Given that you would be switching from one to the other only infrequently, "select disk" might be the solution you need.

Find list of clients of 2008 Time Capsule?

How can I find the table or list of all machines connected to my router, whether by cable or wireless? My router is a Time Capsule about 5 years old. I have looked in Airport Utility, but not been able to find what I seek. Google has not helped.

I have and used Pacifist. I installed it to ~/Applications instead of to /Applications, but the installed name is Airport Utility 5.6, so it probably would not have overwritten Airport Utility.
You can install AirPort Utility 5.6 in the Utilities folder along with 6.x if you want.
How do I see clients with manually configured ip addresses?
They will be in DHCP Clients. But...if you have been making changes, restarting the AirPort, plugging / unplugging things, etc. the current DHCP leases need time to expire and then renew.
Check again tomorrow to see if the "lost" devices appear again once the current lease has expired and new lease has been issued.
Also, as long as 5.6 will work why would I want to use Airport Utility 7.6.3, unless I wanted to think I was an iPad?
There are a few things that the "new" AirPort Utility does better than the previous versions, but in general AirPort Utility 5.6 is a far more useful utility than AirPort Utility "Lite".

Help using multiple Time Capsules

I'm new to the Time Capsule and it's features, but my sister had one, then two and now three - all purchased to be dedicated to three different computers. She had to purchase more then one because she needed more capacity than one would hold. She is also taking advantage of the ability of the Time Capsule to extend and make her wi-fi around her house stronger. She is now having issues with the Time Capsules completing backups. Is it complicated to do the task of telling each of the wireless backup disks to only address one of the computers on the wi-fi network? My backup system is old-school: a external hard drive plugged into my computer, so the setup is simple. The Time Capsule that I've been trying to figure out is a Time Capsule 802.11n (1st Gen) and she's got an iMac that she wants to dedicate to it. I've been reading the manual for it but I'm still not completely clear on many details.
This may take a call to Apple Support, but I thought I try here first and get any feedback or suggestions...

Yes, absolutely. Everything in their entire house is on the wi-fi...all computers for internet, their two iPhones to impove their usage as cell service is a bit dicey, the laptop which is used at the front of the house which isn't connect to anything esxcept the charger when needed and of course the three Time Capsules and an additional AirPort they installed in one area because the wi-fi was poor...all wireless. The only exception is the computer I have been trying to troubleshoot. On that only computer the Time Capsule has been plugged into the iMac via a Cat-5 to do backups which I'm unclear why. I'm pretty certain that Time Capsule was one of the first ones. The third one installed in the front of the house has significatly larger capacity and they love the improvement of the wi-fi by it.
Any feedback on the issues and complexity of this setup would be appreciated. As I said previously - I haven't been exposed to this particular Apple product, how it works exactly and the details, etc. There's a lot going on in the setup so I expect there are elements which are completely new to me.

How do you set up multiple time capsules in my home?

I have one time capsule for my information and my roommate has another. They are in the same room. How do I set them up so our information doesn't get confused?

I doubt you will have confusion.. if they have different names.. then network wise they will be fine.
ie You set up your TC named TCTom / TCJulia.. and the other person has his/her TCHarry / TCHarriet.. then clearly they are different..
You can have wireless issues though. If they connect via the same network.. then use ethernet and turn off wireless. Or make a pact and share wireless on one. ie the TC can be plugged into each other.. but wireless only working on one.. they will both be equally accessible and work equally well.

Multiple Time Capsules on a wireless network possible

Hi,
New to this forum and Macs for that matter. So please be gentle with my idiotic questions below:
Currently running out of disk space on my 500GB Time Capsule.
Don't want to just coonect an external drive into the USB port of the TC (on the belief that transfer speed will be slow).
Can I just go out and buy say another 500 GB TC and connect it to the existing network, so that I can continue to share files wirelessly across 2 Windows notebook and Macbook Air for another 500GB?
Any comments/advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!

Welcome to Apple Discussions:
You might repost this in the TimeCapsule forum here:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1253
Yes I know getting around in these forums is not easy for the first few years

Multiple Time Capsules on Wireless Home Network?

I have a relatively new MacBook Pro and Time Capsule. Everyone was actually working well until my husband got the same type of computer and logged into our wireless network. Somehow, until he turned his computer off, I was unable to back up to my Time Capsule. All of my sharing is off. This is before he even connected his own Time Capsule to the home wireless network. The folks in the Apple store suggested that two Time Capsules could be on the same network with no problem. Any ideas?

aussiegti wrote:
Don't want to just connect an external drive into the USB port of the TC (on the belief that transfer speed will be slow).
Are you sure that it will be slower? If you are using a wireless network to connect your machines to the Time Capsule, your bottleneck will be the wireless network, not the fact that the HDD will be connected by USB. Granted the external HDD may be slower than TC's internal HDD. I feel an additional HDD would be the most bang for your buck.

Help, Multiple Time Capsule shared disks created??!!

This won't make too much sense but envision a Finder window with the left hand side showing all the SHARED disks/computer such as the other computers on my local network and including the Time Capsule. When I first started using the TC, it showed up just fine with its pretty TC icon. That still shows up. But about a month ago, there was a bad storm, TC freaked out. The old icon for the TC is still there along with it's original name - "Time Capsule" (original, I know). But I cannot connect to it. However, a new shared disk appeared named "Time Capsule(2)" which I could connect to normally. Then last week my surge protector freaked out and not that one is a no go but a third was created "Time Capsule(3)" which I can connect to. NOTE: the subsequent shared disks have a "cinema display" type icon and not the cute TC icon.
Ok, here is what I want to know: how can remove the "dead" Time Capsule, make sure the working Time Capsule has the cute icon, and understand why this happened. Much appreciated.
Alex.

I would try this:
NOTE: The information (data, files, backups) stored on the Time Capsule will not be erased by this process
1. In Time Machine preferences turn off backups (if not already off)
2. Open Disk Utility
3. Enter Time Machine and then exit (only to mount backup) - in Disk Utility, Time Capsule should show in left hand window
4. Verify Disk (repair if necessary)
5. If you need all the settings from Time Capsule, enter Airport Utility>manual setup and copy down the information
6. Conduct a hard reset (erasing profiles) on the Time Capsule by pressing the reset button for more than 5 seconds immediately at power on (light should blink rapidly amber followed by a reboot)
based off these instructions:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1300
7. Restart your computer
8. Run Airport Utility to reconfigure the Time Capsule
9. Go to Finder window and connect to Time Capsule
10. If necessary per step 1: Turn on backups, select Time Capsule as backup disk & conduct backup

Multiple Time Capsule connection

I have a 0.5 TB Time Capsule which is full and slow. I just bought a 2TB Time Capsule. I am thinking of using both on the same network. Here is what am thinking:
1- Disconnect the Old TC
2- Connect the New TC in its place.
3- Once the New TC is working, connect an Ethernet cable from the New TC's ethernet port to the WAN port of the Old TC.
Question:
1- Would this arrangement work as a Bridge?
2- Would I be able to access the Time Machine Backups on the Old TC?
Any help and suggestions will be appreciated.

Yes, it should work fine.
Reset the old TC to factory.
Factory reset universal
Power off the TC.. ie pull the power cord or power off at the wall.. wait 10sec.. hold in the reset button.. be gentle.. power on again still holding in reset.. and keep holding it in for another 10sec. You may need some help as it is hard to both hold in reset and apply power. It will show success by rapidly blinking the front led. Release the reset.. and wait a couple of min for the TC to reset and come back with factory settings. If the front LED doesn’t blink rapidly you missed it and simply try again. The reset is fairly fragile in these.. press it so you feel it just click and no more.. I have seen people bend the lever or even break it. I use a toothpick as tool.
N.B. None of your files on the hard disk of the TC are deleted.. this simply clears out the router settings of the TC.
Plug it in by ethernet as you have suggested.. and setup in bridge mode.. you can then access it via the new TC.

How best to set up multiple time capsules for multiple needs?

There is so much good information on these discussions about using TCs for extenders or external drives - I am hoping to do both so will ask my own question here. BTW, this is my very first post so please be patient with me if I do not include something important.
I have a 1/2 gen (2007) Airport extreme and a 5th gen (2011) 2 tb TC. I am buying a 6th gen (2013) 3 tb TC because I am getting the new Macbook Air and want to take advantage of the new ac wireless. I have 2 apple TVs and 1 iMac plugged directly into my home ethernet network (if I'm saying that right - they are plugged into the wall). We have iphones, ipads, and an old macbook as well that all plug in wirelessly. Below is what (I think) I would like to do in the order I think I would have to do it. Could you help me understand if (a) this makes sense, and (b) if so, how do I accomplish these steps?
1. I unplug the 2 old units (2007 and 2011) and set them aside for the moment.
2. I plug in the new 6th gen TC to my modem and follow set up instructions to make it my backup area for iMac, Air, and old Macbook. I assume I need to do this because I want it to be the primary right?
3. I want to use the 2011 TC as a hard drive - I will be transferring all photos and 2 iTunes libraries (mine and my husband's) to it. We watch lots of movies so that is the main use. I think I would want this plugged directly into an ethernet port in the wall so it will be quickest for Apple TVs to access right? Or would it be better (fastest access) to connect it directly to the new TC or even the iMac? Is there something I need to do to make it an external drive rather than TC?
4. I would also, if possible, like to use the 2011 TC as an extender into a far room in the house. Could I simply plug it into an ethernet port in that room and it magically becomes an extender too? Would this not be ideal for some reason, like it is slower to access? Note that this is not terribly necessary but would be nice if easy.
6. Would it make sense for me to plug in the 2007 unit in a far room upstairs to serve as an extender up there?
Thank you so very much in advance.

There are a few things to get straight..
This is pedantic but heck I post too much..
The Gen of the TC is one behind the Extreme.. so a Gen6 AE = Gen5 TC.
Totally pedantic.. but it keeps me happy.
3. I want to use the 2011 TC as a hard drive - I will be transferring all photos and 2 iTunes libraries (mine and my husband's) to it. We watch lots of movies so that is the main use.
I would like you to rethink this.
You can do it.. but I think you are misunderstanding how iphoto and itunes work.
Your Apple TV never connects to the library of itunes..
And
Your TC is not a media player.
So all files stored on a TC are going to flow like this..
TC(ituneslibrary)---Computer (itunes)---stream---TC(network)----ATV.
If you remove the computer.. then you have nothing.
The TC is not a great place to store the itunes library for the following reasons.
It is slow.. much slower than local hard disk.
It is slow to spin up .. causing itunes issues with losing the library.
It is fast to spin down.. so streams get lost.
It has no backup.. and Time Machine cannot backup network drives. That means one day you will wake up.. TC will be dead.. (they do not last forever so this is 100% certain to happen).. And your library is gone. Apple offer no recovery service.. and it costs a small fortune to recover files.. without any guarantee of success.
iphoto is even worse.. it is strongly recommended NOT TO USE NETWORK to locate the iphoto library. It corrupts easily and a small corruption makes the entire library unreadible.
Since you have imac it is better to use an external drive for libraries.. use the fastest port available and you can afford.. ie Thunderbolt>USB3>FW800>USB2
Only the very latest Macs have USB3 but it kills the earlier USB2 and Firewire. And for many people will be as fast as Thunderbolt which is the tops but uber expensive.
Then the TC serves its correct function as TM backup.
You can share this hard disk to the network if you want other computers to access it.
You can store multiple iphoto or itunes libraries on it.
Follow the specific instructions about sharing your itunes library.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2688
http://www.apple.com/au/support/itunes/library/
And your iphoto
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1198
Most of the rest is fine..
1. Yes.
2. Yes.
4. Yes you can extend with the old TC. Ethernet would be better. You might be mixing up wireless extend with Roaming.. you can use roaming if you have ethernet already available.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4260
6. Yes.. you can use a number of units via ethernet as AP points.
5. For another life??

Add a wifi client to Time Capsule

How can I add a client to my Time Capsule 1st generation wifi network, using mac os.x 10.8.3 ?

Jackson Hole wrote:
I have a 500 GB Time Capsule and two macs (IMac and Macbook) that I would like to back up. My IMac is backed up, but every time I try and back up the mac book, it tells me I don't have enough space. I have read about deleting individual back ups on time capsule (I have some going back to August), but I figured there has to be an easier/quicker way. What are my other options? Are there settings I can change were it will allow me to back up the macbook as well without going in and individually deleting files off the time capsule? There is only about 30 GB of info on the macbook and 100 GB of info on the Imac so I should have more than enough storage.
Time Machine will, by design, fill up all the empty space available to it before it starts deleting old backups to make room for new ones. That's most likely what's happened to you.
One option is to delete a large number of the oldest backups via the procedure in #12 of the Frequently Asked Questions *User Tip,* also at the top of the +Time Machine+ forum. Note that you'll have to manually compact the sparse image to actually get the space back, as detailed in the pink box there.
The other is to erase the entire HD and let TM start over with both Macs (I'd be inclined to do the initial full backups one at a time, via Ethernet).
Use the +*Airport Utility+* app, in your Applications/Utilities folder.
Select +*Base Station > Manual Set-Up+* from the Menubar, then Disks in the tool Bar, then Erase.
If you have other data there that you want to keep, you should be able to delete the sparse bundle via the Finder.

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