AT&T UVerse, Time Capsule, and Bridge Mode
I know that this topic has been touched on, but I've yet to find a solution to the problem I'm having with my Time Capsule. I am an AT&T Uverse subscriber which means I have their big residential gateway (RG) modem/router/VoIP/TV box in my house. I also have a 1st gen Time Capsule (TC) and an 8-port gigabit switch to feed ethernet to the wall jacks throughout my house.
What I'm trying to setup is to have the RG provide 802.11g, the TC provide 802.11n, for the TC to feed the gigabit switch to bring 1GB ethernet to all of my wall jacks, and for everything on g, n, and ethernet to be able to see each other. I originally was using the TC alone with DMZ+, but now that I actually have some wireless-n devices, I'd really like to separate the two networks (I have a wireless-g printer and a macbook that will slow it all down).
I tried putting the TC in Bridge mode, made an n-network and a g-network, and turned off DMZ+. The result was that RG connected devices could see into the TC connected devices and had Internet access, TC connected devices could not see out past the TC or get Internet access, except Bonjour devices were able to see each other (I have a wired Mac Mini on the TC, which could see the MacBook even when connected to the RG by wireless-g).
Basically, I'm trying to set up the RG as my router with 802.11g, and have the TC as a switch providing GB ethernet and 802.11n. Is this possible?
If I had the 2nd gen TC then none of this would be necessary since it has the dual radios, but I'm trying to make due with what I"ve got!
Thanks in advance for any help.
As I understand home routers/switches, even though the RG is only 100Mb ethernet, devices on the Gb switch will communicate with each other at GB speeds as managed by the switch.
You are correct. I interpreted your statement to mean that you wanted Gigabit throughout the network. Devices connected to the TC would indeed have the benefit of Gigabit available.
I have another idea. You are configuring what is known as a "roaming" wireless network. The requirements here are that the TC be in "bridge mode" (It is) and that you use the exact same wireless network name (you probably are), security and password.
Can you check the wireless security settings on the Uverse router? ATT may use different terminology. For example, you might have WPA2 Personal selected as security on the TC, but maybe something like WPA-PSK (TKIP) on the Uverse. If the security settings on both routers do not match exactly, you really have two distinct networks and they will not function as one.
That might explain why you see some devices from one router and but not the other. What security settings do you have on both routers?
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Setting up network with ATT Uverse, Time Capsule, and Airport Extreme..HELP
PLEASE HELP!
I have ATT U-Verse which provides their own router. My Time Capsule is connected to the router (in the living room) via an Ethernet cable and has been working fine, and is set up like this:
Wireless Mode: Join a wireless network (I joined the ATT network 2wire)
Network name: 2wirexyz
Wireless Security: WPA/WPA2 Personal
Channel: 5
Connect Using: Wireless Network
When I try to add my Airport Extreme (for wireless printing in the office) by adding it to the same network (I've also tried to extend the network option) the Airport Utility thinks forever then comes up with an error and the Airport continues to flash amber. I've tried resetting the Extreme multiple times and configuring different ways but same result.
What am I doing wrong?? Please help, my wife is giving me grief for not being able to print wirelessly from her MacBook!!
Thank you in advance for any help you can give me!Thank you Tessarax....
So does that mean I need to create a separate wireless network? I apologize, I'm not extremely familiar with how to complete what you've suggested. I know I've seen the bridge mentioned before in the Airport Utility when I've been trying different things. Would you mind giving me some more specific instructions please? Actually I just tried messing around with Airport Utility, let me know if I'm headed in the right direction:
For TC wireless mode I want to "Participate in a WDS network"?
Then where does my WDS remote come from? is that the Airport Extreme? I've plugged in the AEBS but it's not showing up in the Airport Utility...
I'll mess around with it some more tomorrow morning. Thanks I'll let you know how it goes.
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Access to Time Capsule in Bridge Mode from outside of the network
I have a Time Capsule with an external hard drive set up in bridge mode on my home network. The main router and DHCP server is an Actiontec MI424, and is specific to my ISP (Verizon, required for TV Guide info from Fios) so the Time Capsule's AirPort can't be used as the primary. I need to access the external hard drive from outside my network (I.E. the internet), but I'm having trouble figuring out which ports are required for Sharepoint to work.
So far I've forwarded 548, but I get an error "-36" when I try to connect from the outside. It works fine on the inside. Any suggestions?
Thanks, JSDThe Express units can extend wireless on the TC or each other.. but they cannot extend wireless on the Asus anyway..
So the setup is Asus--TC (that has to be ethernet) The TC in bridge mode.
Then TC -- express can be done by ethernet in roaming mode as bob listed above or extend wireless.
I am guessing.. what model are the express units.. they are older Gen1 N model ??
IMHO the TC is simply no longer viable.. replace it with one express as the AP and extend it with the other Express.. see if that works better.
But I would be trying to use the wireless just from the AC66U.
I would also force the Asus back to 20mhz on the 2.4ghz band.. so you can provide adequate channel separation.. 40mhz wireless on 2.4ghz works poorly anyway because you have too much wifi .. there is very limited number of non-overlapping channels.. ie 3. 11, 6 and 1. -
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,
CipherHi, 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 to setup time capsule in Bridge Mode
How do I set up my airport base station in Bridge Mode?
Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click on the base station, then click Edit in the small window that appears
Click the Network tab at the top of the next window that appears
Insure that the setting for Router Mode = Off (Bridge Mode)
Click Update and wait a full minute for the base station to restart
It would be a good idea to also.....
Power off both your main router and the base station
Wait a minute or two
Start up the main router first and let it run a full minute
Start up the base station next the same way -
SOLVED: Dropped connections with Time Capsule and cable modem/router
I've been dealing with random dropped connections for quite a while and I thought that it would be useful to share what I've found.
I was having a very puzzling problem where my internet connection would drop randomly on wireless devices. On my laptop, webpages would suddenly become unresponsive for a minute or two, Mail would have connection problems and complain, etc...but incredibly randomly and definitely not repeatable or in any pattern that I noticed.
I also have 2 Nest thermostats in the house which connect via wi-fi. I noticed that they would randomly show Offline very often when viewed from a webpage or iPhone app, but the Nest front panels showed that they were connected with a strong signal.
As I said, the dropped connections were very sporadic. Most of the time, everything worked, but every once in a while...bam.
I worked with the level 3 tech support guys at Nest for over a week to figure out what was going on. We went through settings on my router and Time Capsule and everything seemed proper and okay. I even replaced the Nests with new ones but still had the same problem. We were all completely stumped.
Yesterday, my laptop dropped it's connection at the same time my wife's laptop dropped hers. At this point, I wondered if something was wrong with the Time Capsule or maybe my internet provider.
I called AppleCare to see if they could help with debugging the problem. They passed me up to a senior wi-fi tech and he asked me many questions about the configuration of my network. My home network looked like this yesterday (see crappy diagram below)
Motorola Cable modem/router
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Netgear multiport switch
| | | | |
hardwired Macs, TimeCapsule (bridge mode)
laser printers, | | | | |
Apple TVs laptops, Nest, iphones
This configuration seemed correct to me. The Time Capsule in bridge mode would mean that the cable modem/router would be handling DHCP so all the devices would be on the same network and I could print from a laptop to one of my printers and the laptops could connect to the hardwired Macs, etc..
The AppleCare technician said he thought that bridge mode was the problem. He mentioned that there was a known issue that in this configuration, the IP addresses could get lost between the cable modem/router and the Time Capsule. He said it would be best if the Time Capsule was in DHCP/NAT mode and the first device before the switch, this way the Time Capsule was the only device passing out IP addresses.
So I repatched my network like this:
Motorola Cable modem/router
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TimeCapsule (DHCP/NAT mode)
| | | | | |
Netgear multipart switch laptops, Nest, iphones
| | | |
hardwired Macs,
laser printers,
Apple TVs
I can tell you that in the past 24 hours, I haven't seen anything lose a connection. Not even the Nests which seemed be on and off all the time. And, in this configuration, all the devices are on the same network and able to speak to each other.
I hope that helps someone.So you're saying that Bridge Mode not functioning properly is a well known issue?
Not to me.. I have not had issues with the TC in bridge. And it is my prefered setup. I think it is better as a wireless AP and network hard disk than a router any day of the week.. but there are other ways to skin the cat if it is proving unreliable. I am at the moment using a wireless bridge from the Gen4 TC to a Gen4 AE upstairs for TV internet streaming.. it started off very reliable.. but of late I guess I need to reboot it every few days. And it has required a full reset two or three times.. although I probably need to take some of the blame for those. I am not over worried.. i do not believe in wireless bridges except for the most interim of arrangements.. it will be wired in ethernet ASAP.
Wireless should always be used in a way that respects its status as voodoo.. not stable technology. NOT SCIENCE.. it is more a bag of beads and rattles.
Is there a way to change the cable modem/router to avoid the double NAT problem?
The answer to this may depend on your ISP. Did they provide the modem? If so they may lock it down so you have no control. But normally a Motorola cable modem will not have a bridge mode as such but will have a method of turning off NAT.. (and wireless).. this amounts to the same thing.
Once you turn off NAT.. you need to power cycle the modem so the TC gets the public IP in router mode. The power cycle time might be 5min or 20min or overnight.. it again depends on your ISP.. but you need to stop the modem capturing the public IP so it can be passed to the modem.
Depending on where you are in the world.. US is most concentration of cable network.. you can go out and buy your own modem. Pick one on your ISP list and steer clear of SB.. at least with the apple routers they are problematic.
It also can be a case that the cable modem is SB model and therefore more problematic. Sorry I have forgotten the recommendation for what to buy. There are a number of posts here about it but search is terrible now. (or I am too old to figure it out). I will get Bob to poke his nose in and tell you what works for him. -
Verizon FIOS, Time Capsule, and Airport Express - How to Extend Network
OK, I just got Verizon FIOS (TV, Internet, and phone). Don't care for the wireless router that is required to be used with it (want 802.11n and Time Capsule). I turned of the wireless on the Verizon FIOS router and installed a Time Capsule in Bridge Mode, which is how the Verizon rep told me to install it. As I understand it, the Verizon FIOS router is still handling DHCP, NAT, etc. I would like to extend the wireless network to reach some dead spots in my house. I have read that the Airport Express can be used to extend a wireless network from an Airport Extreme or Time Capsule, but it appears that I need to set up a WDS with the Time Capsule as the base station, which is apparently not possible on the Time Capsule in Bridge Mode. I am desperately seeking any advice on how to use Verizon FIOS, my Time Capsule, and extend the wireless network to reach the farther corners of the house. I am using a Macbook and a Thinkpad as well as an iPhone on the wireless network with a Dell desktop connected to the Time Capsule via Ethernet. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Before I switched, I had Cox Cable with a Buffalo wireless router and it had great range. Now I seem to be in a worse situation from a wireless perspective with higher TV and Internet quality. Thanks in advance.
Welcome to the discussions!
+I would like to extend the wireless network to reach some dead spots in my house. I have read that the Airport Express can be used to extend a wireless network from an Airport Extreme or Time Capsule, but it appears that I need to set up a WDS with the Time Capsule as the base station, which is apparently not possible on the Time Capsule in Bridge Mode+
If you have an AirPort Express(n), you can configure it to "extend a wireless network". This is a more efficient way to add additional wireless coverage (and much easier to configure than a WDS arrangement).
However, if you have an older "b/g" AirPort Express, you must use the WDS configuration method with this device and the Time Capsule if you want to increase your wireless coverage. -
How can I set up a guest access point with a Time Capsule and an Airport Extreme? I am using a Telus router with the Time Capsule used as a wireless access point (bridge mode). I don't want the guest access point to have access to my network.
The Guest Network function of the Time Capsule and AirPort Extreme cannot be enabled when the device is in Bridge Mode. Unfortunately, with another router...the Telus...upstream on your network, Bridge Mode is indicated as the correct setting for all other routers on the network.
If you can replace the Telus gateway with a simple modem (that performs no routing functions), you should be able to configure either the Time Capsule or the AirPort Extreme....whichever is connected to the modem....to provide a Guest Network. -
Please Help - Time Capsule and External hard drive Issues
Recently, I switched from Comcast to AT&T uverse as my internet provider and I started experiencing problems.
(1) I have a 4th generation Apple Time Capsule which I am using as my router.
(2) Connected to the Apple Time Capsule - USB - is an external hard drive (not for backup with Time Machine.)
(3) I have a 2011 Macbook pro which I use to access my file on my time capsule and external hard drive.
(4) I had been using my AT&T portable Hotspot from my cell phone to get internet access on my MacBook pro from remote locations to gain access to my external hard drive which is attached to the time capsule.
(5) On August 2, 2014, I switched from Comcast to AT&T and had the AT&T turn off the router function. (I have been using the router from my apple time capsule)
(6) Under Network I switched to bridge mode.
(7) And since August 2, 2014 my time capsule has not been backup.
THE PROBLEM - I need to be able to use the hotspot function from my cell phone to gain access on the external hard drive using my MacBook Pro which I was able to do before. Now it is showing time capsule under finder but unable to connect.
Do I need to reset my Time Capsule since I have a new service provider. Everything else works fine - meaning able to get internet signal but unable to access my external hard drive and backup my time capsule. Please HELP.(5) On August 2, 2014, I switched from Comcast to AT&T and had the AT&T turn off the router function. (I have been using the router from my apple time capsule)
(6) Under Network I switched to bridge mode.
(7) And since August 2, 2014 my time capsule has not been backup.
If you got ATT to turn off router function in their modem..
Then 6. is wrong.. You cannot have the Network switched to bridge mode..
You must have it set to dhcp and nat.
That is also why you cannot backup.. the TC is off the network.
Please change back to router mode in the TC.
Ensure the internet tab shows dhcp and you create a wireless network.
Then power down the TC... power down the ATT modem.. wait about 20min (you can try 5min.. but it might not be long enough).
Power up the ATT modem.. wait 2min for things to flash lights in de right blinkin order.. then start the TC.
Open the airport utility and make sure your TC captured the public IP and is now working as the router.
That should fix that end of it.. the hotspot end??
Tell us what happens. -
Hi all - Just bought Time Capsule and do not intend to use as a router given that my Uverse router works splendidly. Can I use it just as a wireless backup to my Mac? Sorry if this is a boneheaded question, but this is my first time backing up my machine ( I know, foolish). Thanks!
Your problem will be if you use wireless for internet then you cannot do both internet and backup at once.. you still should plug the TC into the uverse router and set it in bridge mode.. you can setup wireless if you like on the TC and use either TC or uverse but you must work out how to do both at once.
If you use ethernet on the Mac then wireless to backup is also a bit of an issue.. please ask as I can show you the setup.. or visa versa.. wireless for internet and ethernet for backup.. -
Time Capsule and Xfinity Routers
I had been using a Time Capsule for a couple years: first with Comcast, then with ATT Uverse, and then back to Comcast. Last year the Time Capsule drive died so I bought a new 2TB Time Capsule. I have been having a recurring problem with this new Time Capsule where every day (usually between Noon and 4PM) the green light turns auburn, the Time Capsule seems to reset itself for 90 seconds or so, and then goes green again. Sometimes it happens late at night 2amish. This usually happens once per day, which in theory shouldn't be a major problem but when I work at home Noon-4PM is a problem. I never had this problem with my old Time Capsule or if it did the same thing it was resetting very late at night when I was asleep.
I called Apple tech support. They said it was a problem with the wifi on my Xfinity modem conflicting with the Time Capsule and I needed to get Xfinity to turn the Wifi off on the modem, which is a SMCD3GNV model. Xfinity told me that I can just use the button on the modem to turn off Wifi. I did. Same problem with the Time Capsule so I called Apple again. The next time Apple told me to have Comcast disable SSID on my modem and open all ports on the modem. Comcast disabled SSID but to have them talk me through opening all ports required paid customer support, and to be honest, I've not really found their service reps to be that smart. I am still experiencing the same problem with the Time Capsule (every day). I should add that the Wifi light is unlit on the Xfinity modem but when I login to the admin interface via my Web browser, I still see Wifi checked.
So, I have 3 questions:
(1) I saw in another thread that there are problems with the latest Time Capsules. Maybe this is a single user problem. Or maybe it is a larger problem. If it is a larger problem, this Time Capsule is still under warranty. I could return it and just use a WD drive via Time Machine and turn the Wifi back on on the Xfinity for a lot less money. But if this was a single user problem then that leads to (2) and (3)
(2) Do I need to turn off the Wifi in the Xfinity admin Web interface since I still see a green checkmark next to Wifi? The signal name no longer appears when I click on the airport icon at the top of my screen, so I assume that the signal is off, but if I need to turn off in the admin Web browser window, how do I do that?
(3) Is there a way for me to open all ports via the Xfinity admin Web interface? If so, how do I do that?
Thanks.If you have phone service via the xfinity modem you may be stuck with using it in router mode. It depends how phone service is being handled. Nor do you need to do any port opening to the TC.. the TC MUST be in bridge mode..
I downloaded the manual for the SMC
http://media2.comcast.net/anon.comcastonline2/support/userguides/SMCD3GNV_User_G uide.pdf
but it has no details at all.. if you know where there is a more detailed user manual with full guide to the setup of the router please give me the URL.
In bridge there are no ports being blocked. There is one and only one router in such a newtork, the SMC.
The only reason to open ports in the xfinitiy is because both the xfinitiy and the TC are in router mode.. this is the wrong setup at any time.
If you want to pursue the issue.. then you need to be prepared to do a bit of work on the settings of the TC.. and study the logs to see if you can find where the failure occurs.
But you need to know the issue is not the SMC .. so if the TC is off.. then there are no dropouts???
If that is the case the TC needs to firstly have a full factory reset.
The quick method of factory reset.
Power down the TC.
Hold in reset. and keep holding it in. Be Gentle! It is a tiny surface mount switch with a plastic lever.. Attempting to push it out the other side of the TC will not make the switch turn on better.
(I fix TC and have several reset levers bent over and jammed or broken off).
Power on the TC.. remember with the reset held in.. this needs three arms.. a friend or power switch you can get to with your feet..
Keep holding in reset for about 10sec until the front LED flashes rapidly.
Release reset and wait .. the boot will be slow as it deletes previous setting.. only from router side and pulls out the factory defaults. No files are deleted on the hard disk.. but the name of the TC may change.
Redo the setup with all SMB compatible names.. that means.. short.. 2-20 characters, no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
Use fixed wireless channels.. this is really important to keep the SMC separate from the TC. So fix channels on both device.. is what I would recommend. There are only 3 channels that do not overlap.. 1, 6, 11 at 2.4ghz .. set one device to 1 and the other device to 11.
5ghz is less of a problem and the SMC doesn't use it.
Now using a 5.6 utility you need to keep track of the log in the TC and watch when the drop out occurs.
There is also a wireless check in the utility.
I do recommend you set the DCHP server in the SMC which is handling the whole network, to a very short lease time.. eg 20min.
Give me some screen shots of the setup of the TC as you have it now. Particularly the wireless and network setup. -
Time Capsule and time machine with third party router
Hi,
This is the first time I use this site.
I have over three years old Mackbook.
APP has expired.
Now I want to know how to set up time capsule in a new environment.
I moved from Australian and Singapore.
I was using Time Capsule and Airport Extreme in Australia.
I have moved to Singapore.
I am using router provided by Singtell(Singapore Telecommunication). I do not have an Airport Extreme anymore. My housemate and I are using wireless internet-sharing. Needless to say that internet provider is SingTell.
Now I would like to know how to use time capsule and time machine with the network created with a router provided by SingTell.
What I did so far is;
Connected the time capsule to the power point.
Orange lamp lit and flashed for a few second and stop. Orange lamp stayed on.
Apple Utility does not recognise Time Capsule.
I prefer to use it wirelessly.
There are only two USB cable ports installed.
One is used to synchronize iPhone.
Other is used for a printer.
but if it is not possible, wired would be OK.
MacBook 13 inch 2.0 GH Late 2006
I hope that someone able to give me an answer for this.
Cheers,
morepubholidaysIn this case the apple support people reveal a truly poor understanding.
You must bridge something.. you either bridge the TC.. which 90% of people do.. or you bridge the dsl router.. which some people do manage to do.. You will have to look that up for your modem and check with verizon if they support pppoe authentication.
IMHO just bridge the TC as you were told not to do.. as they are simply wrong about that.
If you already tried this and it didn't work.. try again.. it is the correct approach.
You have no choice. But this time let me suggest you do it using the 5.6 airport utility.. as the apple toyland v6 airport utility is likely half your trouble.
So here is how to get the utility into your computer.
How to load 5.6 into ML.
1. Download 5.6 for Lion.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
Click to open the dmg but do not attempt to install the pkg.. it won't work anyway.
2. Download and install unpkg.
http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
Run unpkg on the desktop.. it is very simple.. drag the AirPortUtility56.pkg file over to unpkg.. and it will create a new directory of the same name on the desktop.. drill down.. applications utilities .. there lo and behold is Airport utility 5.6 .. drag it to your main utilities directory or just run it from current location.
You cannot uninstall 6.1 so don't try.. and you cannot or should not run them both at the same time.. so just ignore the toyland version.. the plastic hammer.. and start using 5.6.. a real tool.
For screen shots see this post.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4668746?tstart=0
Then open the manual setup on the 5.6 utility.. go to internet tab. Connection sharing.. off bridged mode.
Select this and update..
Then all your IP addresses will be wrong.. I suspect this is where things are going wrong.. and messing you up.
Once the TC is bridged.. turn off everything and restart.. in correct order.. modem.. TC.. client computers etc. 2min gap between each. -
Just had a new hard drive for my iMac and reloaded all my stuff via time capsule, all works fine apart from Safari which won't connect to internet. Airport is connected but each time Safari comes back saying there is no connection....any help gratefully recieved.
So you have the apple rotuer called a time capsule and you have complete the frist time machine back up? but there is not internet access ?
If so.
Opem airport utiltiy on your Comptuer :
What is the IP ? > if its 169.254.xx.xx > its a self assigned
Try power cycling the Internet source for up to 1 mintue and make sure all the lights turn off.
In Airport Utility Version 5.5.3 / 5.6.1
Gi > Intenret > conncetiong sharing > Is it off bridge mode change it to share a public Ip address
In airport Utility version 6.0/6.1
Edit > network > rotuer mode : Should be DHCP and NAT unless you use PPPoE to conecnt to the internet then this is automatically invoked. -
Move Time Capsule and Laptop to New Network
I have been searching the forums it haven't found a clear answer to this question. I have been backing up my laptop using Time Machine and Time Capsule on one wireless network (TC has joined the wireless network, it does not serve as the router for the network). I am now about to move to a new apartment and will be using a new wireless network. Can I transfer the laptop and the Time Machine to the new network and maintain the continuity of the backups I have been making? Can anyone provide guidance on how to do that? Also, is there a way to set it up prior to moving -- I know the SSID and password of the new network. I feel certain that these questions have come up before, but I can't find clear discussion of it.
My suggestion FWIW. Ask the cable/DSL provider if it would be possible to install just a modem with no router. Connect an Ethernet cable from the modem to the World or WAN port on the Time Capsule. Your computer can connect using wireless or wired as you choose.
The above should be done with all devices turned OFF for at least one minute. After you have everything physically connected first turn on the modem and wait until the status lights indicate it is connected to the ISP. Then power up the Time Capsule and wait until the status light turns Green or is blinking orange (or has changed from blinking to steady orange.) Lastly, power up the computer. Open Airport Utility and proceed from there.
If all goes well you will have a functioning network under the control of the Time Capsule router.
If the ISP will not provide a separate modem, then you have some potential problems using your Time Capsule. You would have to configure it to run in Bridge Mode. That means in Airport Utility you have to configure the Wireless setting to use the Join an Existing Network option. I can't tell you if a Time Capsule will work with a third-party router properly, but that is how you have to set it up. -
The hard drive on my Macbook Pro is getting full (mainly due to the size of my iTunes library). Can I store it on my time capsule and if so, how is it done ?
You can store your iTunes library on a Time Capsule. So that you can access on your local (home) network (I wouldn't recommend access via the internat), (off site.....to slow).
If you do decide to put your libray on Time Capsule I'd recommend doing this.
Option 1:
1. Don't use TC as a Backup (Time Machine).
2. Connect a USB drive to your TC or Computer and backup to the drive. Backup when a change is made to the library (adding Apps, Songs you get the idea).
Option 2: (What Im doing)
1. Two Time Capsule's connected via ethernet cable (roaming mode, bridge).
2. Use TC1 as a Time Machine backup
3. Use TC2 as network drive. (The information on TC2 does NOT get backed up to TC1).
3a. Connect a USB, FW, drive to your desktop computer (if you have one) use SilverKeeper to schedule backups. Silverkeeper will look at TC2 and back it up to a external or internal HD. I've been doing the or some time now. Or connect to your TC and do an archive.
I have this setup because I don't trust Cloud base services and I want access to my files (in Sync) on TC where ever I am, as long as there's a internet connection. It's expensive, but does exactly what I expect.
The most important thing is to safe guard your data in case of a failure.
In your situation it would probably be better to get a high speed SD or thumb drive, however I've never been successful in backing up those type of drives with TM. What ever you decide to do make sure you have a GOOD duplicate (backup).
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