Backup to ethernet HD

Can I use Time Machine to backup to a HD plugged into my router by ethernet cable? If so how? TM does not see the HD or give it as a backup option.

Only if your router is an Apple Extreme Base Station. See the following:
Requirements to use Time Machine
Time Machine is only available with Leopard (10.5.x)
1. External FireWire or USB 2.0 drive
2. Time Capsule
3. Drive shared by a Mac running 10.5 or later using File Sharing
4. Drive shared by a Mac running 10.5 Server
5. SAN volume managed by Apple's Xsan file system
A TM drive must be partitioned with either APM (PPC) or GUID (Intel) and formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled.)

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How can I create a new TC backup with ethernet, so I don't have to wait two days for a new wireless backup?

How can I create a new TC backup with ethernet, so I don't have to wait two days for a new wireless backup?
Several times in the last year, I've gotten a message that Time Machine needs to completely redo my backup. Using the wireless connection, this takes almost two days. Is there a way to do the backup with ethernet and then switch back to wireless? Thanks.

May I know what is needed to make sure the MacBook is able to see Time Capsule on ethernet?
Connect an Ethernet cable from one of the LAN <-> ports on the 2Wire gateway to the WAN port (circle of dots icon) on the Time Capsule.
If AirPort Utility cannot "see" the Time Capsule now, you will need to perform a "hard reset" by holding in the reset button for 7-8 seconds or so and then reconfigure the Time Capsule. You can use the same Time Capsule name and password, etc. as before.
Configure the Time Capsule to "Create a wireless network" and select the Bridge Mode option when it appears during the setup using AirPort Utility.
Once the Time Capsule is configured, restart the entire network again. Power down everything, start the 2Wire first and then start each other device after that one at a time about a minute apart.
Now you can connect your Mac directly to one of the LAN <-> ports on the Time Capsule for the backup using another Ethernet cable. In general, about 20-25 GB per hour will transfer.
The Time Capsule will broadcast a much faster wireless network than the 2Wire can provide, so you might want to leave the setup "as is" for awhile after the first backup is complete. If you decide to use the Time Capsule as your main wireless access point, you would want to turn the wireless off on the 2Wire since two wireless networks in close proximity can create interference problems.
Or, if you want to use the wireless on the 2Wire, you could turn off the wireless on the Time Capsule. Then backups will occur over the 2Wire wireless, or over Ethernet.
I don't really recommend the "Join a wireless network" setting on the Time Capsule for most users, but you could go back to that setup as well if you want after the first backup is complete.

Time machine only backups trough ethernet

Hello!
since i restored my mac after a hardware failure (sata cable in my Macbook Pro Mid 2009 died) i restored my mac using time machine to a new disk (first thought my harddrive quit working on me)
all went fine, but currently im only able to to my time machine backups trough ethernet, and not trough Airport.. when i initiate a manual backup i get;
Cannot complete the backup on 'TimeMachine' -> the time machine disk is not avaiable
when i open up the console i see;
21-11-12 09:01:06,685 com.apple.backupd[240]: Starting manual backup
21-11-12 09:01:06,908 com.apple.backupd[240]: Backup failed with error: 19
while the device is reachable trough finder and i can ping it! - and when i plug an a ethernet cable to the same network, backup works just fine.
any ideas?

You might see this one first, when it's only near full:
Once it is full, and has deleted one or more old backups, it sends this, after the backup is done:
See #C4 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting for details.
Also, all deletions are documented in your logs, but they aren't kept for long. To see them, see #A1 in the same link.

First Backup with Ethernet but Second.....?????

As advised, I did my first backup via ethernet connection.
So I went to airport utility and configured everything for the ethernet cable.
However, when I want my subsequent backups to be done wirelessly.
How do I do this?
I tried just removing the ethernet cable but of course the time capsule couldn't be read. So I plugged it back in and I went back to airport utility and tried to change the setting so that it would join my current wireless connection. I got a green light on both the airport utility window and on my tc, however airport utility was unable to read the new configuration. I got the error "error occurred while reading the configuration" and can't get past that.
Can someone please tell me how they switched from ethernet to wireless? Am I doing something wrong?
Thank you.

I found a tip from the boards. Never mind, thank you all.

Time Capsule: First backup over ethernet is very slow

My understanding is that a direct ethernet connection between my Imac and Time Capsule would make the initial backup process faster, but I did not notice any improvement whatsoever and the first backup is proceeding veeeeeeery slow. I was wondering if there was something I was missing when I connected by cable.
Thank you for your help!

Felix,
The first backup I did was wirelessly and it was slow.
So, I erased the TC Hard Disk and hooked it up via ethernet.
It went much faster.
I was doing about 1.1 GB every 5 minutes using ethernet.
Joseph Kriz

How do I convert my Time Machine backup from ethernet to wireless?

I'm doing my first backup of 300+ GB via wired ethernet to save time and then covert the Time Capsule back to wireless and it seems to start over again. Help!

Are you trying to merge your data into an existing accout? or are you just trying to restore it so you can use it?
If the latter, just create a new account on the iMac (System Preferences -> Accounts), then log into that account. Hold the Option key when you select the Time Machine icon in the menu bar and choose the 'Browse other bacup disks...' option. This will let you connect to another user's backup and restore your data.

Time Machine backup wired ethernet - why so slow?

I have a new (Unibody/2008) Macbook Pro connected via wired ethernet to a new Time Capsule. As both are gigabit ethernet, I would have expected fairly quick backup speed but I'm only get about 10MB/s at most. Surely this should be quicker - can anyone suggest a way to speed it up?
Thanks,
Tom

Try turning off the AirPort card on your MBP just in case it is attempting to connect to the TC wirelessly.

Time Machine backup via ethernet to Time Capsule

I need to replace my 5 year old FireWire hard disk. I'm considering a Time Capsule and would connect it to my main Mac via ethernet.
Will my iMac see the Time Capsule disk and mount it on the desktop? And can I use it for Time Machine backups when connected with ethernet (rather than AirPort)?
I assume Time Capsule will do the above, but would like to hear from users who's used it like this. Thanks!

I would have to disagree with Smokerz. I've had repeated problems backing up to my airdisk through my AEBS when my computer was connected via an ethernet cable. Backups would go fine for a week or so, then suddenly the DMG wouldn't mount. There was no way to successfully repair it, and I'd have to start over again.
I have several computers on my network, and they were all backing up just fine, except mine, which was connecting with a cable. The others were backing up wirelessly with no problems.
Finally, on a hunch, I disconnected my ethernet cable from my AEBS and opted for using my Airport card. It seemed silly since the computer is right next to the AEBS, but it has been working for nearly a month with no significant errors.
(Before someone asks, I did not have the Airport connection running simultaneously with the ethernet connection. I used only one at a time, and I had them correctly configured with good, working equipment.)
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Initial TC Backup via Ethernet hardwire?

I have set up a wireless network with TC and my two imacs. Now, I would like to perform my initial backup to TC via ethernet hardwire vice wireless. What is the best/easiest way to go about this? Do I have to reconfigure my TC for an ethernet hardwire connection, backup and then reconfigure the TC for wireless -or- Can I simply just turn off the airport, connect the TC via ethernet and perform the backup?
Thank You.
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Bruce Ciccone wrote:
Can I simply just turn off the airport, connect the TC via ethernet and perform the backup?
Yes, you can just turn off your AirPort and connect directly for the initial backup and switch over to wireless later. You cannot do this with an external USB HDD as the format saved via a NAS (Time Capsule) utilizes a sparsebundle vs. a folder format when connected directly.

TC needs thousands of days to backup over ethernet??

Dear fellow users,
I have a strange thing going on here with the time Capsule 3TB.
Since some weeks ago AGAIN my TC reported a wrong backup, I have taken the backup offline.
Now, I wanted to start over again, I deleted the Time Capsule, set the backup to my startup volume and started backing up.
The Time Capsule is connected to the iMac with Ethernet, the wireless mode is OFF, its working as a bridge only - just like it used to before.
Now, what I dont understand: its currently projecting to need some more 17.029 days to backup 205 GB!
There is something wrong!
It takes 15 minutes for 800kb and I have not the slightest clue for the reason.
Also, I am frankly a little bit uncertain if its correct that it finds 1.476.744 objects on my startup SSD (used approx 220 GB) to copy, but that may well be true with all the invisible files a system has, i dont know.
But something is definitvely wrong here.
I did delete and restart the Backup disc in the TC twice.
Any ideas?
thanks!

Are you on Lion as per your profile??
Please install and use exclusively 5.6 utility.. the v6 in Lion is useless.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
You can have both present in the system.. just don't start v6. You cannot delete it.
The smart check is shown in the disk page of the real tool utility.. as well as various levels of erase.. normally a quick erase is enough but if smart shows issues.. do a one pass erase. It will take several hours but will low level format the drive.
Tell me if you are on Mountain Lion. The 5.6 utility works but the installer will fail.. you can get around it and still use 5.6.
Did you do the straight copy test?
If the TC is under warranty you might prefer to take it to apple and get it checked.

How set up Capsule for first backup using ethernet

Friends,
I thought I had this solved, but my problem is the following:
1. For speed use ethernet in initial backup (2-3 times faster than by using airport)
2. Connect ethernet cable from LAN port at Capsule (TC) to laptop
3. Enable ethernet and disable airport.
well well
I apparently go wrong by using Airport Utility (AU) for this. Everything goes fine. I see the TC as a shared device in the finder, but as soon as I close down the Airport connection for doing the ethernet backup the whole TC disappears. If I don't close down the Airport I see the backup starting and I se the TC in the finder but I suspect the backup does not use the ethernet cable.
Where do I go wrong??
regards,
pyry

Welcome to the discussions!
You don't need to use AirPort Utility. Do not turn off your wireless from there.
Simply +turn off the wireless on your computer+ by clicking on the fan shaped AirPort icon at the top of your screen.
Connect an ethernet cable from your computer to one of the LAN ports on the Time Capsule
Start the backup
When the backup is complete, you can turn the wireless back on at your computer and disconnect the ethernet cable from your computer and the Time Capsule.

After initial backup with ethernet cable, how to switch to wireless backups

Initial full backup from MBP to TC via ethernet using TM worked (took 7hrs to do 150GB).
Now, how do I tell TM to do the incremental backups wirelessly?
My TC is connected to my DSL modem and working wirelessly for that, but when I try to click on TM in menu bar and say "back up now" it asks for my user name and password but says "invalid" when I put in my laptop's admin user and PW.
ACK--now what?
thanks!

DuQuoi,,
You may have realized it later but... It was not your own Username and Password it was asking for but the name of your Time Capsule and its' password that it needed to resume backups wirelessly. I know...the dialog box says 'your username and password', but it is incorrect.
Glad it's working for you now.

TC 1st backup via Ethernet very very slow - HELP

Hi,
I am trying to do my first back up via Ethernet connection but it is so slow that there must be something wrong. In the last 16 hours TC advanced 1,77GB of 67 GB - so estimated finish would be in 3 weeks.....
Please, any idea what I am doing wrong?

I'm pretty sure you will have to do this via ethernet.
Try going to the Finger, selecting Go>Connect To Server then select the Browse button. After you have done this, you should see the disk available as a network server. I hope this helps, but I'm running Leopard.

Time Capsule Backup over ethernet for PC

Hi,
I am planning to buy a Time Capsule.
I have a macbook and a PC with Windows Vista.
My PC does not have the Wireless option, so i have to connect it to the Time capsule through ethernet to use it as a router.
I have 300 GB of files on my PC, how do i transfer this to the time capsule hard drive.........on the website it says Time capsule is a "wireless shared hard drive".....what does this mean......does it mean i cannot transfer my 300GB files from my PC to the Time capsule hard drive through the ethernet cable.

You can use Ethernet to transfer files and acess the Internet through the time capsule.

My Time Machine backups are significantly larger, and slower, over WiFi than Ethernet

My regular hourly backups from my Time Capsule began acting up a month ago. They were abnormally large (25-100 MBs) and took a long time--once, six hours.
I connected my Time Capsule to my MacBook Air through ethernet to repair the disk through Disk Utility, (I turned Airport off on the Air, but not the Time Capsule), and then to rebuild the Spotlight index for the Time Capsule.
Backups over ethernet work just fine now. The backup will happen in two parts, of around 200 KB each, and take two or two and a half minutes. But when I turn Airport on the Air back on, reconnect to the WiFi network, unplug the ethernet cable, and immediately start a new backup over WiFi, the two parts balloon to around 20 MB each, and the backup takes hours.
This is a backup over ethernet, which took 2 minutes, 21 seconds:
Starting standard backup
Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://Martin%[email protected]/External%20HD
Mounted network destination using URL: afp://Martin%[email protected]/External%20HD
QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN
Disk image /Volumes/External HD/Martin Fox’s MacBook Air.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
No pre-backup thinning needed: 1.70 GB requested (including padding), 733.41 GB available
Copied 1082 files (104 KB) from volume Macintosh HD.
No pre-backup thinning needed: 1.70 GB requested (including padding), 733.41 GB available
Copied 429 files (153 bytes) from volume Macintosh HD.
Starting post-backup thinning
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Martin Fox’s MacBook Air/2012-05-11-225349: 733.41 GB now available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Martin Fox’s MacBook Air/2012-05-11-200538: 733.41 GB now available
Post-back up thinning complete: 2 expired backups removed
Backup completed successfully.
Ejected Time Machine disk image.
Ejected Time Machine network volume.
This is the second backup after that one, done over WiFi. (The first was incompletely recorded by Time Machine Buddy, but took around half an hour.) It took 1 hour, 54 minutes, 50 seconds:
Starting standard backup
Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://Martin%[email protected]/External%20HD
Mounted network destination using URL: afp://Martin%[email protected]/External%20HD
QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN
Disk image /Volumes/External HD/Martin Fox’s MacBook Air.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
No pre-backup thinning needed: 100.0 MB requested (including padding), 733.41 GB available
Waiting for index to be ready (101)
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Copied 26 KB of 20.6 MB, 98 of 98 items
Copied 1485 files (22.0 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
No pre-backup thinning needed: 1.72 GB requested (including padding), 733.41 GB available
Error: (-8084) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/foxmarti/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/ehjqi949.default/places.sqlite-wal to (null)
Copied 1941 files (27.5 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Starting post-backup thinning
No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
Backup completed successfully.
Eject

slyfox1908 wrote:
I live in an apartment building so there are a number of WiFi networks around.
Not to mention cordless phones, microwaves, etc., any of which can interfere.
On iStumbler, my network shows up twice--once on channel 149, with signal strength of 50-65% and noise of 15%--and again on channel 10, with signal strength of that wildly varies from 20% to 90% and noise of 20%. Other networks in the building are on channels 1, 2, 6, and 11. The graph of channel 149 is very smooth, while the graph of channel 10 is choppy.
It's probably using 149, as those numbers are pretty good. Press Alt/Option before clicking the Airport icon in your menubar to see which band it's using.
Watch the band it's using while running a backup. Try other channels in the area of 149. Unfortunately, it's a bit of a "hit and miss" thing.
Why are there two networks? Is that part of the problem? My Time Capsule is located about three feet right and a foot below my desk, so I can't think of a reason why it wouldn't be 100% for both channels.
It's a dual-band router. As I understand it, OSX will pick the best signal.
I really want to know I have a clean, safe, accessible back-up before I replace it though. Right now I don't trust the Time Capsule.
Do at least your last backup via Ethernet.

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