Can I use time capsule as a back-up device and not use the wireless?

Hello. I have recently had many issues with a new Time Capsule.
My question is : Can I use my TC as a back-up device and not wireless while I am using my Lynksys router as my WiFi device? Thx.

Can I use my TC as a back-up device and not wireless while I am using my Lynksys router as my WiFi device?
Yes, turn off the wireless on the TC if you want to do this.
Open AirPort Utility, click on the TC, and click Edit
Click the Wireless tab at the top of the page
Change Wireless Mode to Off
Update to save the new settings

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I would like to start backing up by way of a Time Machine (I assume this is the same as a Time Capsule). Is it possible to use a Time Capsule to back-up and to set up a Wireless network in my home? If so, is it possible to allow several people to use the Time Machine to get on the internet (like the Airport Extreme)?
My other option was to get a LaCie external hard drive as my back-up device. (do I need to worry about the LaCie being pre formatted HFS+ or is this pretty standard?) Being the novice that I am, I would like the easiest but highly secure set-up that is in this range. I think LaCie makes good external drives that work good with the Apple products which is why I would consider using this device for my back-ups and my old Airport Extreme for a wireless network in my home.
I have a 500 hard drive in my MBP and am looking at the LaCie Rugged Hard Disk
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thanks for any help.

One2Two wrote:
So the Time Capsule and Time Machine do go together, correct?
you could say time capsule was designed to work hand-in-hand with time machine.
The icon I have on the dock called Time Machine is the software I would use to get the Time Capsule up and running, correct?
no. you get time machine up and running using the time machine system preference pane. the icon in your dock is for when you want to enter time machine in order to restore files from your backups.
you configure the TC's router side with *airport utility*
Oh, I remember Jolly Giant--you and a couple of your buds were really trying to drive me into the ground with your men and untrue statements sometime back.
huh ?
if you're referring to my involvement in this thread -> http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2418460&start=0&tstart=0, i can see only supportive comments and suggestions from my fellow users and me.
So, if I were to get a Time Capsule, I would not need my 3-year-old Airport Extreme.
you don't need but you still can use it (unless it's dead).
Since formatting a drive is easy, is this knowledge a person needs beforehand or will the program walk one step by step?
you would use *disk utility* to format the drive. however, all my LaCie drives came formatted for Mac.
I was thinking another option that I could try to get my 3-year-old Airport Extreme up and running and get the LaCie as back-up hard drive.
again, time machine will not back up to drives connected to an airport extreme, however, ChronoSync will.
I would like the LaCie with the orange extra pad of protection
i have one of those myself (the one with firewire 400/800 and USB interfaces and 320 GB capacity) and use it for CCC clones. they are very handy and reliable.
I think CC clones are a bit over my head. I would like to get something that I just plug in it determines what needs to updated, does it thing and I disconnect it and of I go until I am at home next time.
CCC is very simple to use but it sounds like time machine (in connection with a time capsule or a directly attached LaCie drive) is the right thing for you - it's basically fire and forget. however, for time machine to work, your computer must be running.
JGG

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I`ve got a 2TB time capsule that worked fine.
I moved to this condo where the is already a wired internet service available to each apartment. The access is made through a login and password whenever You open you browser, if connected directly on the WAN cable. No multiple logs are allowed.
When I used my Time Capsule to create a wi-fi network and serve as a router I could access the internet on my MacBook over the wi-fi just created. No problem at all. But whenever I try to log other devices (iphone, apple tv) it asks for my ap login and password, and of course it states that there`s already an active connection to that user and won`t grant me access.
I`ve then borrowed a tp-lynk router from a friend of mine, created a wi-fi network (without the time capsule on it), it asked for the log in and all but then everything worked fine and I could use all my devices through this network.
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Tried DHCP & NAT but had the double NAT issue.
If you got the TC working and had double NAT .. sorry but the TP-Link is exactly the same.. you cannot distribute a single IP without double NAT.. the TC tells you it is a problem.. the TP-Link doesn't.. otherwise there is no difference.
But it is important the double NAT is setup right.. ie you must use different ranges.. please tell us the IP you get from a directly connected computer..
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Can I use my time capsule for back up only and not as a router?

I have been trying to set up my time capsule as a router but have not been successful, the dsl I am using is not responding. Can I just use my time capsule as a back up device and not as a router? if so how can I do this?

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I just bought the Time Capsule to use as storage and use my printer remotely. I already have at home a Linksys wireless hub
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Just got a new time-capsule. Set it up within minutes on our 4 macs, but the Vista PC can't see it. Installed the airport utility software, but to no avail. It just does not show up in the available networks list.
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I was having similar problems with an XP machine - could not see the time capsule via Airport Utility. I just finished a call with Apple support and they suggested it had to do with the security settings - but that was as much as they could offer at the time ... but they were right!
Via the macbook, I started by knocking down the security to nothing at all (I had previously configured the access by MAC address so didn't feel all that vulnerable for the few minutes I'd be making changes). Originally, it was WPA2 and the XP machine could see the network but never get an address.
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