Can't find Time Capsule! TC in another network!

Hi, I was trying to set up my Time Capsule in my dorm, and I couldn't get it to get signal from an ethernet port,so I told it to join the school's wireless network. Now, I can't access my time capsule nor can I even find the time capsule to reconfigure it! Is there a way I can fix this problem without having to lose all my data in the hard drive? Your help is greatly appreciated!

Just press the reset button on the back for about 10sec.. the reset will not do anything to the files on the hdd.
You should then plug in via ethernet to redo the setup. This time I recommend you plug it in via ethernet and set the TC to bridge. But that will not work if the network is only setup to deliver a single IP to the port.
If you are in a school, I am sure they have rules about setting up independent wireless routers in the network.. talk to the network admin to see.

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Can use time capsule wifi but can't find time capsule in finder.

I have a 3TB time capsule that I bought about a month ago. I can use the WIFI but all of a sudden I can't find time capsule in finder. How do I locate it?
Thanks in advance for the help.

It is the Mavericks OS usually.
Try a simple reboot of the TC.. that is often enough. No luck..
Try a full network restart in correct order.. ie modem.. wait 2min.. TC .. wait 2min.. clients.
No luck..
Manually mount the TC using Go, Connect to Server in Finder.
Type in AFP://TCname.local or AFP://TCIPaddress
where you use the actual network name in place of the TCname.. ie not the name on the TC.. unless it is short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric.. which I do strongly advise. But its network name which is without spaces and no illegal characters which apple recommends you use.. eg apostrophe.
So Fred Blog's Airport Time Capsule is not the real network name.
It will become fred_blogs_airport_time_capsule which is a bad name still.
Easier use the IP, eg 10.0.1.1 for TCIPaddress.

My mac can't find time capsule, my mac can't find time capsule

my mac can't find time capsule, my mac can't find time capsule

I listed the commands.. that is how you manually mount the disk.. follow exactly the commands I gave you.
In finder use top menu, go, connect to server.
Type in the following.
AFP://TCname or AFP://TCIpaddress (obviously you replace with the actual name or the actual IP address).
If that fails..
try
SMB://TCname
Here is the screenshot.
tardis4 being the name of my TC.
It should then ask you for your credentials.
And it should remember them in the keychain and be able to then get TM to connect.

Can't configure time capsule to extend my network

hi i tried many times to configure time capsule to extend my network everytime it doesn't work
airport utility cant find time capsule and i have to reset it everytime
my wireless network details are i
Type: AirPort
Hardware: AirPort
BSD Device Name: en1
IPv4 Addresses: 10.0.50.
IPv4:
Addresses: 10.0.50.
Configuration Method: Manual
Interface Name: en1
NetworkSignature: IPv4.Router=10.0.50.1;IPv4.RouterHardwareAddress=00:90:4c:91:00:01
Router: 10.0.50.1
Subnet Masks: 255.255.255.0
IPv6:
Configuration Method: Automatic
DNS:
Search Domains:
Server Addresses: 196.1.69.98, 196.1.69.100

Are you running 7.3.1, when I did what you were trying everytime I turned on the wireless encryption it could no longer find the time capsule when I rebooted the time capsule. It worked fine once I left it long enough that it found the fact that the Time Capsule had an upgrade to 7.3.1
Once I got the upgrade in the Time Capsule, the system worked fine.

Time capsule green light - airport utility can't find time capsule

Hi guys, well here is my story. I struggled to get the TC to connect to my wireless network which is already being provided by a motorola wireless modem. I read somewhere that although 7.3.1 lists support for WEP it doesn't actually support it, so I changed all my security to WPA. Then I got the TC online and all was good, except for the slow transfer times, even from a USB HD that was plugged direct into the TC. So I then plugged in the TC via ethernet and moved the huge amounts of files in much faster succession. Now it's come time to make the TC connect wirelessly again. It just won't do it if I do auto setup, so I do a manual set up. I enter my WPA passwords, I set the TC to bridge mode and low and behold after restart the light on the TC goes green. Hooray!!! Then I go into finder but I can't see the time capsule, so I go to airport utility, it can no longer find the TC it just changed the settings on, that made it connect to the network. Airport utility claims there are no app;e wireless devices to be found...
Please help, how do I discover my TC?
Should I have changed the IPv6 to tunnel or node?
Also, when I click advanced in wireless the only option I see is for interference robustness, nothing about 2.4 or 5ghz. Where can I change this?
Any help would be great, cheers.

I'm having a similar issue, but only sporadically. My TC is plugged directly into my cable modem...it is the only wireless router in the system. The latest firmware updates are installed, and my MacBook Pro has 10.5.2 (installed via the combo update). Another Macbook and a mac mini, both with 10.4, also accesses the wireless network.
Here's an example of TIme Capsule drop-out: this morning when I woke my Macbook Pro, it couldn't find the network. TC had a green light, so I opened Airport Utility. It couldn't find the TC. I unplugged the TC and waited for it to reboot. After it restarted, the wireless network connected just fine, but the TC itself didn't appear in the finder window. I opened Airport Utility again, and the TC appeared, but with a yellow dot next to it. The light on the TC itself was green. I tried to rescan the port, and the TC disappeared again. Wireless network was still working, though. A few minuted later, I rescanned again and the TC appeared. I clicked on Manual setup, and Airport scanned again and couldn't find the TC. I left it in frustration, and came back two hours later. Voila, the TC appears in the finder window and Airport has no problem accessing it.
So what the heck? I'm willing to wipe it and start over, but I just installed the thing. All I've done is set up time machine, run the firmware update, plugged in a usb hub with a couple of shared drives and a printer (which doesn't print more than a couple of pages at a time before it freezes, but that's an issue for another post).
Any thoughts and suggestion greatly appreciated!

Can't find Time Capsule since upgrading firmware to 7.4.1

Since recent TC firmware upgrade (7.4.1) both my iMac backups fail very very often, because Time Machine cannot find the backup disks . Same error if you tried to launch Time Machine.
The light is green, the wi-fi network works, but TC becomes invisible on the finder and on Time Machine preferences too.
I have to unplugged TC and then switch it on again. It's really annoying.
Everything worked before the upgrade.
APPLE FIX IT, PLEASE!

I have a similar problem since upgrading to 7.4.1.
I am trying to use my 500 GB Time Capsule to back up both my iMac and a PC (running Windows XP Pro). With the old FW version, this worked fine.
After upgrading and restarting TC, I can mount a Windows N/W drive and see the Time Capsule. However, after some time the TC is no longer reachable from Windows even though it still is working for Mac backups. Airport Utility from the iMac says that the TC is fine. Restarting the TC causes everything to start working again for a while until it stops working for PC's again.
TC is not configured to be the router; it is getting its IP address from another router in my network.
Is there any risk in downgrading back to the previous FW version?

Macbook can't find Time Capsule anymore

I bought a 2TB Time Capsule and hooked on a 1TB external hdd to it. All my files and music are on there. My Macbook Air can't find my Airport Time Capsule all of a sudden. It regularly disconnects since they day I got it but since yesterday it can't connect anymore. Internet works fine though. The utility app tells me that it used to be in my network but now isn't anymore. Could it have something to do with adding my iMac to the network? Any thoughts?

Yosemite is unreliable OS.. especially on network side.. it has multiple issues.
I have no idea what Apple thinks they are doing but a fix still has not arrived.
Here is the list of things which help but may not cure it.
A factory reset of the TC is the start.. it is required so you can find it again.
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.
Setup the TC again.
ie Start from a factory reset. No files are lost on the hard disk doing this.
Then redo the setup from the computer with Yosemite.
1. Use very short names.. NOT APPLE RECOMMENDED names. No spaces and pure alphanumerics.
eg TCgen5 and TCwifi for basestation and wireless respectively.
Even better if the issue is more wireless use TC24ghz and TC5ghz with fixed channels as this also seems to help stop the nonsense. But this can be tried in the second round.
2. Use all passwords that also comply but can be a bit longer. ie 8-20 characters mixed case and numbers.. no non-alphanumerics.
3. Ensure the TC always takes the same IP address.. you will need to do this on the main router using dhcp reservation.. or a bit more complex setup using static IP in the TC. But this is important.. having IP drift all over the place when Yosemite cannot remember its own name for 5 min after a reboot makes for poor networking. If the TC is main router it will not be an issue.
4. Check your share name on the computer is not changing.. make sure it also complies with the above.. short no spaces and pure alphanumeric.. but this change will mess up your TM backup.. so be prepared to do a new full backup. Sorry.. keep this one for second round if you want to avoid a new backup.
5. Mount the TC disk in the computer manually.
In Finder, Go, Connect to server from the top menu,
Type in SMB://192.168.0.254 (or whatever the TC ip is which you have now made static. As a router by default it is 10.0.1.1 and I encourage people to stick with that unless you know what you are doing).
You can use name.. SMB://TCgen5.local where you replace TCgen5 with your TC name.. local is the default domain of the TC and doesn't change.
However names are not so easy as IP address.. nor as reliable. At least not in Yosemite they aren't. The domain can also be an issue if you are not plugged or wireless directly to the TC.
6. Make sure IPv6 is set to link-local only in the computer. For example wireless open the network preferences, wireless and advanced / TCP/IP.. and fix the IPv6. to link-local only.
There is a lot more jiggery pokery you can try but the above is a good start.. if you find it still unreliable.. don't be surprised.
You might need to do some more work on the laptop itself. eg Reset the PRAM.. has helped some people. Clean install of the OS is also helpful if you upgrade installed.
Tell us how you go.

Airport Utility can't find Time Capsule but wireless is fine

Hi
I have my Time Capsule connected via cable to my NetGear Modem/Router and have wireless enabled on the Time Capsule.
I never have any problems with the actual wireless connections to the internet via any of our Macs or PCs in the house, but on a fairly regular basis, the AirPort Utility comes up and tells me 'AirPort Utility was unable to find any apple wireless devices. Please make sure the Apple wireless device you want to set up is plugged in and in range of your computer, and then click rescan to try again.'
Wireless access continues to work just fine when this happens, but I just can't get to the Time Capsule with the Airport Utility. Un-plugging and re-plugging the Time Capsule makes it appear in the Airport Utility again, and it's fine usually for a few hours or most of the day, but then quite often I will open Airport Utility again later in the day and it again will not be able to find the Time Capsule again.
I have tried firmware 7.3.1 and 7.3 but it didn't make any difference.
So I wonder if anyone might have any suggestions as to why Airport Utility would not be able to find the Time Capsule yet the same Mac from which I am trying is quite happily connected wirelessly and surfing the web.
Thanks in anticipation!
Ken

Wow it took me awhile to find this thread.
1047 views. I guess I'm not alone.
Every few days my macbook pro quits recognizing the Time Capsule even
though it works fine for wireless internet.
Airport Utility doesn't see it either. Shared disk access, gone.
I found I can get things working again over wireless if I plug the computer
into the time capsule with a cable. When I plug it in the time capsule instantly
appears on the list of available backup devices in time machine settings.
If I do a backup and then disconnect the cable backup continues to work for
awhile. Then I need to connect again.
Pretty silly bug.
When it works time machine and time capsule are great. We've used it to
recover data very easily.
Wish the connection wasn't so flakey though.

Macbook air can't find time capsule

My Macbook air was doing find and then it lost connection with the time capsule which holds my itunes folder and now it says internal disk needs repair. HELP

Hello scrappinrn,
The following article provides troubleshooting steps that can help repair issues found with your Time Capsule's disk.
How to verify or erase an AirPort Time Capsule disk
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4522
Cheers,
Allen

Can't find Time Capsule

Ever since Apple techs helped me re-establish connections to my wireless home network, my Time Machine hasn't worked. It worked before. Under the new configuration the Time Capsule is wired into the modem and I connect to the internet wirelessly through the Time Capsule. There is no hard wire from the Time Capsule to my iMac 27in. Is it possible to backup using the Time Capsule as the Time Machine and do so wirelessly? When I'm in Time Machine it doesn't see the Time Capsule - it shows a data file for the previous Time Machine but is no longer connecting with it. I am hesitant to mess with the settings as it took 10 hours to hook up the internet. Am I missing some obvious setting?

Just do a new setup for the Mac Time Machine..
It cannot find the old TC because you moved it.
So simply go to the Time Machine Preferences and click on add a backup disk.. if the TC does not show up.. mount it first of all in finder.
Does it show in finder??
Can you mount it?

Can't find Time Capsule or Time Machine

I just installed Time Capsule and am using it as a router and a Time Machine. Using Lion.
Install went well and all worked fine. Both my iMac and husband's MBA backed up fine.
However, we are now both having problems seeing the Time Capsule and automatic backup is failing.
We are connected to our wireless network (via Time Capsule), and internet connection is fine.
When I choose "Back Up Now" I get the message "Time Machine could not complete backup. Backup disk not found."
When I choose "Open Time Machine Preferences" and "Select Disk" the Time Capsule does not appear.
When I go into Airport Utility, the Time Capsuel is not showing. When I click Rescan, it is still unable to find the Time Capsule.
Any ideas?
Suellen
p.s. I'm new to Mac to be gentle

I've been encountering the same problem with a USB hard disk attached to an Airport Extreme Base Station.
(This is effectively what a Time Capsule is anyway, so I think we're talking about the same issue.)
What I've noticed is that the Airport unit gets quite hot to the touch, the light goes out (although occasionally
it remains on) and the Airport is no longer visible to the Airport utility.
The cause is also predictable: a long sustained period of Airport disk activity. For example, two or more
simultaneous Time Machine backups (from different machines), or multiple podcast updates to the same
Airport disk. This is not particularly unusual, especially when downloading video podcasts. Apparently,
Apple engineers did not provide protection for this scenario, because the Airport just overheats and crashes.
In case you're wondering, my units are operating at normal room temperature with no obstructions around
their vent openings.
The only way to recover from this is to remove power from the Airport (or Time Capsule) and then plug it
back in. If there are pending backups, just postpone them for awhile until the unit has cooled off.
If you were downloading podcasts, then iTunes probably crashed anyway. At any rate, you'll need to restart
iTunes if you were using it with a remote library on the affected Airport disk.
I first found this on an Airport Extreme generation 2, but then upgraded to a generation 5 in the hopes that
the problem had been fixed. No such luck. I suspect that the problem also applies to all of the Airports and
Time Capsules. I can hardly wait to see what a Thunderbolt disk does to heat things up!
Apple, if you're paying attention, this should hopefully be fixable with a firmware upgrade. In the long term,
a better worst-case thermal analysis is needed for generation 6 Airport devices, please. These products
should NOT be overheating with what I consider to be normal use.
Now, I never had any problems until I hooked a USB disk drive directly to the Airport Extreme. Having
already had one Airport Express actually go up in smoke (literally), I'm not inclined to see the same thing
happen to my more expensive Airport Extremes. Until Apple offers a remedy, then I expect my solution
will require more expensive hardware connected via an ethernet cable to the Airport device. As wireless
devices, the Airport products work just fine, so I will continue to use them for that purpose at least.
In summary, don't overload these devices with too much sustained high traffic. If they fail the way described,
just unplug them and plug them back in. Let them cool off.
Anyway, I hope this helps others that have run into the same problem. And I hope that Apple engineers
take notice and come up with a remedy.
Thanks for reading.

Can't find Time Capsule with Vista/IE7

I have an iMac and a Windows Vista Laptop with IE7. Although my notebook is online using my Time Capsule wireless network, I can't see the TC or any Bonjour icon. I have the most recent Bonjour software installed, as well as Java. Any hints?

Have you set the workgroup name in AirPort Utility? Enter manual setup, go to Disks > File Sharing, and enter the workgroup that your Vista machine is a part of. Also, be sure to add your Time Capsule's IP address onto the trusted networks/zones list of any software firewall you have installed.

IMac can't find. time capsule

My Time Capsule shows a green indicator light but shows as disconnected in Finder. The error message suggests that I check the IP address. I would like to know the proper troubleshooting technique. Thanks.

Mavericks seems to generate these problems regularly.
I just posted for a guy who had the same thing.. suddenly the TC just disappears.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5808393?tstart=0
See if that helps any.
Post back what you try if it doesn't work.

How can i view time capsule files on another mac

I am trying to look at files backed up to my Time Capsule. How do I do that?

Perhaps someone in the Time Capsule forum might know? Good luck.

Can I add Time Capsule to a current network running XBOX 360

I know this has been covered a fair amount in other posts but I'm having a hard time weeding out all of the information to apply to my exact situation.
I currently have an Airport Express as my main wireless delivery system. This has been working great for the past few years with no problems at all. We also have an XBOX 360 hooked up to the wireless network as well without any problems. I also have another Airport Express used to stream music to some speakers in another room in the house.
I just bought Time Capsule but it hasn't arrived yet. When it arrives I would like to set up the Time Capsule to be my main wireless delivery system in order to provide wireless "n" to my AppleTV and get better speeds.
Would I be able to just connect my current Airport Express to the Time Capsule and have it continue to send out the wireless network it always has? Basically I would like to continue to have my current wireless network running so that my XBOX 360 can continue to run on the "g" network without problems. But I would be able to do everytying else on the "n" network.
I'm not savvy at all with networks. Is this what people call a "dual-band" network? It seems like once the TC is set up I could just plug in my current AEX and have it continue to send out the "g" network. Is this correct?
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

Doesn't matter anymore with wireless-n adapter working great!

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