Compare an extreme to old time capsule

How does  the new airport extreme compare to the old Time Capsule? Is it enough better to warrant the purchase of a new Airport Extreme?

The A1355 Time Capsule would operate at a wireless speed up to 450 Mbps, assuming that you also had a Mac that would operate at those speeds.
The new AirPort Extreme will operate at up to 1300 Mbps, again assuming that you have a new Mac that will support "ac" wireless. The new Extreme has also added two additional wireless antennas, for a total of 6, all located up at the top of the "tower", so antenna performance is improved on the "new" Extreme.
The "new" Time Capsule is simply a new AirPort Extreme with a built in 2 TB or 3 TB hard drive.

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  • New Airport Extreme with old Time Capsule?

    I just bought a new 802.11ac Airport Extreme to increase the speed and range of my home network.  My network currently runs on an 802.11g Time Capsule.  I would like to continue to back up to the old Time Capsule.  Should I just set up the old Time Capsule with wireless off in bridge mode or should I place the Time Capsule somewhere else in the house strategically, leaving wireless on, to improve range?  Someone told me adding a G-speed access point or client to the network would slow things down. 
    Thank you SO much for the help; I'm sort of a wireless networking dummie. 
    Steve

    My network currently runs on an 802.11g Time Capsule.
    I assume you meant to say 802.11n Time Capsule. There are no 802.11g models.
    I would like to continue to back up to the old Time Capsule.  Should I just set up the old Time Capsule with wireless off in bridge mode or should I place the Time Capsule somewhere else in the house strategically, leaving wireless on, to improve range?
    You can do either. If you hare happy with the coverage of the 802.11ac AirPort Extreme, then I would recommend that you go with your first idea. I would connect the Time Capsule directly to the new Extreme using an Ethernet cable, disable its wireless and reconfigure it as a bridge.

  • My old Time capsule was not working well.  I replaced it with a new Airport Extreme.  Now I can see the other airport express stations.  I tried resetting them, but it did not work.  What do I do?

    I replaced my old time capsule with a new airport extreme.  I have 3 airport express stations that I have all around the house.  (2 1st generation, 1 second generation).  I can't see them with airport utility.  I tried resetting, but no luck.  Any suggestions?

    Bring all the express to the same room as the mac you are using to setup the network..
    One by one, plug them in and do full factory reset on them.. they should then show up in the Airport utility as Other Wi-Fi devices (1) and you can select them and continue the setup.
    If that fails try using the airport utility on ipad or iphone as they are far less problematic than Yosemite in particular.

  • I want to replace a four year old Time Capsule for a new Airport Extreme, how difficult is it?

    I want to replace a four year old Time Capsule for a new Airport Extreme, how difficult is it? The ADSL connection come from a Modern Router provide by the local Telephone company.

    Reply back when you get the new device, but in short, you'll have to put your extreme in bridge mode and just connect the same wires as your current TC.
    See here http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/answers/how-to-add-a-time-capsule-or-airport-extr eme-to-an-existing-network-with-br

  • Any tricks to swapping out my old time capsule with a new airport extreme I am also using airport expresses

    Any tricks to swapping out my old time capsule with a new airport extreme I am also using airport expresses?  The hard drive on the TC quit working.

    I do plan on using an external USB HDD for time machine backups.  I have both 802.11g and 802.11n used for playing music via stereos.
    I would recommend against it. Apple does not support Time Machine backups to AirPort Disks (USB HDD attached to the AirPort Extreme). Although folks have done so, we get a number of them here asking for help with their corrupted backups. If your backups are critical to you, please use another means (like connecting the USB HDD directly to your Mac) to do so.

  • Old Time capsule as external hard drive and hub?

    I am thinking about purchasing a new AirPort Extreme.  I have an old Time Capsule that I would like to repurpose as an external hard drive attached to the new AirPort Extreme.  Would I still be able to use the Ethernet ports on the Time Capsule as a router to provide Internet access to a computer or printer? I am currently using all the ports on the Time Machine (Ethernet and USB) and wonder if I need a hub (Ethernet or USB) to now connect the Time Machine to an Airport Express and still handle all the existing connections or if the Time Machine can act as the hub.

    You can just plug the TC in bridge mode into your new Extreme or express.. you swapped terms freely.. Express however has only one LAN port.. and the TC will still need to use one port to connect leaving you 3 WAN ports.
    If you buy the Extreme it has 3 LAN ports.. one of which will be used for the connection and so you will add 2 LAN ports for usage on the network.. if that is not enough simply buy a gigabit switch.
    BTW if you buy an express it has 100mbit ports not gigabit.. so I do not recommend the express.. you will slow everything down 10x.
    You will gain a USB so if 2 is enough you will not need a USB hub.

  • Internet - AirPort Extreme (b/g) - Time Capsule - File Server

    I've got a small office network where files are served off a Mac mini, and iMacs connected via 802.11n wifi to the wired mini via Time Capsule. I have a spare AEBS (b/g) that I was thinking of setting it up for iPhone and guest access of internet. To keep the mini and iMacs secure, the set-up would be:
    Internet -> AirPort Extreme (b/g) -> Time Capsule -> Mac mini and iMacs
    The only issue I'm contemplating - the slower Ethernet ports on the Extreme - which I don't think is a problem for connecting to the Internet. Is there anything else I should be concerned about regarding network performance?
    Thanks in advance for the collective wisdom!
    Message was edited by: openarchitecture

    That would work. The Ethernet ports on the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) is faster than your internet connection so you shouldn't have a problem.

  • How can i retrieve a few important files from an old time capsule ?

    Hi  can anyone give me a step by step guide as to how i retrieve just a few files from an old time capsule ?
    without a router  ?
    I've plugged an ethernet cable into the wan port & my mac & it shows up as a sparspsebundle data file
    but i desperetly need to grab these certain files
    please can anyone help?
    can i use the usb port on the back of the time capsule
    there must be a way  HELP PLEASE  many thanks

    Don't panic we are working on it..
    I am just avoiding Yosemite like the plague.. (plague on you Yosemite!!) .. as its networking is so bad it causes chaos on my network.. to all other devices.. even though only one device actually runs Yoyos!!
    I am not sure how hard it is for you to go back to Mountain Lion.. or if you have a computer running ML on the network.. if so definitely use it.
    What OS was last used by the MBP when you stopped using it or is it fully up to date. Is the computer in the network now? If so it is much easier to copy and paste the files from a live computer.
    Did you encrypt the backup.. that would really mess things up or have an encrypted disk??
    Have you used the normal TM tool in Yosemite to try and recover your files?? Or perhaps migrated the files.. this can work fine.. migration often being a better way of doing things.. although there are a few rules about using different user names.. etc.
    There is another proviso here I must add.. Yosemite cannot see the backup quickly.. what I mean is that your backup is >500GB. Even by ethernet Yosemite version Time Machine can take more than 24hours just to index that.. maybe longer and by wireless a lot longer.. 3-5 times.. I do not know why spotlight is so slow in Yosemite.. but trust me.. it is pathetic. The yoyo got its string in a knot and seems to need to untangle it for every single file on the backup.
    Be very patient if you open TM backup in Yosemite.. and definitely do this by ethernet not wireless.. otherwise you might die of old age beforehand.

  • How do I migrate multiple sparsebundles from my old time capsule to my new time capsule?

    My old 1tb time capsule died on me last week. I bought a new 2tb model. I have put the old disk in an enclosure and I can access the data on it.
    The old time capsule was used to backup three Mac's. How do I migrate the three sparebundles to the new time capsule? I want to keep all the backup histories.
    I found lots of sites with tips but they all assume that the old TC was used to backup only one Mac.
    I run Lion on my main Mac and all time machines were configured to backup via wireless.

    It worked. Kinda. I think.
    I did the steps outlined in option 3. It took 2,5 days to do it (maybe because I had already switched to wireless).
    Once the copy of the files was complete I actived time machine and selected the new time capsule as my backup. It said there was no backup history. But then it started backuping. Instead of the full disk (as I thought it would do, as it said there was no backup history) it only did about 35Gb. Which was what I had expected. I had just upgraded to Lion. After that backup it immediatly started again and did a backup of 40 Mb. (Why ???).
    After that was done I started time machine and all the old backups were there (eg 2010) as a test I restored a file from Jan 2010. And it worked.
    So now the other two sparsebundles to do.
    @Jolly Giant: Thank you for the help and advice.

  • How do I connect an old Time Capsule to look for data from a previous OS?

    Hello. I replaced my old Time Capsule with a new one a few months ago, and broke in the new Time Capsule with a fresh backup of a clean 10.9 install after migrating my user account.
    Today, I noticed that there were some folders full of personal data that are neither on my MBP, nor in my Time Machine backups on the new Time Capsule. I am hoping that these folders still exist on my old Time Capsule which I used with 10.8.
    I'm wondering how to search through my old Time Capsule and its Time Machine backups. Specifically, I'm wondering how to connect it to my MacBook Pro, and whether I will be able to search for my (hopefully not) lost data through the Time Machine interface, or through the directory structure contained in Backups.backupdb.
    Can anyone help me out with a plan to proceed?
    Thank you very much.

    1. Turn off Time Machine in System Preferences
    2. Unplug new Time Capsule
    3. Turn off Wi-Fi in the menu bar
    4. Attach old Time Capsule to power
    5. Attach old Time Capsule to MBP via ethernet
    6. Wait for old Time Capsule to appear in Finder > Sidebar > Shared
    7. Select old Time Capsule in Finder > Sidebar > Shared and Connect to old Time Capsule
    8. Select the Data directory
    9. Double-click on the .sparsebundle file that represents the volume that was backed up on the old Time Capsule
    10. Hold down the option key and click on the Time Machine icon in the menu bar and select Browse Other Backup Disks...
    11. Select the Time Machine backup disk you would like to browse and choose Use Selected Disk
    12. Browse old Time Capsule backup in Time Machine environment, restore data as normal, exit Time Machine as normal
    13. Eject old Time Machine backups (the .sparsebundle you mounted) under Devices in Finder > Sidebar
    14. Eject old Time Capsule under Finder > Sidebar > Shared
    15. Disconnect ethernet; disconnect old Time Capsule from power.
    16. Plug in new Time Capsule (it boots); turn Wi-Fi on (reconnect to network, if necessary); turn Time Machine back on in System Preferences

  • Migrating from old time capsule to a new one

    I have a new Time Capsule (4th gen, 2TB) that I want to replace my old Time Capsule (3rd gen, 2TB).
    (The rationale is that I was splitting the original between time machine backups and shared home media but it had become full and performance was sluggish despite the auto-deletion of oldest backups.  Instead of getting a USB drive for the other media I decided to upgrade my main TC to the newest version but keep the 3rd Gen just for the media.)
    What I'm looking for is a simple explanation for how to set up my new TC to replace my old one.  The manual isn't clear on this and I can't find a clear thread on the discussion that mirrors my situation.
    My guess is that I need to follow these steps:
    - initialise the new TC as (just) an external HD to my Mac
    - deactivate time machine then copy the sparsebundles to the new TC
    - set up the new TC in network router mode
    - deactivate the network router mode on my old TC
    - swap the new TC for the old TC
    - reactivate time machine and point it towards the new network drive
    My first question that I'd be grateful for answers to is: is the above correct or would you propose a different approach for any reason?
    My second question is how do I then re-mount the old TC as a shared network drive
    - can it connect by wifi or do I need to connect it by ethernet or USB to the 'new' TC?
    - I assume I can simply delete the old sparsebundle files and repoint iTunes to access the media
    Many thanks for your time in responding!

    Alot of your steps depend on the first one which is wrong.. sorry.. you cannot use the TC as external HD.. it is now and forever a network drive.
    That being the case.. let me suggest the following order.
    - deactivate TM.. yes that stops messy things happening.
    - setup the new TC to do all the functions of the existing one. The easiest way to do this is simply pull the old one out the network and install the new one.. otherwise you are trying to make two network connections to the two TC which will by default have the same IP. This will depend though on if you normally use ethernet. Do you?? I will suggest it another way if that is the case.
    - Factory reset the old TC.. and then set it in bridge mode and plug it into the new TC by ethernet.
    - Make sure all the network connections are full gigabit speed. If you are going to copy the old TM across this is going to take maybe a day or more.. assuming you have the 1TB drive full. TC cannot copy from one to the other direct.. it has to go.. TC1-Computer-TC2. which halves the speed.
    Do you really need these old backups.. IMHO it is better.. much better.. to start a fresh TM backup. You can get a USB drive to offload the existing backups using the direct archive method.. although you will need the old 5.6 utility to do it.
    - Copying sparsebundles is not hard.. just time consuming. See Q18 with every combo of doing this.
    http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
    - Then you can erase the old TC and load your media on it.. remembering that the TC has no way to back itself up.. and TM cannot backup a network drive.. so if you store itunes library for instance on it.. and access it by wireless.. except that at some stage it will corrupt itself. Count on it. Make sure you have a backup.
    - reactivate TM if you did indeed move the old sparsebundle.. and point it to the right target disk.

  • How do I purge old time capsule names?

    I have been unable to get an old 1TB time capsule to run as a back up on time machine with a Mac mini (OSX10.9.5)—I have spent almost two days trying to set it up to work as it should but in the end I have had to come here.
    On the time capsule, I have updated firmware to 7.6.4, reset to factory by pressing the button inset on the back (several times) and erased all data using Airport utility 6.3.2.
    First off, I want to purge any and all old time-capsule names (and lost passwords) that pop up every time I activate time machine>select disk or airport utility>base station. This still happens even after I have reset and erased all data on the time capsule.

    Not sure how I could uninstall 7.6.4,
    Downgrade firmware by holding down the option key when you click the version number in the summary screen.
    (I also did this with TC connected directly to the Mini via ethernet to the WAN port),
    Never connect to the WAN port.. always LAN.. you are setting this wrongly so getting into trouble.. All devices behind plug into LAN or connect to wireless.. only the router connects to WAN.
    when I opened TMachine (TM) up popped the "old disc name" on "the new TC name."
    Reset TM.. you are mixing things up.
    Time Machine needs to be totally fixed from the computer.. the setting on the TC is totally irrelevant.
    See A4 here. http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
    Now I cannot seem to get the Mini and TC to see the ethernet connection at all. FYI the ethernet connection on SysPrefs>network shows "self-assigned IP"
    You are plugged into the wrong port.
    It is LAN not WAN. Hence no IP address.
    It looks like a clusterF to me...any suggestions as to how to get TM/TC to back up via ethernet before disconnecting the ethernet connection and going totally radio?
    Full manual setup of the TC in total isolation from the network... MUST WORK.
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5800974?tstart=0
    Or should I just use TM with an external HD connected to the mini via USB, which at present looks like a far more sensible option?
    Local backup is faster, more reliable and in Mavericks 1000% better.. Mavericks has major network issues.
    And TM is lousy as well.
    I use Carbon Copy Cloner as a backup software.. as well as TM.. it is more reliable and bootable clone backups can be tested in a few min so you know they work. None of this is possible with TM.

  • Using an Airport Extreme and a Time Capsule at the same time

    Guys I have had an Airport Extreme and a Time Capsule running together for nearly a year now and over the last few days the TC has been behaving badly. I changed its settings and now I'm in a mess. No, I can't remember the previous settings
    Does anyone have a definitive list of the settings I need please? I have an ethernet cable modem, and the Airport Extreme is plugged into that as the main router. Two computers and the Time Capsule are plugged into the Airport Extreme using ethernet. The Time Capsule at the moment is just used as a network drive for Time Machine, but at some point I want to move it, with a long ethernet cable, and use it for extending the wifi in the house.
    1. Should I connect the TC using its WAN port or one of the other ethernet ports? At present it's one of the other ones.
    2. What TC settings should I use to have it function purely as a hard drive? At the moment there's some kind of conflict and my internet connection drops every 30 minutes.
    3. Then later, what settings will I need to get the ethernet connected TC to extend the range of my wifi?
    I read the Apple doc about WDS and tried setting the TC up that way. Then I discovered there is no WDS option in the AE Wireless settings. Only "Create a wireless network" or "extend a wireless network". The same setting on the TC has these options: "Create a wireless network" "Participate in a WDS network" or "extend a wireless network". Both devices have firmware 7.5.2. It didn't work with only the TC set for WDS, of course, but after that I can't get it back the way it was - which wasn't reliable anyway
    Any help in exactly what the Wireless and Internet settings should be would be massively useful. Thanks!

    If you use the extreme as a router then the tc should be connected via its wan port to one of the lan ports on the extreme. Tc should be set up in bridge mode. Basically you could set it up to create another wireless network beside the one created by the extreme. There is no need to use WDS or extend the other network.
    Use the same SSID and password for both machines. Computers will connect to the strongest signal.

  • Airport Extreme and a Time Capsule - config recommendations?

    Hi!
    So I find myself (in a fortunate position?!) with a new Airport Extreme and a Time Capsule.
    I have very few requirements - I would like to be able to connect to the Internet wirelessly, and I'd like to be able to backup a couple of Macs using Time Machine (also wirelessly).  I realise that the TC can provide me with that functionality nice and easily, but since I have an AE and a TC, I figure it would be good to make use of both, and so I wanted to ask if anyone had any recommendations for a useful configuration?
    I think there are 2 basic options I could make use of (have I missed any?!):
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    2) Use AE as base station and also make TC available for back up wirelessly
    Does anyone have any thoughts on the above?  If you'd recommend 2), what would be your suggested approach as I think I'm right in saying that 2) could be done in several ways? Roaming? WDS? Just setup TC as a stand-alone wireless box with no internet connection? (does this latter approach mean I could connect to the internet and backup at the same time - I'm guessing not?)
    If 1) is the way to go, is it just a case of putting an ethernet cable between the 2 boxes?
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    Many thanks

    I would use the Time Capsule as the wireless base station connected to the modem.  Then I'd use the Airport Extreme to extend the network or to create a roaming network (ethernet cable betwee the units), whichever worked best in the premises.  Naturally, Time Capsule would be used for backups of all machines equipped with Time Machine.  Have never hooked up any Apple equipment but from my understanding of it, this is what I'd try.

  • AirPort Extreme with 3T time capsule file security question

    Right now I am using a MacMini with an external HD as a file server.  I'm thinking g of using the new AirPort Extreme with 3T time capsule to do the same tho g (while also extended my wifi reach).
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