Connect to AirPort Time Capsule remotely via Windows 8?

Is their a way to connect to the new AirPort Time Capsule 802.11ac remotley via Windows 8, 7, or XP? I've tried to open up the smb port (445) but i get no luck on my mac or pc. I opened the afp port (445) and i get right in. Any suggestions?

SMB is blocked by 90% of ISP's around the world.. the number of unprotected windows computers that would be exposed opening SMB would probably cause the WWW to collapse.
SMB is entirely unsafe.. it is a local LAN protocol to never ever be used over the internet. It has poor security and when people setup LAN sharing it is often setup with none.
The TC does not expose SMB to WAN.. only AFP..
And no windows computer has AFP protocol add ons.
Summary.. it cannot be done.
Now the right way.. Use a Mac. Either directly or via BTMM and iCloud.
Or relegate the TC to bridge and buy a proper vpn router.. Connect to the network using vpn and you can fully access all network resources as if you were on the local lan. A vpn router is not expensive.

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HT1178 I have failed to Map the Airport Time Capsule to my windows 7 HP laptop as a mapped drive, error message is "access denied"

I have failed to Map the Airport time capsule to my windows 7 HP laptop, i followed all the installation steps and i get the error message "Access denied, you do not have permission to access this device, contact network administrator"

Did you install the airport utility for windows?
Is the windows computer set to home as network location.. it will not work if it is set to work or public.
Is the TC setup with all SMB type names, short no spaces and pure alphanumeric. No apostrophe.
Can you ping the TC from your computer? Open a command window and type ping and the tc name or its IP.
No response you will never be able to get connection .. it is usually firewall problem. Turn off firewall and internet security.
If it pings then simply type the IP directly into explorer.. \\TCIPaddress. (eg \\10.0.1.1 if the TC is at default)
That is usually the most foolproof method.

Can I access the data backed up on my time capsule remotely via the Internet?

Can I access the data backed up on my time capsule remotely via the Internet? Let us say I have all my music or photos on my time capsule at home and I want to access it while I am outside over the Internet can I do this?

See remote access methods here.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/wireless/airport?view=documents
I am not sure what format these files are in.. but if they are itunes or iphoto.. have a care.. it is easy to corrupt them.

I CANNOT PRINT FROM MY IPHONE 4 TO MY BROTHER 8890DW PRINTER WHICH IS CONNECTED TO MY TIME CAPSULE/NETWORK VIA ETHERNET CABLE???

Why can’t I print from my iPhone 4 to my brother 8890dw printer which is connected to my time capsule/network via ethernet cable??? My iPhone does not even locate my printer,even though I have no problem printing from my Mac to the same printer.

Typing in all caps indicates shouting, is considered rude and is difficult to read. Many simply do not read such posts.
You would need an airprint enabled printer or an app that proides printing function.
iOS: AirPrint 101

How do I connect Airport Time Capsule to a Windows Vista Machine?

I was going NUTS trying connect my new Airport Time Capsule v6.xxx to an older Vista Home machine. I searched these posts for an answer and found nothing remotely helpful. After trying a million different things...
Here is how I did it:
Open Airport Utility
Finder>Applications>Utilities>Airport Utility
Click on the image of the Airport Time capsule
Go to top of screen menu Click on EDIT in the little dialog box that pops up once you click EDIT look to the top of the screen and click on BASE STATION
Click on SHOW PASSWORDS, Carefully note the really long WPA Pre Shared Key code for "xxxx"
Go to your Vista machine and down at the bottom you will see you network connection icon. It looks like two computer monitors and a globe. Click once on it and open NETWORK and SHARING CENTER
Click once on SET UP A NETWORK CONNECTION > NEXT > WIRELESS> SET UP CONNECTION OR NETWORK> MANUALLY CONNECT TO A WIRELESS NETWORK>NEXT
Now enter the network name as you set it up in the Airport Utility and then enter the 64 digit WPA PRE SHARED KEY CODE in the SECURITY KEY/PASSPHRASE box
Click NEXT...Your Vista machine should say searching for IP address then it should connect to the Airport. I hope this saves someone the hours I spent messing with this. Good Luck!!!

I just want to extend the system with the time capsule.
Always worries me when I see that..
Do you mean wirelessly extend.. it won't work.. not just because the WRT54GS is G wireless (super G is just extended G)... but because it is not apple router.. apple can only extend wireless between routers that are apple.
You can plug the TC into the linksys via ethernet.. and run it as an AP .. use the same wireless name.. ie ssid and security but use and lock a different wireless channel.. that is better by far as it is then N wireless. you can also set 5ghz to a different name and use that for 5ghz capable stuff.
You can use EOP adapters if you cannot run ethernet but doing it via wireless.. is really not worth it.
Why don't you put the TC in place of the WRT.. and load dd-wrt on the Linksys and use that in universal repeater mode.. that would work.

Printer not working via usb connection to airport time capsule

I bought an airport time capsule 3 TB, and I wanted to connect my multifunctional printer-scaner "canon i-sensys MF4350d" via usb to my airport device.However, I found a problem. Although my printer working properly in direct connection via usb,not working when connected via usb to my airport time capsule. when I chose printer In nearby printer list this error apeared:"the software for this printer is currently unavailable please contact the manufacturer for latest version" when I chose add printer and chose the printer model this error apeared:"the printer information has not been acquired"
devices:
printer: canon i-sensys MF4350d
air port time capsule 3 TB
macbook pro me664
osx mountain lion 10.8.5 (latest version)
printer software:canon UFR II ver 2.43(latest version for my printer)

Login to airport utility via Mac or windows pc. Look under connected usb devices and it should say your manufacturer for the printer. If not try rebooting both printer and router with them being plugged in or try different usb cable or port on printer.

TS2706 I cannot connect to my airport (time capsule) from a Windows PC

Any information on how to connect to an aiport extreme (really the time capsule) from a Windows platform. Have no problem from our Mac's but cannot connect from a windows based platform. I haven't been able to find any recent posts to help with this problem.

First off, Archon23, what you want to achieve is possible. I have access to both my Time Capsule (TC) and the USB drive connected to it, from a Win. 7 and Win. XP machine.
Here is what I see from the Windows side of things:
     From My Computer - TC USB Drive (Y)
     From Windows HomeNet - Time Capsule:
Now getting there is the trick.
One caveat before proceeding: I am not well versed in Windows Networks, Windows Sharing and Firewall settings so some of the following may not be elegant, may not be absolutely required, and may not be the best way of getting there. But it is what I did to see both the TC drive and it's attached USB drive on the Windows side of my network..
1.) First, I added Airport Utility to the Inbound rules of Win 7 Firewall
While poking around my Network Sharing and Firewall settings trying to figure this out, I got a Pop-up recommending I do that. AND I did that. Oh, and while you are at it, make sure you have a Home network established.
2.) Next, on a hunch, I installed a USB Wi-Fi Adapter (under $20) to my Win PC, enabled that Wi-Fi connection and disabled my Ethernet connection. I was getting no where on this matter with my Ethernet connection to a DSL Gateway. But with a Wi-Fi connection to my AirPort Express Base Station, I made progress.
3.) Finally, while poking around my Network Sharing Center some more, one by one I started the various network device Setup Wizards in there, and Trouble Shooters, to find the elusive TC/USB devices in question...AND voila, it worked.   And it's stable, been this way for going on two weeks now.
Good luck.

AirPort time capsule, remote access?

I can not acess my AirPort time capsule from outside home network. It works perfectly inside the home network, but is not accessable remotly (From outside my home net) I can see the time capsule as a shared unit in finder, and the cloud is turned on, but I can still not open th disk from outside home. Every unit is up to date!
Can any please help me!

Between the internet modem and APTC there is also a router. (All the items are wired)
I can see the APTC from the outside world, but can not access it.
Use the method of AFP port forwarding.
This is simple.. the TC must be in bridge..
Map port 548 TCP to the TC.. and ensure the TC is static IP so the port forward is always correct.
Then from the other site you simply access it via AFP.. in Finder go, connect to server, type
AFP://PublicIPaddress
Remember the security here is important so use a decent length disk password.
Read https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3413
Method 3 for more details.

How to share external USB drive connected to airport time capsule

I have a 4TB Seagate USB Hard Drive connected to my Airport Time Capsule. The Time Capsule connected to a newer iMac running Maverick.
I use the Time Capsule for Time Machines Backups and as a Router, as it was designed for.
I want to use the external Seagate drive to share content with other devices (Mac, IOS, Windows) on my home network
Problem: I cannot figure out how to SHARE the external Seagate drive so that any other devices can see it.
Steps tried: Go to System Preferences, Sharing, and I am unable to add this Seagate drive to list of sharable objects. It is grayed out.

the drive is formatted as AppleShare. Is that a potential problem?
No, that is the correct setting if you want to share out the drive.
Finally, when I run Disk Utility I don't see the Seagate drive (nor the Time Capsule) at all.
Remember that the Time Capsule is a network drive. Any other drive connected to the USB port on the Time Capsule is also a network drive.
Disk Utility cannot be used on a network drive. It only works on a drive that is directly attached to a Mac. If you need to partition the USB drive or something similar, you will need to connect it directly to your Mac for the operation.
Otherwise, everything looks correct in AirPort Utility.

Can not connect to airport time capsule

Here is what the current situation is:
I can setup the Airport Time Capsule (3GB) form my Mavericks 10.9.4 MacBookAir 2013 using AirPort Utility. However, after setup, I cannot connect to the time capsule using many of the standard ways. Trying both connections of wired and wireless. I have tried:
1. Connecting to the Time Capsule using Time Machine (which I can see the Time Capsule Drive as a selection), and I always get the error "There was a problem connecting to the server “XXXXXX”. Check the server name or IP address, and then try again. If you continue to have problems, contact your system administrator."
2. Using Finder side bar under Shared (which I can see the Time Capsule Drive as a selection), clicking on it, always says Connection Failed at the top of the window. Clicking the Connect As... button results in the same error message as #1.
3. Using Finder, connect to server option, entering the name of the time capsule with .local at the end, and using the ip address and it always returns the same error as #1.
Trying option #3 and looking at the Console for error messages always produces these two messages:
Date Time NetAuthSysAgent[1093]: ERROR: AFP_CreateSessionRef - AFPLoadModules failed 22
Date Time NetAuthSysAgent[1154]: NewAFPLoadModules: bootstrap_look_up failed Unknown service name
Any help would be much appreciated. My computer has security scripts run on it that my company wrote inhouse and not sure exactly what is locked down and not locked down. Thank you.

Using method 3.. try
SMB://TCname.local or SMB://TCIPaddress (I hope obvious you replace with actual name or actual IP).. Please use names that are SMB compatible.. ie short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
No luck try CIFS:// etc.
This forces it to SMB1.
No luck ping the TC in terminal.. does it respond??
Do you have ipv6 set ot link-local only in the computer??
Your company may have locked you out.. I would not be surprised. Are you running a vpn on the computer whilst trying to connect to the local network. That will fail and the ping test will show you why.
Date Time NetAuthSysAgent[1093]: ERROR: AFP_CreateSessionRef - AFPLoadModules failed 22
Date Time NetAuthSysAgent[1154]: NewAFPLoadModules: bootstrap_look_up failed Unknown service name
Interesting.. it is blocking AFP perhaps. AFP modules refused.. I do not know the errors well enough but if AFP fails there is a good chance TM won't work. So even if you can mount and access the disk I am not sure you can do TM backups.

How to connect New Airport Time Capsule to non Apple asdl router

Guys,
I have just purchased a new AirPort Time Capsule to back up the various macs in my house. I want to connect it to my wireless router which is a non apple product but the setup instructions are a little unclear to me.
My current router has simply a phone line connector and the power source coming into it. Do I simply connect an ethernet cable from the Airport to the Router. And if so, do I use the single Ethernet WAN port or one of the three Ethernet LAN ports on the rear of the airport? I assume the other end of the cable goes into any of the Ethernet slots on the back of my router which are marked 'Ethernet', or would it go into the socket marked 'Broadband WAN'?
Appreciate your help and if anyone is willing to speak on phone, I am very ahppy to call you in the next couple of hours! I am in the UK
Best, Anthony

thanks LaPastengue!
Here is what ive got
What ATT router do you have? Exact make and model please.
    gateway 2wire from at&t
What TC do you have.. Latest AC tall one?? Or older one?? If older. .please tell us the model number. A1409 for example from the base mat.
     yes I have the latest airport time capsule 2TB
Please tell us the full setup.. what is currently plugged into the main modem router??
     The Main modem route has an ethernet cord plugged in the other side of the cord is plugged into the phone      jack
Do not plug the TC in first.. plug a single ethernet TC to the computer.. Hmm. so I need an additional ethenet cord to plug the TC into the computer? Leaving the router plugged in as is?
Open the airport utility and change the TC to bridge mode.
https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-23706673-32722 6/450-411/bridgev6AU.png
Update the TC and then plug it into the ATT modem and plug it into your computer or use the wireless and then tell us what happens.

Airport/Time Capsule - Slow via macbook pro wifi but fast via wired iMac

My wired imac that connects to the time capsule reads about 17mbs. But when I do the speed test that is connected wirelessly it runs at 2mbs. does anybody have any clue on what I am doing wrong? or why the speeds are so slow via my macbook?

KenRN wrote:
does anybody have any clue on what I am doing wrong?
i'm not sure you're doing anything wrong. for starters, a hardwired (gigabit 1000 mbps) connection is way faster than wireless-N (at best 300 mbps).
you could try if changing the channel your wireless network is broadcasting on brings about a bump in speed. you might be suffering from _*wireless interference*_.
perhaps one of your neighbor's wireless networks is interfering with yours. download iStumbler and note the channels of the other networks in your vicinity. select a channel that is as far away from those as possible.
JGG

How to connect my airport time capsule to my at

Am I missing some kind of special cord? I can start the software and the software recognizes the airport time capsule only if I plug the single ethenet cord into the time capule not the AT&T router.
Anyone have a minute to help a big dummy here?

thanks LaPastengue!
Here is what ive got
What ATT router do you have? Exact make and model please.
    gateway 2wire from at&t
What TC do you have.. Latest AC tall one?? Or older one?? If older. .please tell us the model number. A1409 for example from the base mat.
     yes I have the latest airport time capsule 2TB
Please tell us the full setup.. what is currently plugged into the main modem router??
     The Main modem route has an ethernet cord plugged in the other side of the cord is plugged into the phone      jack
Do not plug the TC in first.. plug a single ethernet TC to the computer.. Hmm. so I need an additional ethenet cord to plug the TC into the computer? Leaving the router plugged in as is?
Open the airport utility and change the TC to bridge mode.
https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-23706673-32722 6/450-411/bridgev6AU.png
Update the TC and then plug it into the ATT modem and plug it into your computer or use the wireless and then tell us what happens.

How can I print via the AirPort Time Capsule on a Windows 7?

Hey,
First of all, I am really inexperienced about all these things. I have a MacBook from 2009 with OSX Lion and a PC Windows 7 x64. I have got a time capsule (https://www.mikepalmer.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/apple-time-capsule.jpg) connected to my router
and then another router in my room (probably working as an acces point) to which I wirelessly connect my Windows 7.
The thing is that I can see the printer (HP Laserjet P1005) from my Mac but I don't know how to add it to my windows. On a previous PC I added a printer to the time capsule's IP 192.168.1.2 and printed with a considerable delay that way.
As you can see I don't understand how networks work, how IP's work, or how ports work in this matter.
Any help will be much appreciated!!

Hi PGMLEBL,
I am not familiar with Mac product, the best way is ask the HP printer support for the detail support, generally if we know the printer IP address we can add it through add
a network printer, you may can refer the following third party article to add the printer:
how to install a network printer using TCP/IP in Windows 7
http://www.jmu.edu/computing/helpdesk/selfhelp/win7tcpipprinting.shtml
I’m glad to be of help to you!
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How do I turn on SMB Sharing so I can access my Time Capsule remotely via iPad w/FileBrowser app?

I know I can share the time capsule, but I don't want to have to have my computer on, I just want to enable sharing and then access the files via File Browser on my iPad and Stream my movies and music stored at home.

Are you saying that your new Extreme no longer needs for you to enter the terminal script to enable TM backups to an AirDisk?
Yes, exactly that ... although since it is the Mac that runs Time Machine & uses its own system preferences, I don't think it is the new Extreme itself that makes the difference but instead some update to the OS (10.5.5, maybe?). As I understand it, so many users expected that in this respect an Extreme with a USB-connected drive would be the functional equivalent of a Time Capsule that Apple updated the code to support it, even without setting a hidden system preference for Time Machine to show (& use) "unsupported" drives.
IOW, I suspect the key is no longer necessary for anyone running up-to-date system software. If you want to check this, you can use the "defaults" terminal command to do so. For background info, see the Mac OS X Manual Page For defaults(1) for its purpose & options, but briefly its three major modes are "read," "write" & "delete." Using the "read" option as I did in my earlier post should tell you if the preference key/value pair exists & if so, how it is set. If you replace "read" in that command with "delete" it will delete the 'show unsupported' key:
<pre> defaults delete com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes</pre>
You can also leave the key in place but set it to ignore the volumes:
<pre> defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 0</pre>
All I know for sure is that I never entered any 'defaults write' command for this on either of my Macs that run Leopard, & both do show the volumes attached to the Extreme in the Time Machine "Choose Disk" system preference -- but only after the volumes are mounted on those Macs in the Finder.

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