Connecting a 2nd TC via USB to act as archive drive

Hi,
I've been playing around with a number of settings which I have mentioned in other posts to extend my Sky+HD wireless router network. In the end I opted to buy a new dual-band TC (2TB) which seems to have cracked the problem of range and also generally improved the overall reception I get throughtout the house. So problem solved...... not quite!
Now, I simply have the issue of having my old TC (1TB) sitting there redundant. I thought it would be a simple exercise to connect this via the USB ports (using a Male to Male USB connection cable) and then have an archive drive which I could periodically back up the new TC to using the Airport Utility "archive" function. However, when I connect the old TC to the new TC, the new TC doesn't seem to recognise it or more specifically it doesn't show up anywhere on my list of shared drives. If I however connect the old TC to the network wirelessly it's recognised (as you would expect), but then it's no linked to the new TC so defeats the object of hard wiring the two together in the first place.
Any guidance on how to setup both TCs would be very much appreciated, as I think I am almost there with my Apple setup.
Kind regards,
Eugene

You'll need to connect the second TC to the first using an ethernet connection. Just run an ethernet cable from one of the LAN <=> ports on your new TC to the WAN (circle of dots) icon on the old TC.
Open AirPort Utility - Click Manual Setup for the old TC
Click the Wireless tab located just below the row of icons and change the Wireless Mode to Off
Click the Internet icon
Connect Using = Ethernet
Connection Sharing = Off (Bridge Mode)
Update to save settings and you will have a green light in about 25-30 seconds.

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