Connecting to new Time Capsule remotely from a PC
Hello,
Sorry for asking this question, I searched through some websites online but I couldn't find any convincing answer. I am using TC with my iMac and Macbook Air (remotley) and it works fine, Now I am trying to connect to the TC remotely on windows 8. I have Airport Utility 5.6.1 intalled on my windows machine. The setup works fine when I am inside the network but when I am out, nothing shows up in the Network window.
Any idea on how to make it working ?
Best Regards,
The sad news is that it won't work.. TC only exposes AFP protocol to the web.. PC do not use AFP.. only SMB. Apple made using any other protocol impossible.. so the sad news.. you cannot do it. SMB is blocked from use over internet.. it has no security and even if you play tricky with it.. opening the required ports will present a hole into your network the size of a large ocean.. don't do it.
Nor does apple provide anyway for windows to work of course .. why would they.
You can do it by proper PC means.. that means get a vpn router. Relegate the TC to bridge behind the vpn router and connect directly to your home network by vpn.. the MBA can also connect this way.. ie it is universal unlike Apple's BTMM method.
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I have connected a new Time Capsule to a DSL modem using an ethernet cable . The modem is working fine and connected fine. But the Time Capsule doesnt seem to be talking to the modem. If I click the internet Icon in Airport Utility it shows Disconnected.If I click the Time Capsule icon and go to the internet tab it shows Connect using PPPoE. Is that what it should be? In the box below there is place for an account name and password. DO I need to filll these out and if so what do I put there--information about the Time Capsule of informationabout the Modem? And where do I find the information.
Or am I completely on the wrong track.Thanks. The modem is a Speedtouch ST585 v6. How do I know whether it is in adsl bridge? Also this is a modem-***-router. Does that make a difference?
If you did not put it in bridge then it is not in bridge..
Connect a computer directly to the modem.. open the browser to either 192.168.1.254 or 10.0.0.138 (if neither of those work you will have to check the IP address your ISP has set).
BTW who is your ISP and do they allow PPPoE.. for instance most ISP in UK do not use pppoe so you have no choice but to run the 585 as a router. In which case bridge the TC
Anyway.. open the setup configuration in the Thomson and select a template that says bridge.. run through the wizard and it will then bridge the modem.
And I am using Airport Utility 6.0. How do I get the earlier version?
By reading the site link I just gave you.. downloading the utility and running it on your computer. Or simply google to 5.6 lion airport utility... that is the way I find things when I don't have the link memorised.
Finally, AIrport Utility shows a number in a red dot next to the time capsule icon, currently 2. What is that for? What does it tell us?
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Time machine not connecting with new time capsule
Will someone please help? I have just recently joined the MAC family and purchased a new Macbook along with a new time capsule. It took unbelievably long to get things running (ie wireless access with 2 other PC based desktops and a PC laptop and shared network printing with an USB connected printer to the time capsule)- I thought macs were supposed to be easy?! Anyways, the only thing that I cannot figure out is how to properly set up time machine. I follow the instructions and turn time machine on, choose my backup disc (which is the time capsule), but when I click "use for backup", I keep getting the "connection failed- server may not exist or it is not operational at this time. Check the server name or IP address and your network connection and try again" What am I supposed to do now? What is there to check when all of the other computers are able to access the internet (including the Macbook) and wirelessly print. The stupid timecapsule router function is working but the backup portion of it is not???!!!! Please help someone who is about to give the mac and the time capsule to the first person walking down the street - it has been a frustrating 2 days.
First, restart the Time Capsule by disconnecting the power adapter and reconnecting it. If other devices on the network can see it, you can skip this step.
From the menu bar, select
▹ System Preferences... ▹ Network
Click the lock icon in the lower left corner of the window and authenticate to unlock the settings, if necessary. Click the Advanced button, then select the TCP/IP tab in the sheet that drops down. Click
Renew DHCP lease.
Try again to back up.
If you still can't, open the Time Machine preference pane and delete the TC from the list of backup destinations. You may have to unlock the settings by clicking the lock icon in order to do this. Then add it back. -
How to connect my new Time Capsule and new Apple TV to my Airport Extreme?
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RayI would try to connect the Extreme and the TC by ethernet for a more reliable and faster network. The secondary router must be in bridge mode, use Airport Utility "manual" to set that up.
Once your network is tested by yourself and reliable then power up ATV and use the remote to go to setting. Assuming you have a main computer with your itunes library setup and launched without sleeping then go to ATV settings/computers and point to your computer which has your library. ATV should give you a 5 digit code. Enter this in your itunes column on lefthand side, its self explanatory assuming in itunes preferences you have checked under ATV "look for ATV." -
How do I connect to the Time Capsule Remotely?
Please give me step by step instructions.
Current situation:
- 4th generation Time Capsule with the latest firmware.
- Time Capsule is connected to the internet through cable modem ! so there is a router inbetween the TC and Internet.
- Bridging the TC gives me Double NAT issue.
- I have a dynamic IP address
Please help with step by step instructions. what do I do? do I need to forward the routers IP to the TC? if yes what are the step by step instrucitons in doing that? what else needs to be done ? and how to do it in detail? I am not IT savvy.
Many thanks in advance!!!!
Thank you!
Hagan- Bridging the TC gives me Double NAT issue.
- I have a dynamic IP address
The bridging cannot cause Double NAT.. it fixes it.
I think you have tested wrongly.. have another go.. this time.. having put the TC in bridge.. Restart the whole network from off in the correct order.. modem.. TC.. client computers. 2min gap.
Once that works.. open a terminal on any computer in the network and type
traceroute 8.8.8.8
Check the output.
traceroute to 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 local (192.168.2.254) 17.186 ms 15.851 ms 99.975 ms
2 adsl1.mel.dft.com.au (203.123.69.176) 8.268 ms 8.464 ms 7.938 ms
3 tge0-1-0-308.core0.mel.dft.com.au (203.123.72.73) 8.291 ms 8.529 ms 9.241 ms
4 ve420.er01.mel01.vic.plat.net.au (14.137.114.25) 9.058 ms 11.742 ms 8.885 ms
5 eth2-1.bdr01.syd01.nsw.plat.net.au (202.62.143.121) 31.062 ms 21.829 ms 23.647 ms
6 google.syd02.nsw.plat.net.au (202.62.143.65) 21.204 ms 21.525 ms 21.943 ms
7 72.14.237.21 (72.14.237.21) 22.048 ms 22.236 ms 21.216 ms
8 google-public-dns-a.google.com (8.8.8.8) 22.059 ms 21.294 ms 21.892 ms
Make sure there is a single private IP address. ie in my case 192.168.2.254 (anything in that range or 10.x.x.x or 172.16 see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network)
BTMM with iCloud should work. You can follow the apple instructions.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3486
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Time Machine loses connection to new Time Capsule
My new 2TB time capsule (replacing my older 2tb time capsule) has been giving me some issues. Trying to backup a couple macs w/ Time Machine. Pretty straightforward stuff, nothing too crazy.
A few facts:
- Running 10.8.4 on both macs
- Most recent firmware update has been applied to TC
- Sleep mode disabled on both macs
When I reboot my computer and start the process of backing up, everything works normally. Then after a certain period of time (varies) it will lose the connection to the disk and the backup fails. This happens every time on each mac. Both machines are still connected to the router, they just lost a connection to the drive. If I navigate to the drive in finder, sometimes it will reconnect. Other times it will not.A little more info: I isolated the problem to when the disk is being accessed by more than one device at a time. When this happens, the disk gets temporarily disconnected.
Is your new TC the latest AC model.. or Gen4?
The new TC, about a week old.
So this is a few hours or a few days?
Minutes.
Is the TC main router or bridge in the network?
Main router. No other bridges.
Have you reset to factory the TC and redo the setup.. use all short names.. no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
For everything.. TC name wireless names disk share name.
Yes to everything.
If you can test with ethernet.. does the problem still occur??
I have not tested this, might be next step.
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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. -
Access time capsule remotely from windows 7 os. Please help!
I have enabled net/bios in the network prefs in windows but to no avail. It works fine from a vista os but I cannot seem to figure it out from windows 7. Will someone please help me. I cannot find it anywhere on the web. I am good at finding answers and this one has me stumped. THANK YOU!!!
The failure of the airport utility to find the TC suggests something more fundamental is wrong.
1. Use ethernet. Plug the laptop directly into the TC. Make sure you have internet connection and wireless is off.
2. In windows explorer type directly into the address bar the TC name or IP address.
\\TCname or \\TCIPaddress
If both of them fail and you still have internet access then the issue is firewall.
3. Test again with airport utility.
4. Ensure that the PC is set to home location, not work or public. Turn off all internet security, not just the firewall you can see.. as there can be another you cannot see.
5. If your laptop is setup for windows domain controller, then explain to your IT department you want to connect to peer to peer resources at home. It maybe blocked somehow. -
Time Capsule question from a Mac virgin
Hi
I am something of a luddite when it comes to computers but have just purchased a Time Capsule as an easy way to ensure that I am constantly backed up. I currently access the internet via the "wireless box" (which I now know to be both a modem and a router) provided by o2 when I signed up to their broadband. I would REALLY appreciate some advice.
From a quick scan of these boards it seems that I have a couple of choices:
1. Use the o2 wireless box as a modem only and connect the Time Capsule to it via an ethernet cable to act as the router.
2. Ditch the o2 wireless box entirely and purchase a specialist modem to use with the Time Capsule.
Is one approach likely to be better than the other? In both cases do I need to physically connect (via an ethernet cable) the modem to the Time Capsule? Or is it possible to keep the two separate (e.g. if I keep the wireless "switched on" and the Time Capsule connects "remotely"?
(I suspect that last question is possibly a stupid one...)
Anyway, any help or advice would be very gratefully received. Thanks in anticipation.
JayHello JayH_Mac. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
You actually have a third option and that would be to connect the new Time Capsule (TC) by Ethernet to the o2 gateway device. You would just need to reconfigure the TC as a bridge to allow the gateway to continue to provide both NAT & DHCP services for all network clients connected to either router.
You would reconfigure the TC as a bridge by using the AirPort Utility: AirPort Utility > Select the TC > Manual Setup > Internet > Internet Connection > Connection Sharing = Off (Bridge Mode))
This third approach would be the simplest to configure. It would also provide you with the option to disable the wireless function of the gateway or leave both to provide wireless in a "roaming" network configuration. -
Can I copy existing TM Back Ups to new Time Capsule?
Hey All..
I am thinking about buying a 500GB Time Capsule but first wanted to know if it was possible to transfer all the existing back ups that have been done to my Western Digital 500GB Hard Drive. I have had the WD drive connected to my iMac for 3 months and don't really want to just wipe it when I connect the new Time Capsule.
Would love to hear of anyone with experience or knowledge on this subject.
Thanks..RICKYIt may be problematical. When you use TM with a local drive, my recollection is that it stores your data in a folder system similar to the one on your drive. Time capsule instead stores all the backup in one file called a sparsebundle.
I don't know if there is any way to create a sparesebundle from your existing backup. -
How can I connect my new MacBook Air to a LaCie hard disk with TIme Capsule backup from my old Imac? LaCie has USB 2.0, FireWire and eSata ports.
You can direct connect your MBA to the LaCie via USB 2 cable. If you have an Apple Airport Router you can USB connect the LaCie drive to the router and then use Airport Utility to configure it. Time Machine can access it either way.
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I've just purchased a new Time Capsule, and would like to set up a small home network with my Laptop, iMac and wireless printer. I'm following the first steps, but as soon as I connect an ethernet cable between the WAN port of the TC and the ethernet port of the HH, my BT internet connection drops out and I have to restart the HH. Upon which point it drops out again. The airport utility can see my TC, and gets as far as me typing in the new network name and setting up a password, but then it can't quite get through to the next stage. All the time it's just flashing amber.
Please help!Setup the TC in bridge mode before you cannot it to the HH.
Simply do the setup fully in isolation. And do it by ethernet.
Setup wireless to create a wireless network.
You can use either same SSID =Wireless name as the HH .. same security same password.
Or use a different name and setup.. totally up to you.
Update the TC and then plug it into the HH by ethernet. -
i am setting u a new time capsule. i already have a wifi setup in my office. now i want to use this time capsule just as a wireless backup machine. do i still need to attached a DSL cable, or it can connect to my existing wifi and start working ?
You probably can, but this type of configuration is not recommended or supported by Apple.
Two cautions if you want to try this:
1) The Time Capsule has to be configured to "Join" your existing wireless network in this type of setup...and to do that, you must know the exact type of wireless security that your network is using.
2) Backups are likely going to take twice as long. The wireless signal must travel from your computer to the wireless router and then from the wireless router back to the Time Capsule. Two "hops"......even if the computer is located close to the Time Capsule.
If you want to try this, we can tell you how....but with no guarantees on your results....since this is not officially supported. -
Can anyone recommend an external storage device to supplement my mac book air? I already have a time capsule but want the new device to replicate the data on that so ideally would like a device that i can connect to the time capsule through a cable.
Hi CJR
I'm not sure how Time Capsule can be replicated onto your external drive but there is a USB port on the back of TC that can be hooked up to any recent external drive.
Another thing to think about , besides a Time Capsule failure, is the theft of your Time Capsule, so it might be a good idea to consider separating any redundant back-up from your Time Capsule or both my be stolen.
TC will back up until full and then begin deleting the oldest back-ups. Mine is a 2TB Time capsule.
My back-up plan is as follows:
1. Macbook Air back-up on Time Capsule though Time Machine backs up everything - I think it's about every 30 min or so.
2. Contacts, reminders, appointments, notes, email are backed up through iCloud.
3. iTunes and non-itunes purchased music is on iMatch (and no need to back-up) and any non-iTunes music is backed up on an HP external drive (in case Time Capsule dies)
4. Photos are on my MacBook Air and are backed up on my HP external drive.
5. Office documents (Excel, Powerpoint, Access etc) are stored in a Skydrive app (like iCloud) and Skydrive syncs these docuemnts with the MS cloud and my old PC and does not alter their native format like storing in iCloud would do.
Cheers -
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
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