Does Time Capsule receive Wifi signal? or it must via connected via cable to a router?

Hi everyone,
I would like to know if the new Time Capsule 2TB receives wifi signal or if it must be connected via a cable to our router.
Thank you so much,
Regards

The recommended connection method would be to connect to your modem or router as Apple illustrates in the Time Capsule Setup Guide
However, if you already have another Apple router providing a wireless network, the Time Capsule can connect using wireless, and also "extend" the wireless signal from the main Apple router.

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Does time capsule give wifi to my ps3 and wii

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There is no issue in getting wifi generally.. although some devices have issues.. it is the nature of wireless that not everything works together.. the technology is still in voodoo phase.
But the TC use NAT-PMP which is the Apple auto port opening protocol.. whereas the rest of the known world uses the Microsoft Upnp method. That means playing online games will be an issue if it requires ports opened.. you will need to do it manually.. which is a pain. Some people have little problem .. others cannot get things to work.. it seems to be a pity we are not yet past the vhs vs betamix realm of technology. Surely apple could include upnp.. that they don't is more informative of their view of whole problem.
As far as getting internet.. there is nothing out there that should fail to get basic internet connection.
Use SMB type names.. for everything.. TC name, wireless name, hard disk name. That means short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
There a few other tricks but starting right helps.
There is nothing wrong with using your current router.. (if it works properly) and a TC in bridge.. This does not create a different network.. merely a different WAP.. which will match the apple standard better.. you can also do it in reverse and use the TC as the main router and another wireless router in WAP setup.. all wireless routers can work as a pure WAP.. but the upnp issue will still be there in this setup. That is a router protocol not related to wireless.

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I own a TC from late 2009, the Firmware is up-to-date (7.6.4) and I installed it in a new place. The intensity of the WIFI signal is suprinsingly low, significantly lower than the signal of any non-Apple WIFI-router I previously used in the same flat.
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There is no change..
Reset to TC to factory.. even if you did alter it, the setting will go back to 100%.. there is nothing else you need do.

Time machine ethernet backup to time capsule works, wifi does not

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I recently updated my old time capsule to one of the new tall ones ME182X/A with a 3GB drive. I transferred over the backup file of my Macbook Pro according to the Apple instructions (Time Machine: How to transfer backups from the current backup drive to a new backup drive) and whilst connected via an ethernet cable, time machine works fine with the new time capsule.
However, when I disconnect the ethernet cable and connect to the time capsule over wifi, time machine hangs on "preparing backup". I do not get to "xxMB of xxMB" or any error messages. I've tried the following:
reconnecting via ethernet after restarting my Macbook Pro (running 10.9.5) allows time machine to start and complete the backup.
I've tried deleting the ".inprogress" file, as per some websites, but this doesn't solve the problem
turning off spotlight, doesn't help
I have no anti-virus software running
restarting the computer, resetting SMC, restarting the time capsule - no help.
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Thanks again,
John

Here are the steps I would use.. do not connect by ethernet at all whilst you do them.
Factory reset the TC.
The Factory Reset universal
Unplug your TC/AE. Hold in reset. and power the TC/AE back on.. all without releasing reset and keep holding in for about 10sec. The time is not important.. it is the front LED rapid flashing that indicates you are in factory mode.
Release reset.
If it doesn’t flash rapidly you have released reset at some point and try again.
Be Gentle! Feel the switch click on. It has a positive feel.. add no more pressure after that.
TC/AE will reboot after a couple of minutes with default factory settings and will wipe out previous configurations.
No files are deleted on the hard disk.. No reset of the TC deletes files.. to do that you use erase from the airport utility.
Redo the setup with different names. Short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric. eg TCgen5 as base station name. TCwifi for wireless name.
Make sure the password for disk and wireless etc.. are 8-20 characters pure alphanumeric mix of case and numbers.
Reset TM then to the new drive location.
See A4 pondini for a full reset.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Strongly recommend you also verify the backup and install the Widget.. A5 and A1. The log you get from the widget is a big help to see what is going wrong.
Ensure the ipv6 is set to link-local only in wireless.
I would do the whole lot but you can test at each step if you want.. I just had it happen to me.. first time in 12months and regular posting in this area. Doing the above got me going again.. although it takes a bit of patience to work through the lot.

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An external drive is much more reliable.. the issue has to do with network connection and loss of something.. although I am sorry I cannot tell you exactly what. The computer is still connected, still works on internet but has actually lost the hard disk.. lost and cannot find it without a restart.
If you want to try a few changes it can help.
1. If you are connected by ethernet make sure wireless is off in the imac.. having only one network connection is better than two.
2. Redo the TC setup with all short names.. no spaces.. pure alphanumeric. Apple has these long names with spaces and characters like apostrophe by default but they are not a help.
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I just got a new MacBook Air -- Moving data over from the Time Capsule over WiFi??

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Can i use 2 channel of USRP at the same time to receive a signal?

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i want to do an implementation of time difference of arrival estimation between two receivers (antenna). I have an USRP kit, daughterboards and two antennas. There is only one source signal ( it is transmitted in anywhere it doesnt matter).
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Does Time Capsule works as a External Hard Drive?

Does Time Capsule works as a External Hard Drive?

The Time Capsule works as a network drive.
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I'm a writer who works on my MacBook Pro, the family's desktop PC and soon hope to have my own Apple desktop.
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Is it possible to have the most current document(s) available no matter which machine I'm on?
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Does time capsule make duplicate copies of the files those are already exist in it?

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If I am working on a file in a program, does time capsule back this file up? So if the program(third party) crashes after half an hour for example, can I still get the file back or would it be incomplete because it was open during back-up?
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