Does time capsule slow down or diminish wireless range?

My Netgear router extended much further on its own.  Wireless range has also diminished further since I added a wireless printer.  Can I use Time Capsule simply as a normal backup drive with Time Machine and allow other settings to work through ethernet and/or USB?  Please help[

Yes. What you want to do is set your TC to join your Netgear's WiFi network.
However, I don't think this (range diminishing) should be happening. The TC is superior to any other router I've used (including Netgears) with regards to range. Try setting the TC to a different WiFi channel (you might have set the Netgear to a better channel). This can be done in AirPort Utility.

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    I want to share this new experience so that others can learn from it.
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    Message was edited by: Conal Ho

    Bad Monk wrote:
    thanks for that!! interesting and i never knew the option key pressed while on the wifi icon showed that info so cheers
    mine is on channel 11 but so far its @ 54 so thats all good, but yeah i think channel 11 is very popular as its prob the default for most wireless devices!
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  • My Time Capsule has stopped backing up.  I have an Apple Time Capsule which backs up by wireless. For the last 3 days it has not backed up. I get this message: "The backup was not performed because an error occurred while copying files to the backup disk.

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  • Another Time Capsule shuting down

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  • Does time capsule Model A1409 support 802.11

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  • HT3728 Why does time capsule every day or so stop backing up? Wifi still seems to work. Time capsule is only a few weeks old and is connected via Ethernet to the router and iMac.

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    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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  • Time Capsule bringing down my internet modem.

    Time Capsule bringing down my internet modem.
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    Please do it. .. you will get no place before you do.
    2. Did you bridge the TC.. ?
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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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  • How does Time Capsule handle the same files on multiple computers?

    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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    Does Time Capsule go to each computer, find the most recent version and back it up?
    Does it even work with PCs?

    Is it possible to have the most current document(s) available no matter which machine I'm on?
    Sorry, but no.
    Does Time Capsule go to each computer, find the most recent version and back it up?
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