Hi - I want to establish my Time capsule at the other end of the house, for security reasons.  If a fire occurs at my computer,  it is not much help if the backup is adjacent.

Hi - I want to establish my Time capsule at the other end of the house, for security reasons.  If a fire occurs at my computer,  it is not much help if the backup is adjacent.    From what I have read, the TC requires an ethernet connection to the outside world (which is where my computer is).  I don't understand this; I think my wireless network (airport) should be able to handle backups, since it is capable of broadcasting video, which has a much higher transfer bit-rate.  So, why can't I use Airport for my backups  to Time Capsule?
     -  Thanks,  Gareth

You can absolutely back up to your time capsule via wifi.  This is what the majority of people with a time capsule do.  It connects to a modem or WAN access point via ethernet though.

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    See this thread.
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3699096?tstart=0
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    If it doesn't work, see > http://pondini.org/TM/C12.html

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    Please look over to the right of this page for the heading of More Like This.
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  • Time Capsule ERROR: The backup disk image "/Volumes/Data/Boyan's MacBookPro.sparsebundle" is already in use.

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  • HT1178 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 ?

    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 ?

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                                                I
         I                           I                          I                            I                                   I
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