How can I use Time Capsule as a storage device to play my music from, but get Wifi from a different place?

I have all of my music stored on my Time Capsule, I'm using it as an external hard drive, however, my WiFi comes through my school's campus routers. How can I connect to their WiFi, but still be able to access the files on my Time Capsule?

You can set the TC to join the campus wifi but I do not recommend that method. You make the TC available to everybody in the process.. and it will be super slow. All files to and from your TC, then go via the campus routers and wifi system.
You cannot have two independent wireless connections at the same time..
You can use ethernet to the TC.. this is fastest and best method.. keeps the TC totally isolated from the network.
Or you can use a USB wireless stick in the computer to join a second wireless network.. I recommend using 5ghz as it is much faster.

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    can i use time capsule as a external hard drive

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    This is asked several times a day.. obviously people are struggling with their latest SSD being too small.
    The TC is not suitable for network file server.. but many people having no choice press it into service as such.
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    1. No backup.. no way Time Machine can backup a network drive. No place to backup to.. So all your files will be at risk. And you will need to buy a third party like CCC to do backup.
    2. The TC cannot be partitioned and mixing TM backups and data is not great. It was and is and ever shall be a backup device for Time Machine.
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5168 Although mostly about FAT32           it adds network drives.
    5. iTunes can constantly lose connection to the library. The disk is slow to respond.. itunes on the computer will constantly spit out errors. Even in the midst of streaming the TC can spin down the disk due to caching.
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    Q3 here. http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html

  • Can i use time capsule with iphone

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    TC is not designed for ipad or iphone or any iOS device.
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  • Can I use time capsule with a ASUS (RT-N16)router?

    I will use a router with vpn. Can I use time capsule with it? And if yes, how do I connect them?

    There is no vpn built into the native firmware of N16 so I presume you are going to use third party.
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  • Can i use time capsule as the router with sky broadband

    how do i use time capsule as the router. I contacted my internet provider  which is Sky who had no info other than to suggest trying a sky forum.

    It depends on the type of modem they gave you.. and if you can bridge it.
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  • Can I use time capsule as an NAS devise with sonos, to play music library when iMac is off?

    can I use time capsule as an NAS devise with sonos, to play music library when iMac is off?

    Apparently Sonos system can play from the library without needing iTunes running.
    In that case yes, the library can be played directly from TC.
    See https://discussions.apple.com/message/18562619#18562619
    Sonos needs fully compliant SMB file system.. this is important.. and not what the Apple system is using to access the TC.
    Moving the library has to be done correctly.
    See http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527
    There are plenty of discussions in forums and technical sites.. this seems well worth a read.
    http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/12/how-to-offload-your-itunes-library-to-a-nas /
    TC is very non-ideal itunes library location.. unlike a real NAS.
    Just so you are aware. If you have TM backups on it.. mixing backups and data is not a good idea.
    At least consider moving backups to USB drive. You will need the speed of the TC internal drive for using the library though.
    TC has no way to back itself up.
    TC is slow to start.. you will get errors as the library is not found.
    And quick to spin down drives.. it is not designed to stream media.. it is a backup target for TM.

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