How to setup time capsule in Bridge Mode

How do I set up my airport base station in Bridge Mode?

Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click on the base station, then click Edit in the small window that appears
Click the Network tab at the top of the next window that appears
Insure that the setting for Router Mode = Off (Bridge Mode)
Click Update and wait a full minute for the base station to restart
It would be a good idea to also.....
Power off both your main router and the base station
Wait a minute or two
Start up the main router first and let it run a full minute
Start up the base station next the same way

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  • How to setup TIme capsule with a DSL router step by step?

    Hi All,
    Does anyone know how to conncet Time Capsule set by step through a DSL router?
    I already have a DSL router, but want to connect my time capsule to that router.
    Do i connect it through ethernet?, and is it possible to have my time capsule as a different router at home with a different password than the DSL router?, if so how is that possible?, is going to have the same download/upload speed as the DSL router?
    Please help, thanks

    You simply bridge the TC.
    Plug it by ethernet into the adsl modem router and it will work fine.
    nd is it possible to have my time capsule as a different router at home with a different password than the DSL router?,
    No, the TC will cause trouble if you set it up as a router.. it has to be bridged. You only have a single adsl connection but there are some ISP that allow a secondary pppoe login and some modems that allow it. It is pretty difficult setup. Ask your ISP as there is often a charge that is very high for the second connection. It will still share the same link so there is no improvement in speed, merely two different authentications sharing the same line. The TC can do pppoe client but has nothing very fancy about it.

  • How to setup time capsule as router

    This is my first try at using time capsule.  how do i set this up as a router.  i have bell dsl modem and would liek to use the time TC to be the router for wireless and wired connection.  If I setup IP Address 192.168.1.1 will this be same ip address I set for Router Address?  Do I need to change the Connection Sharing option?
    The modems IP is 192.168.2.1. 
    Under Airport Utility - Settings - Internet:
    -Internet Connection Tab - connection using: Ethernet & connection sharing: off (bridge mode)
    -TCP/IP tab - configure IP: manually; ip address: 192.168.1.1

    You might want to check with your service provider to see if the device can be configured as a "bridge". That is the way it must be setup if you want it to work correctly with the Time Capsule.
    You might want to look at this link for more information on your modem.
    http://help.iglou.com/questions/92/Siemens+Speedstream+4200+Bridged+Configuratio n

  • Port Forwarding Time Capsule With Bridge Mode

    Whoever says that the Time Capsule opens all ports if it is in Bridge Mode, it does not.
    I have put my Time Capsule in DMZ, firewall disabled, and it is still blocking ports, except for a couple (Apple Filesharing, Telnet,…)
    My TC was set up in Bridge Mode as it SHOULD indeed open all ports, but this is not the case, it seems you have to add the ports yourself.
    How it works is completely not intuitive and i would even consider it a bug.
    Adding the following port configuration opened up the port, even though it was blocked before adding it with the TC in Bridge Mode.
    This doesn't seem to work for all ports however, so i am at a loss as to what is going on
    I'm using the following site to test the Network ports
    http://www.whatsmyip.org/port-scanner/
    If anyone could explain or help out, that would be great
    Kind Regards,
    Cipher

    Hi, Thank you both for your continued support!
    The main router is from our ISP, it is remotely controlled by our ISP and they will not allow us to access it and adjust/view the configuration ourselves (dumb, i know, but can't be helped), which is why is i went with the DMZ option, as i don't want to keep having to call them, wait and trouble shoot every time a specific port needs to be opened.
    That router goes to 2 floors in the building, with a switch on the first floor and another one on the second floor, this second one extends the network to the third floor. My Time Capsule is connected to this switch.
    The main router from our ISP has the IP 192.168.254.150 set up to be in DMZ (per request) as well as the, what they call, "soft firewall" disabled.
    My Time capsule has it's network setup manually, so it has the static IP mentioned just above, the router is the main router from our ISP
    Currently the TC is set up to to share that IP address using DHCP & NAT, where the private IP range identifier is different from the one used by the main router (TC is using 10.0.X.X) resulting in a double NAT, but causing no problem since the IP identifier is different
    Ports that need to be forwarded have been mapped in the TC
    IPv6 is configured to be setup automatically and it's mode is set to Native
    The TC also broadcasts a secure wireless network
    My Main Desktop (running OS X Mountain Lion) is connected through ethernet, directly to the TC
    I have tried connecting to an external server @ IP XX.XXX.XX.XX on port 7777, but the connection fails
    That's pretty much it i think.

  • Access to Time Capsule in Bridge Mode from outside of the network

    I have a Time Capsule with an external hard drive set up in bridge mode on my home network. The main router and DHCP server is an Actiontec MI424, and is specific to my ISP (Verizon, required for TV Guide info from Fios) so the Time Capsule's AirPort can't be used as the primary. I need to access the external hard drive from outside my network (I.E. the internet), but I'm having trouble figuring out which ports are required for Sharepoint to work.
    So far I've forwarded 548, but I get an error "-36" when I try to connect from the outside. It works fine on the inside. Any suggestions?
    Thanks, JSD

    The Express units can extend wireless on the TC or each other.. but they cannot extend wireless on the Asus anyway..
    So the setup is Asus--TC (that has to be ethernet) The TC in bridge mode.
    Then TC -- express can be done by ethernet in roaming mode as bob listed above or extend wireless.
    I am guessing.. what model are the express units.. they are older Gen1 N model ??
    IMHO the TC is simply no longer viable.. replace it with one express as the AP and extend it with the other Express.. see if that works better.
    But I would be trying to use the wireless just from the AC66U.
    I would also force the Asus back to 20mhz on the 2.4ghz band.. so you can provide adequate channel separation.. 40mhz wireless on 2.4ghz works poorly anyway because you have too much wifi .. there is very limited number of non-overlapping channels.. ie 3. 11, 6 and 1.

  • AT&T UVerse, Time Capsule, and Bridge Mode

    I know that this topic has been touched on, but I've yet to find a solution to the problem I'm having with my Time Capsule. I am an AT&T Uverse subscriber which means I have their big residential gateway (RG) modem/router/VoIP/TV box in my house. I also have a 1st gen Time Capsule (TC) and an 8-port gigabit switch to feed ethernet to the wall jacks throughout my house.
    What I'm trying to setup is to have the RG provide 802.11g, the TC provide 802.11n, for the TC to feed the gigabit switch to bring 1GB ethernet to all of my wall jacks, and for everything on g, n, and ethernet to be able to see each other. I originally was using the TC alone with DMZ+, but now that I actually have some wireless-n devices, I'd really like to separate the two networks (I have a wireless-g printer and a macbook that will slow it all down).
    I tried putting the TC in Bridge mode, made an n-network and a g-network, and turned off DMZ+. The result was that RG connected devices could see into the TC connected devices and had Internet access, TC connected devices could not see out past the TC or get Internet access, except Bonjour devices were able to see each other (I have a wired Mac Mini on the TC, which could see the MacBook even when connected to the RG by wireless-g).
    Basically, I'm trying to set up the RG as my router with 802.11g, and have the TC as a switch providing GB ethernet and 802.11n. Is this possible?
    If I had the 2nd gen TC then none of this would be necessary since it has the dual radios, but I'm trying to make due with what I"ve got!
    Thanks in advance for any help.

    As I understand home routers/switches, even though the RG is only 100Mb ethernet, devices on the Gb switch will communicate with each other at GB speeds as managed by the switch.
    You are correct. I interpreted your statement to mean that you wanted Gigabit throughout the network. Devices connected to the TC would indeed have the benefit of Gigabit available.
    I have another idea. You are configuring what is known as a "roaming" wireless network. The requirements here are that the TC be in "bridge mode" (It is) and that you use the exact same wireless network name (you probably are), security and password.
    Can you check the wireless security settings on the Uverse router? ATT may use different terminology. For example, you might have WPA2 Personal selected as security on the TC, but maybe something like WPA-PSK (TKIP) on the Uverse. If the security settings on both routers do not match exactly, you really have two distinct networks and they will not function as one.
    That might explain why you see some devices from one router and but not the other. What security settings do you have on both routers?

  • How to setup Time Capsule to use wifi and 2 ethernet ports

    Hi, I hope someone can help with this issue as I've been searching for an answer without success. Basically, can a Time Capsule (1st gen) connected to a modem create a wireless network, as well as connect to an ethernet powerline adapter, as well as connect to an iMac by ethernet?
    My original setup was as follows:
    modem > time capsule (which creates a wireless network) > iMac
    I bought an AirPort Express to use in another room. It was extending the TC wifi network, but the speeds weren't great so I've got a pair of powerline ethernet adapters. I wanted to add those into my current setup so that the Express can create a wireless network.
    Anyway, before I can get to that stage, I'm having issues with the TC. I want to achieve the setup as follows:
    modem > time capsule (which creates a wireless network) > powerline adapter 1 * > powerline adapter 2 > airport express
    * But as well as connecting an ethernet cable to powerline adapter 1, also connect one from TC to my iMac.
    When I tried connecting an ethernet cable to the TC in my original setup, the iMac lost connection to the internet. I've managed to get the following setup to work:
    modem > time capsule (which creates a wireless network) > powerline adapter 1 > powerline adapter 2 > imac
    But to achieve the setup I want, would require me to buy another powerline adapter (for the Express), and it seems silly to have to use a powerline adapter for my iMac when it is right next to the TC.
    Any help would be appreciated.

    modem > time capsule (which creates a wireless network) > powerline adapter 1 * > powerline adapter 2 > airport express
    * But as well as connecting an ethernet cable to powerline adapter 1, also connect one from TC to my iMac.
    When I tried connecting an ethernet cable to the TC in my original setup, the iMac lost connection to the internet. I've managed to get the following setup to work:
    What you are attempting should work fine. The TC should be able to manage multiple ethernet connections as well as the wireless.
    Investigate what is happening when you plug ethernet into the TC from the imac.
    Please try it.. turn off wireless in the imac to ensure ethernet is the only connection.
    But I would recommend you shut off the whole network at that point. Restart everything in order.. modem .. TC.. EOPs.. Express.. clients.. with 2min gap between them.
    Now look at the imac and check the network preferences.. did it pick up the correct IP from the TC? It should have router (gateway) and DNS all correct using dhcp.. if not check the connectivity light on the TC.. does it come on when you plug in the ethernet cord?
    Open a terminal on the mac and ping the TC address. does it respond?
    Give a few screen shots of how the TC is setup.. bridge, router and what IP it is running. Even just the summary page.

  • How to setup Time Capsule as wireless router cascaded under another router

    I'm lodged on the second floor of a house where I get one ethernet cable coming out of an old 4-port NETGEAR router (connected to an ADSL modem that) on the first floor. The router gets an IP from the ADSL 87.xx.xx.xx and re-leases on the LAN 192.168.0.2 thorugh 99.
    Up here I would like to set up my Time Capsule to create a wireless network. I need to use the connection coming out of the downstairs router.
    All configurational combinations of these two routers that I've tried (plenty) are giving me horrible network conflicts between the Time Capsule and the down-stairs router. Even if I use static IP (192.168.1.100) and enable bridge mode on my Time Capsule, I get slow pings and 30% package loss pinging 192.168.1.1 (the router downstairs).
    ADSL straight to the Time Capsule and assisted setup works fine so cables and my other hardware seem ok.
    I've got access to configure all devices as I wish.
    Thankful for help.

    NO. Things are not ok!
    Just as I accepted the package-losses and lowered experienced surfing-speed I realized that I couldn't send mails or upload files to my ftp.
    Now I get systematic. I test both my wired and wireless connections with ping and through www.speedtest.net.
    Test
    Ethernet to my iMac:
    Ethernet to bridged TC and wireless to my iMac
    Speedtest.net (down)
    1.98 mbps
    1.90 mbps
    Speedtest.net (up)
    1.74 mbps
    0.02 mbps
    Ping* to router
    0.8ms (0% package loss)
    2.5ms (5% package loss)
    Ping* to apple.com
    178ms (6% package loss)
    190ms (5% package loss)
    * Ping averages calculated on 100 pings
    What can one conclude / suspect from these numbers? Why does my upspeed drop? I also feel that it's slower to surf wirelessly. I don't feel that the 1.98 to 1.74 mbps drop accounts for that though. I know that conversion to wireless should make for a speed-loss. (I read 10% which seems to be what I measured here).

  • How to setup Time Capsule for wireless backup only

    I have a new Time Capsule that I want to set up for wireless backups of both my Macbook Air (with Time Machine) and a Windows Vista laptop. I have an existing home wireless network with my Att/Uverse tv and internet service. I do not want to disturb that network/internet setup.
    How do I set up the time capsule to use it for wireless backup only? When I start the Airport utility setup, the first thing it asks is do I want to 1) set up new network, 2) replace existing router, or 3) join existing network.

    Thanks. That got me the green light and a message that everything was set up properly. It started it's first Time Machine backup and everything looked good for a while. But now I have a new problem.
    The backup failed twice. The first time it had a message that it could no longer find the time capsule, so I had to reset it and go thru the setup procedures again. Started backup again overnight, and this morning it tells me that it failed again. But this time I still have my green light, and the message is "a network problem may have interfered with the backup.
    I don't know what else to do with the setup to get it to work. Right now it has started backing up again on its own, so I'll leave it going one more time. (I should tell you that all of this is occurring on my Mac. I have not even started setting it up on the Vista machine. I want to make sure it works on the Mac first). Any advice from anyone who had the same problems with setup would be appreciated.

  • How to setup time capsule

    i have a time capsule that I brougth a couple of yerars ago, how should I set it up?

    See Here  >  Using Time Machine with a Time Capsule
    From Here  >  http://pondini.org/OSX/Home.html

  • How to use time capsule as main wifi router?

    it is connected in bridge mode to an ethernet port, connected by a wifi modem. how to i set it as the main router and get rid of the other wifi. the phone plug wont connect because there isnt one, what do i need to get so i can plug directly to the time capsule. im not tech savy so im not quite sure what im doing.
    regards, Chris

    Chris,
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    Rule 1:  If your modem/router is acting as the main router (it is), then the Time Capsule must be configured in Bridge Mode.
    Rule 2:  If you want the Time Capsule to be the main router, then your modem/router must be configured in Bridge Mode.
    Check with the support folks of your modem/router to find out whether this is even possible, and if so, how to do it....and more importantly make sure that your Internet service provider will support this type of setup.
    Another option would be to simply replace your existing modem/router with a simple bridge mode modem. Ask your ISP about this.
    Until you have a clear handle on this.....we cannot help you with support on your modem/router......it would be best to leave well enough alone and stay with your current setup with the Time Capsule in Bridge Mode.

  • How to config Time capsule remote access with Motorola SVG1202 router?

    I'm having difficulty trying to congif Time capsule remote acces. I have a router Motorola SVG1202 and Time capsule config to Bridge mode, when I change Time capsule config to "DHCP and NAT", an error of "Double NAT" happens. How to correct this? Tried to search what to do exactly but no luck, appreciate anyone support.

    Method 3 will work if you have a modem/router or gateway device, as it appears that the SVG1202 is......with the Time Capsule in Bridge Mode.
    The method 3 has some differences from my Airport Utility options (v6.3.2), please if there are any image of the screen options would be helpfull.
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  • Lion Server setup & Time Capsule

    Greetings,
    I am new to lion server so please bear with me. Some of my question me seem dumb to some of you. But to me the only dumb question is one not asked. So please bear with me.
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    Server and time capsule will both do NAT, DHCP
    Sure.
    Which should I use for the network Server or Time Capsule
    Why do you think you need to use either of them?
    Ideally, you should have ONE device on your network running NAT, and ONE device running DHCP.
    From your description it sounds like your Brighthouse router is running NAT therefore there is no need to run NAT anywhere else.
    The chances are that the Brighthouse router is also running a DHCP server for your LAN, therefore there is also no need to run DHCP off the Time Capsule or the Server. You've already got those bases covered.
    So, at least without more information, I'd be inclined to say: neither.
    Should I set up lion server first and then set up Time Capsule after it is working?
    Probably. It depends on what your plans are for the Time Capsule. If you're using the TC as a wireless base station then it doesn't need to be running until you're ready to connect wireless clients.
    If you're using the TC for backup, you don't need it until your server and/or clients are setup and ready to backup.
    Since the TC is not (as per the above) running either NAT or DHCP, there's not much else to do with it.
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    That's entirely up to you, although there are a couple of options. First off, though, realize that there is no, zip, nada connection between the hostname you use on your internal LAN and any public domain. It's 100% valid for your server to be called foo.bar while serving web content for abc.net and getting email for xzy.com, all at the same time.
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    I want to be able to get to my computer from my domain name and handle my mail.
    If you're talking about getting to your computer/mail from an external locale, that's 100% down to DNS and completely independent of what the server thinks its own name is.

  • How to connect time capsule with o2 wireless box IV

    I have recently changed to o2 broadband. O2 supplied a wireless boxIV which is a modem router. I would like to use the wifi function of my time capsule but there seem to be no easy bridge function on the o2 wireless box IV. Any suggestions please?

    If you are not able to configure the O2 device as a bridge, your remaining option is to configure the Time Capsule in bridge mode.
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  • How to connect Time Capsule to existing wireless U-verse network?

    I ordered a Time Capsule which I primarily want to use for back up, and at least at this point plan on using U-verse for internet access, wireless printing.
    I have read many previous posts on this, and they are a little too technical for me!  Would someone be willing to tell me the exact step-by-step details?  I need them down to the last little thing, including what order to plug things in, power them up etc, as well as which settings to choose.
    Thank you in advance for any help with this!

    If you are not able to configure the O2 device as a bridge, your remaining option is to configure the Time Capsule in bridge mode.
    The Guest Network feature is not available when the Time Capsule is configured as a bridge, but otherwise, you will be able to configure it to provide a dual band wireless network for your devices and also provide Ethernet connections if needed.
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