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Hey guys,
I'm building my home recording studio in a few months time and I need a safe reliable backup, of course - Time Machine - I was wondering if TMC needs to be connected to the internet in order to back-up my two Mac Mini's and Macbook Air?
When it says "Back up via Wi-fi' does that mean internet connected Wifi or just using the Wifi recivers?
Man thanks in advance,
T.

You don't need an Internet connection. The only thing you need is a local area network. It can be wired or wireless.
ThomRhodes wrote:
When it says "Back up via Wi-fi' does that mean internet connected Wifi or just using the Wifi recivers?
The technical definition of Wi-fi doesn't actually include the Internet, it is only designed as a local wireless equivalent for Ethernet cables. So the way Time Capsule uses the term is accurate. A lot of people only think Wifi means Internet because Wifi is used as a way to get to the Internet. As long as your Macs can gain a connection to the Time Capsule via either wifi or Ethernet cable, they will be backed up whether there is an Internet connection or not.
I think there is one requirement, though, and that is for Macs and the Time Capsule to talk, there must be a router of some kind that creates the local network and coordinates the connections. The Time Capsule itself is a router. What that means is as long as you have the Time Capsule set up so that Connection Sharing is not set to Bridge Mode, and the Wireless Mode is "Create a wireless network," you should be fine. I think the factory settings of the Time Capsule out of the box will allow local backup without an Internet connection.

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