Installing Time Machine on Time Capsule

It seems I have made a huge mistake in buying a Time Capsule. I managed to get a copy of my MacBook Pro Lion OS on the TC via ethernet cable between both. However, afterwards it was not possible to see the disk in the Time Machine. After setting up a wifi connection there was a green light in the Airport Utility window and on the TC. Nevertheless, TM does not see the TC disk. I managed to erase the backup on TC from the Airport Utility, but that does not give me a new set up possibility. The TC disk was visible in Airport Utility though.
What is wrong? What am I doing wrong?
Is it at all possible to wifi connect a TC with Time Machine from a MacBook Pro? If I get it working it seems to be a matter of changing the network to allow the TM backup, as my wifi is normally connected to my local network and modem.
I am now trying to get the system working by connecting an ethernet cable to my network from my modem and setting it all up via my iMac. More problems. The Airport Utility does not recognize the TC at all. There is no manual setup possible as the button is greyed out.
I am at a loss how to get this awful thing working.
Any ideas?

Yes it is perfectly possible to use the WiFi in the TC to connect, but you must first set up the TC while connected by cable to the internet. as I explained above. Did that work?
Did you give the WiFi in the TC another name than the BT Hub WiFi (do that).
Remark: TC with the latest firmware update has a much better WiFi "reach" than the BT Hub. But do the FW update only when everything works perfectly.
We are here also to learn not just to help (this is a users forum not Apple). So please give as much info as you can (eg. OS version, Hardware model and age, etc).
Lex

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Shut down the computer.
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I am not sure if this is the correct forum. I posted it on the iCloud forum, but think it belongs here. I wasn't able to move it.
Here is my story:
Where do I start!
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About the time I installed Time capsule, I started to have the following problem. At fist, i thought the problem as iCloud.
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3. In my Key Chain, the passwords for Me.com are long apparently random numbers.
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6. When i tried to opem iCloud on Google Chrome, I get a HUGE error message on a red page saying "The server's certificate is no valid!"
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Easy like beauty when it comes to Networking is in the eye of the beholder.
Your issue is probably double NAT.. the TC should have thrown up warning messages.
On lion
Step one.. install 5.6 utility. And use that exclusively.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
It will be familiar if you used any previous version of airport utility.
Open the manual setup.. go to Internet tab.. go to connection sharing at the bottom..
The TC must be set to off bridge mode. If not, select that and update the TC.
Now everything is going to totally mess up.. don't worry.. start again by rebooting the entire network.. ie everything off.. not sleep.. not semi-consious.. off. Restart in order.. with 2 min wait.. Modem.. router.. TC.. other network rubbish.. (if you have switch and the like).. clients.
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I am hopeful.

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What should I do now as I only want 500GB to use for Time Capsule and the rest as hard disk.
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Thanks in advance

Guy,
Here is a link on how to limit the size of your TM backup.
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20071108020121567
This may be a better option than creating a disk image for your data.
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vincentfromscottsdale wrote:
Printer wont work since i installed time capsule.
Many posts give minimal information but I think you probably should receive the grand prize.. least info ever delivered in a post.
From your post I know that you installed a time capsule. I have no idea how or to what.
That your printer.. type model connection all unknown now does not work..
Sorry but the crystal ball is totalled and the other black arts of which wireless is perhaps one, is off-limits.
Minimum info needed.
What printer?
Connected how?
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You are asking multiple questions..
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TerrenceV wrote:
Thank you. Since I am not using my TC to connect to the Internet - I have U-verse, so I installed AT&T's wireless router - it was recommended that I put the TC into bridge mode and connect it to the router using the ethernet. Without wireless, how do I send my backups to the TC?
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Why do you want to use wireless if you have ethernet? Ethernet is much better and faster.
If ethernet is not available you can use wireless.. if you turned off wireless in the TC.. then all connections will be via the uverse .. TC .. nothing wrong with that.
If you leave the TC wireless on.. then you can connect to TC instead and use TC. That is also fine.. makes no difference .. use what works.
I think you need to play some more.. you questions show you are not understanding the fundamentals..
In bridge the TC is a dumb hard drive.. plus switch.. plus wireless AP.
Plugged into the uverse router.. it is like the uverse router now has more switch ports.. a secondary wireless AP and a hard disk.. they are effectively one unit. Any connection to uverse is connection to TC.. any connection to TC is connection to uverse..

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PRAM RESET
Shut down the computer.
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Dr. Dave wrote:
Thank you but I returned the device. I was not aware that it is not possible to use unless it has an internet connection. That is not at all what I had in mind. Have a good year!
Maybe they were using imprecise terminology. Seems to happen a lot.
You can use Time Capsule without any Internet (WAN, or outside) connection. But you can only reach Time Capsule through a network (LAN, or local) connection - Ethernet or wireless. I guess a lot of people need to learn that "the Internet" and "a network" are not the same thing.

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