Linking 2 Time Capsules?

Good day,
Here is my situation and I am trying to find a solution.
I have FIOS internet/TV with several hookups throughout the house, 2 on the second floor, 1 on the main floor, and 1 in the basement. I have a Time Capsule on the second floor of the house linked to a FIOS router. Both the Time Capsule and FIOS Router are broadcasting different Wireless networks. I set it up this way because I get awful signal on my porch and basement, and I was hoping that one network would have better signal than the other. I installed an Airport Express in the basement, hoping it would help boost the signal so coverage would be better, but the difference is hardly noticeable. I am now considering buying another Time Capsule for the basement, but I don't know if I can hook it up to the FIOS input down there and link it to the Time Capsule Network.
Any help or suggestions?

I have a Time Capsule on the second floor of the house linked to a FIOS router.
I installed an Airport Express in the basement,
You have the express in the wrong place. Express cannot extend poor wireless signal any better than your other clients can pick it up. You should place the Express somewhere on the first floor where it gets good signal from the TC and can also give good signal the stuff in the basement.
A TC in the basement will not work any better than the express.. at least by wireless.. you need a hard connection.. second floor to basement.. Ethernet is the stand out. Expensive to install.. but if you want to fix the problem that is the best. EOP or homeplug can sometimes work but often just add to the mess of wireless and something else that goes up and down.. but it can work in the right situation better.. as it uses your house wiring as substitute for ethernet.

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OK, thanks for the info. Let's get the TC setup to work with your Macs for backups and then tackle the printing question as a separate item.
Connection wise, you will connect an ethernet cable from one of the available LAN <-> ports on your D-Link to the WAN (circle icon) port on the TC.
To make the TC configuration simpler, rather than using wireless to configure the TC, temporarily connect another ethernet cable from your Mac running Snow Leopard to one of the LAN ports on the TC
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Click Manual Setup
(You may be asked if you want to update AirPort Utility. If so, go ahead and update and then restart AirPort Utility again.
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Click the Time Capsule tab below the row of icons to assign a name to your TC, device password (write this down) and adjust Time Zone Settings
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Click the Disks icon above the Time Capsule tab
Click the File Sharing tab
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Click Update at the lower right and the TC should restart in 15-20 seconds and you should have a green light.
As a check, open your Macintosh HD and look for your Time Capsule icon under the SHARED heading on the left side of the panel. If it's there, that's good.
If it's not, click anywhere on the open desktop to display the Finder menus at the top of your computer screen.
Click Finder, then click Preferences, then click the General tab
Under the heading of "show these items on the desktop" make sure that there is a check mark next to "connected servers"
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Not sure if you want to setup Time Machine at this point or concentrate on the printers.
Please post back on your progress.
Message was edited by: Bob Timmons

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Don,
We have no idea how you have your network set up, or what devices other than a Time Capsule that you might have, so it it impossible to provide an answer for you based on what we know at this time.
Can you provide some details so that we can understand how you have things setup, what devices that you have, etc?
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Backups will not be "automatic" if you configure the Time Capsule without an Internet connection. You will have to manually switch networks whenever you want to back up, and then switch back again to your "other" network for normal use. Quite a hassle for most users, even if it can be done.

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I'm currently using a Time capsule as WLAN Router. The plan is that I'm attaching My NAS via Ethernet LAN to the Time capsule. Time capsule will be linked via the Ethernet LAN cable to My Receiver so that I can Listen My Music over My home loudspeakers.
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The TC is not a streaming device.. it is merely a hard disk mounted inside a router.
That means My Receiver.. whatever that happens to be.. has to be a media device that can play from a network file store.. So there is no settings in Airport utility.. because the TC is too dumb to need to know anything.
BTW the TC is a bad place to store files, as it has no way to back itself up.

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We tried to get it back online with no success. As the 2Tb Time Capsule was almost 7 years old and had had some HDD issues in the passed, we figured it had got old and died and that it was time to replace it; so we bought a new 3Tb Time Capsule, thinking this would get everything back to normal.
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So although we have a work around, this means now have 2 separate wireless networks as opposed to the original single wireless network where everything talked to everything else.
Can anyone shed any light on any of the following:-
1. Why the original wireless network connection between the D-Link router and the 2Tb Time Capsule just stopped working? Was there some software change from Apple that "decided" D-Link wireless routers were no longer secure; and therefore the TCs could no longer connect to them?
2. Why it was not possible to extend the existing D-Link wireless network using the the new 3Tb Time Capsule?
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1. Why the original wireless network connection between the D-Link router and the 2Tb Time Capsule just stopped working? Was there some software change from Apple that "decided" D-Link wireless routers were no longer secure; and therefore the TCs could no longer connect to them?
A firmware update to the TC came along and you agreed to it without perhaps even noticing.. it then smashed your setup because Apple do not recommend the setup you were using and it is very poor.
2. Why it was not possible to extend the existing D-Link wireless network using the the new 3Tb Time Capsule?
Because it is such a poor setup that Apple have taken away your ability to choose it unless you know exactly what you are doing.
3. Is there is anyway that we can get back to a single wireless network based around the D-Link wireless router as the primary router connecting to the modem, where the 2 Time Capsules connect as "wireless satellite base stations"?
Yes, this I can help you with.
I have several ways around the problem.. but the first one is.. why use the DIR-615 at all.. it is not a modem.. it is a very ordinary bottom end, poor single band slow wireless router.
Why don't you simply remove the DIR-615 from the network completely.. plug whatever it is the ISP supplies you.. an ethernet connection from whatever that modem is you mentioned into the WAN port of the Time Capsule. And use the TC in some router mode.. same as the DIR-615 was setup.. dhcp or pppoe or whatever.. I doubt the TC cannot match it.
If you have issues please post a few screenshots from the DIR-615 to show how it is setup from the WAN side.. and as long as you are given the username and password or whatever the ISP uses to authenticate then chuck out the DIR-615.
Tell me if that is a goer.. if not we can work out a few other methods..
eg. Simply turn off the wireless in the DIR-615. It is poor cf the TC and there is no need for it.. with the TC in bridge only use the TC for wireless as well as wireless extend with your old TC.
Or setup roaming network where everything uses the same SSID.
Then you will have one wireless network. And it won't matter what as long as it connects.. although IMHO this is not right as the TC is such a superior router now you are wasting your new TC.

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The Airport settings were most definitely a little different. It wasn't very obvious to me how to duplicate the settings I had with the DLink. The TC got an IP address from my ISP fine, but I saw no way to disable the DHCP inside of it. I read a little about "Bridge Mode" but wasn't sure if that was the correct direction to go. I didn't see a way to manually assign a LAN side IP address either.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks

The Airport settings were most definitely a little different. It wasn't very obvious to me how to duplicate the settings I had with the DLink. The TC got an IP address from my ISP fine, but I saw no way to disable the DHCP inside of it. I read a little about "Bridge Mode" but wasn't sure if that was the correct direction to go.
You control the NAT & DHCP services of the TC by making a "Connection Sharing =" selection within the AirPort Utility.
You basically have three options: 1) Share a public IP address (NAT & DHCP are enabled), 2) Distribute a range of IP addresses (NAT is disabled; DHCP is enabled), or 3) Off (Bridge Mode) (both NAT & DHCP are disabled)
So in your case, the only option which DHCP is disabled would be the last one: Bridge Mode. In Bridge mode, the TC will be a "pass-thru" device. It will perform as both a Wireless Access Point and Ethernet switch.
I didn't see a way to manually assign a LAN side IP address either.
In Bridge mode, with NAT disabled, there is no longer a WAN or LAN side. However, the TC should be accessible by its provided IP address. In this case, it would be your Win2K3 server.

WIFI problem when linking two Time Capsule

Hello community,
I hope you can help me out here so that I will finally know if I'm doing something wrong or it's just a bug. I own two Time Capsule, an old first 500GB model and a newer 1TB simultaneous double band model.
I set up my network with the 1TB model and I chose to link all the 802.11n devices I own (MacBook, iMac, 500GB Time Capsule etc) over the 5GHz network and all the others such iPhone, PS3, printer over the 2.4GHz network.
The kernel is that if I try to connect the 500GB TC model (in order to extend my network and yes, the 1TB model is allowed to be extended) using the 5GHz network I experience problems: green light followed by the amber light...the HDD boots up and the TC connect again but the problem persist...it just keeps connecting/disconnecting.
On the other hand, If I link the 500GB TC over the 2,4GHz network it just works fine.
Believe me, I tried resetting many times but nothing happened...I had to switch back to 2,4GHz network in order for it to work properly.
How can it be? I know that the first TC model can work over 5GHz just fine....(I remember that you could choose which frequency you could use).....so I'm a little astonished...¬¬
Am I missing something or is it a bug?
Greetings from Spain

Did you assign a separate name to the 5 GHz network on our AirPort Extreme
Hard Drive > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click Manual Setup
Click the Wireless tab below the row of icons
Make sure there is a check mark next to "Allow this network to be extended"
Click the Wireless Options tab
Assign a separate name for the 5 GHz network
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Wireless Mode would be "Extend a wireless network"
Wireless Network Name would be the exact name of the 5 GHz network that you setup
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I confirmed that this does work. Does this help you there?

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