Multiple Time Capsule connection

I have a 0.5 TB Time Capsule which is full and slow. I just bought a 2TB Time Capsule. I am thinking of using both on the same network. Here is what am thinking:
1- Disconnect the Old TC
2- Connect the New TC in its place.
3- Once the New TC is working, connect an Ethernet cable from the New TC's ethernet port to the WAN port of the Old TC.
Question:
1- Would this arrangement work as a Bridge?
2- Would I be able to access the Time Machine Backups on the Old TC?
Any help and suggestions will be appreciated.

Yes, it should work fine.
Reset the old TC to factory.
Factory reset universal
Power off the TC.. ie pull the power cord or power off at the wall.. wait 10sec.. hold in the reset button.. be gentle.. power on again still holding in reset.. and keep holding it in for another 10sec. You may need some help as it is hard to both hold in reset and apply power. It will show success by rapidly blinking the front led. Release the reset.. and wait a couple of min for the TC to reset and come back with factory settings. If the front LED doesn’t blink rapidly you missed it and simply try again. The reset is fairly fragile in these.. press it so you feel it just click and no more.. I have seen people bend the lever or even break it. I use a toothpick as tool.
N.B. None of your files on the hard disk of the TC are deleted.. this simply clears out the router settings of the TC.
Plug it in by ethernet as you have suggested.. and setup in bridge mode.. you can then access it via the new TC.

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I have a Airport network at home with a Time capsule connected via ethernet cable to modem. Also the network is extended wirelessley with an Airport Extreme. My question is I now wish to add a second Airport extreme but am considering a hard wire connecti

I have a Airport network at home with a Time capsule connected via ethernet cable to modem. Also the network is extended wirelessley with an Airport Extreme. I now wish to add a second Airport extreme but am considering a hard wire connection with 100 ft of cat 6 cable from the Time capsule to the second Airport extreme. Can my network operate properly to extend the network with both a wireless and wired extend functionallity?

I now wish to add a second Airport extreme but am considering a hard wire connection with 100 ft of cat 6 cable from the Time capsule to the second Airport extreme.
Excellent plan.
Can my network operate properly to extend the network with both a wireless and wired extend functionallity?
Yes, but don't get confused about the second AirPort Extreme, as it would not be configured to "extend" a wireless network.....it would be configured to "create a wireless network" using the same wireless network name, security settings and password as the Time Capsule network. Configure the second Extreme in Bridge Mode.
This Apple support document will show you how to hookup and configure the second AirPort Extreme:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4260

Time Capsule Connection Help Needed (Flashing Amber)

Guys,
I've been trying to troubleshoot my Time Capsule connection for a week now and I have had zero luck.
I have a Imac with OSX 10.6.8 that uses AirPort v 5.6.1. I have a Cat-5 (ethernet cable) plugged from my Time Capsule port (looks like this <-->) into an available port in my cable mode/router. My Imac is also plugged into this router. The two cat-5 (ethernet) cables are side by side.
So....
Every time I plug in the Time Capsule I get the following prompt via AirPort.
AirPort Utility found a Time Capsule 802.11n (4th Generation) that is
reporting problems.
Time Capsule's Name : My Capsule
          IP Address: 10.0.1.1
          Versino: 7.6.1
          AirPort ID: 12:88:93:CC:FF:72
If this is not the AirPort wireless devise you want to setup you can select another from the list on the left. If you don't see it make sure.... Blah blah blah....
To make a long story tollerable I do see my Time Capsule on the left at the top. Its the only one and its selected by default. So I do the next logical thing right? I click "Continue" and AirPort reads the Time Capsule's configuration.... and then...... I get the error
An error occurred while reading the configuration.
Make sure your Apple Wi-Fi base station is plugged
in and in range of your computer or connected via
Ethernet and try again. (-6753)
Can anyone help me understand why I can grab the Time Capsule's IP Address but AirPort can not read the hardware's (Time Capsule) config?
I'm at a loss.
Could my ethernet cable be the issue?

Hackintosh,
Thanks man... Yes, I plugged it into the circle symbol with no joy. I also went to Wal Mart and baught a new seven foot cat-5 for $10. Again I still have the flashing amber light.
After plugging in the ethernet cable into the circle icon port AirPort returns the following prompt.
I reset the TC (ball point pen to the reset hole untill fast blinking amber light occurs) and entered the needed params and it returns this error.
An error occured close the configuation window and try again.
It must be a config parameter that I'm setting incorrectly. There's a bunch so who knows what I'm doing wrong.
I just need the to talk to my Imac so i can get a backup executed. A wireless connection will take too long.
FYI: The cat-5 is brand new and is 100% functional (green light on the TC and router.)

How to improve quality of time capsule connection signal?

how to improve quality of time capsule connection signal?
i have one time capsule in Ground floor but the signal is very weak in the first floor? how can i improve the Quality internet signal???

wassimfrombeirut wrote:
Dear LaPastenague
Thank you for your reply
i just need to ask you a question; i am a new system admin using mac.
i need a software that can manage my internet bandwidth; qouta; and restriction to facebook; youtube and other web
could you guide me to a software i can use????
note that my environment is fully mac laptop; and using Time capsule as Wi Fi source to connect to enternet.
thank you;
best regards
wassim;
The best software to do what you want, is not on a Mac. It is a router.. gargoyle.
You can keep using the TC as wifi source but get a router that can can take gargoyle firmware.. the best in my testing is netgear WNDR3700. Gargoyle itself is a free download.
http://www.gargoyle-router.com/download.php
There are other routers and router boards it will work on.. but make sure you pick something compatible. I have used several different routers and the one above is the best so far.

Multiple Time Capsule Problems - WDS, Backup Crashes Computer

I am having TWO major faults with my new Time Capsule:
1. Kernel failure: My machine crashes every time Time Machine tries to do an hourly backup to my Time Capsule. I get the message : "btreeswapnode: about to write corrupt node!\n"........ I have turned backup off for the moment. The Kernel error causes the gray "curtain" to drop over the screen saying that your Mac requires you to push in the power button for a restart. Certainly not what you expect from a May.
2. Support of a WDS network: I have two brand new Airport Expresses (80211.n) that I tried to add to my Time Capsule to make a WDS network. Should be pretty straight forward. I have the latest version of Airport Utility and updated the firmware on each of the devices. I am now watching one (not both, mind you) of the Airport Expresses blink "green" and then "yellow" in 3 second intervals. It is switching between being a part of the WDS and then not being able to see the Time Capsule. I have done multiple restarts, checked configurations.
My CONCLUSION is that the TIME CAPSULE is NOT READY for prime time.

OK, I have been able to move forward.
My kernel failures were happening on my MacBook Pro, but my iMac was backing up just fine.
From the iMac I was able to connect to Time Capsule and delete the "sparsebundle" for the MBP.
Then, I initiated a new backup of the MBP and all is well so far. The MBP backed up it's 70 G to the TC and hourly backups have proceeded from there.
It appears that some kind of "corruption" of the sparsebundle folder on TC causes the host machine to panic.
Don't totally understand why. I'd expect an error message, not a crater.

Time Capsule connection cycle & not found in airport utility

Hi all,
Multiple TC problems. I have a TC, and an AE on a network (TC as core, AE as extender). The network is fine on my MB and MBP, but my PC gets disconnected every 20 minutes, which is infuriating. Also my Airport utility cannot see my time capsule, even though it must be working (my wifi is fine, and its the primary).
The firmware on my AE is up to date, and I updated that when I last updated the TC, so I assume they are both the same.
Any suggestions? should I just return it?
Thanks in advance for help!

Similar problem, I have had my TC replaced, same issue with new one, it goes offline but is still delivering internet.
I can ALWAYS access my 2 other airport expresses, but daily the TC becomes unable to access from Airport utility.It shows up but fails reading TC config. I reboot the TC and all is well for a day at most. I can ping the TCs ip when this is happening and the TC continues PPPoe to fiber connection.
I have downgraded the firmware upgraded it again, went to default settings... nothing makes a difference. I checked all cables and switches they all seem fine.

Time Capsule connectivity drops on extended network with Airport Extreme

I have a new Airport Extreme router as the main router in my network and a Time Capsule set to extend the 2.4Ghz network. The routers must be configured in this order because I want the 5Ghz network from the Extreme to cover my main seating area.
The problem I have is that while I'm connected to the Extreme, on either the 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz network, the connection to the Time Capsule will 'drop'. The network drive within the Time Capsule will no longer be available and the AirPort Utility no longer shows the Time Capsule. If I reboot the Extreme, the Time Capsule will reappear.
Also, when the connection drops, if I were to move within the primary range of the Time Capsult and connect to the 2.4Ghz network, it will connect flawlessly and I would have access to the Time Capsule and it's resources. It is only access through to the Time Capsule through the Extreme that is no longer available.
Any ideas what could be causing this? Both routers work flawlessly otherwise. I'm fairly certain there isn't a hardware problem here. I've gone through all the configuration settings multiple times and can't find anything that could affect this. I have the latest firmware for both routers and the latest AirPort utility.
One thing to note is that the Time Capsule is a North American unit, while the Extreme is from Hong Kong. I know there are slight differences regarding the wireless channels that both can use, but I don't think this is an issue since the Time Capsule maintains proper internet connectivity the whole time. If it was a channel issue, I'd expect the Time Capsule to lose internet access when this issue arrises.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

7.4.2 firmware does NOT resolve this problem.
I also have this problem -- it started about 2 weeks ago (around July 20?), possibly at the time the new Airport Extreme firmware went into effect. I have two separate Mac laptops that each use Time Machine to back up to different disks that are attached to the Airport Extreme (i.e., each laptop has its own backup-destination disk). Both were working flawlessly before (for more than 6 months); now, each one reliably drops the connection to the disk (produces an error message, and thereafter cannot re-connect to the destination disk until I cycle the Airport Extreme with power-off/on). I had hoped that 10.5.8 would help (the release notes talked about improved stability with Airport connections), but not so.

Time Capsule: Connectivity loss when starting backups

Ever since getting my Time Capsule, I've noticed sporadic dropouts on my VOIP line and when video-conferencing. There are periods of a few seconds when others cannot hear me, or conversely I cannot hear them. With video conferencing, the connection will stutter - then finally cut out completely. I also see occasional "burps" with my internet connectivity, where sites do not respond briefly, then with a reload be fine. I had just written it off as standard network jitter or other problems, but it's gotten annoying enough to investigate.
I finally figured it out - whenever a Time Machine backup begins, my connectivity to the internet drops for a few seconds. I'm not sure if this is just when the drive is spinning up, or something to do with actually commencing a backup. With three Macs in the house all backing up, this happens with some regularity and it's pretty annoying.
Is anyone else seeing this? I use the Time Capsule as my central router, and it's running an N-only network. My MacBook Pro connects to it via (N), my wife's MacBook is on (G) connected through another Airport Extreme, and the Mac Mini is on gigabit ethernet. I'd be glad to provide any further detail.

This continues to be crippling. In fact, with multiple computers on the network, I can count on my connection being interrupted about every 10-15 minutes. VOIP calls die, video conferencing dies, online games become useless. All because the Time Capsule is a flawed product that cannot walk and chew gum at the same time.
Given Apple's extremely lackluster history of updates, support, and communication, I don't expect this will ever be fixed. And I don't expect I will ever buy another Apple networking product (after having three Airport Base Stations, an Airport Express, and now a Time Capsule).

Time Capsule connection problems

My wife and I have late 2013 Macbooks (Rmbp and Air) and a late 2013 generation Time Capsule (5th generation? the tower one) . We continuously have issues connecting to the Time Capsule on wake from sleep on our laptops. Frequently, it will connect, we will get one web page, then we will get the exclamation point in the network status icon. Very frustrating. Sometimes turning wifi off and on will get it to connect, sometimes if we just wait a few minutes (and I do mean minutes, not seconds) the exclamation point will go away and it will be connected. Have changed the network names to shorter ones, with no spaces.
We are on the latest Mavericks, as far as I can tell everything is the latest revisions. What else can I do to debug this? (on another similar issue, our Kindle's will never connect to the time Capsule wifi)
Before I get Apple support involved, any suggestions? Have tried power off/on for the TC, tried factory reset, so not sure what else I can do at this point.

Some of the issue here might be the laptops themselves.
Tesserax has a document about setting this up correctly.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3411
From the TC side, I must say it has not proven to be a great wireless router to this point.. it is about time apple got on with a full rewrite of the firmware.
Let me suggest you set a different name for 2.4ghz and 5ghz.
Connect the laptop to 2.4ghz and see how it goes. You can also test channels on the TC, for 2.4ghz, manually set to 11, 6, 1
Most of the issues seem to be on 5ghz.. so if 2.4ghz behaves.. swap back to 5ghz (now that the names are different you can select them) and have a try.
I refuse to buy one.. I have enough bugs in the room and on the dog without adding to them. My Gen4 TC is very well behaved. Anyway try setting the 5ghz wireless to say channel 40. I doubt it will actually change. Apple have removed most controls.. and even the ones there don't work.
No luck I would simply exercise warranty on it.

Help using multiple Time Capsules

I'm new to the Time Capsule and it's features, but my sister had one, then two and now three - all purchased to be dedicated to three different computers. She had to purchase more then one because she needed more capacity than one would hold. She is also taking advantage of the ability of the Time Capsule to extend and make her wi-fi around her house stronger. She is now having issues with the Time Capsules completing backups. Is it complicated to do the task of telling each of the wireless backup disks to only address one of the computers on the wi-fi network? My backup system is old-school: a external hard drive plugged into my computer, so the setup is simple. The Time Capsule that I've been trying to figure out is a Time Capsule 802.11n (1st Gen) and she's got an iMac that she wants to dedicate to it. I've been reading the manual for it but I'm still not completely clear on many details.
This may take a call to Apple Support, but I thought I try here first and get any feedback or suggestions...

Yes, absolutely. Everything in their entire house is on the wi-fi...all computers for internet, their two iPhones to impove their usage as cell service is a bit dicey, the laptop which is used at the front of the house which isn't connect to anything esxcept the charger when needed and of course the three Time Capsules and an additional AirPort they installed in one area because the wi-fi was poor...all wireless. The only exception is the computer I have been trying to troubleshoot. On that only computer the Time Capsule has been plugged into the iMac via a Cat-5 to do backups which I'm unclear why. I'm pretty certain that Time Capsule was one of the first ones. The third one installed in the front of the house has significatly larger capacity and they love the improvement of the wi-fi by it.
Any feedback on the issues and complexity of this setup would be appreciated. As I said previously - I haven't been exposed to this particular Apple product, how it works exactly and the details, etc. There's a lot going on in the setup so I expect there are elements which are completely new to me.

I have a time capsule connected directly to fiber connection. I have connected a windows server directly to TC and configured it for remote desktop connection. From my interanet I can access srvr but not from my home. What config I need on TC?

I have a time capsule directly connected to fibre optic point out. All pcs and macs are connected wirelessly to the internet. I have connected a windows server pc to TC. When configured for Remote desktop connection, I can access windows server from within interanet but don't know how to access it from internet. I guess I need to change some settings in TC to get some ip adress for the remote desktop connection from my home. Anyone who can help me out? Appreciate it.
Narmin

I am a little lost now.. I have read again your title and your first post.. and they seem inconsistent.
In the title you state.
From my interanet I can access srvr but not from my home.
Interanet is not a word I know.. I assumed intranet...are you talking about internet or intranet? And just to be clear say WAN or LAN.. !! Is your home part of the interanet??
In the first post you state,
I can access windows server from within interanet but don't know how to access it from internet.
Now this is more normal.. the issue is not in the home at all, it is accessible from there but fails from internet. If this is correct, then you can do a few obvious things to determine where the problem is.
But first I need to know are you actually testing from a different internet connection to your home lan.. you are not just trying the public IP from inside the LAN as that will fail due to the TC not doing NAT Loopback.
I am also assuming the TC is the only router in the network, and has the public IP on the WAN interface.
And I am also assuming you have turned on the ping responder and you can actually ping your public ip from the internet and get a response. This helps no end in figuring out where there are issues. Strange but I have no idea if there is a ping responder in the TC WAN so you might need to forward that as well. Also if you have a dynamic public ip address are you using dyndns or no-ip or some other service to connect.
1. Test bypassing the TC.. plug the internet connection straight into the windows server,, and test if you have access. If yes, the TC is the problem.. if not, your setup on the windows server is wrong.. look at firewall in particular.
2. Assuming from test 1 the TC is the problem, Post the screen shots of the port forwarding setup for us to look at.. that is by far the easiest way to check it out.
There are lots of references to port forwarding in the TC.. eg
http://must-know-mac.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-port-forward-time-capsule.html
The things that generally go wrong are firewall on the computer that is accepting the port.
The ISP doesn't allow connections on a particular port. (not likely in your case)
The router is behind another router.. double NAT will kill any port forward.
Upnp has already allocated a port.. not an issue as TC doesn't use upnp although a reboot of everything after you set port forwards is well worth it.. amazing how things don't stick properly without a reboot.
IP on the receiving device is not static and so changes.
Not enough or right type of ports are opened. This is always messier than it looks as one port is often not enough for two way communications.

No Time Capsule connection after 10.6.1 update

Updated to Snow Leopard 10.6.1 last night on my iMac. It no longer sees my time capsule as a shared server nor does it see it as an airport for internet connection. The TC is working, my MacBook (which I have not updated) works flawlessly with the TC.

You are not alone:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2149690&tstart=0

Why am I losing my Time Capsule connection?

I keep getting this message every so often:
Then I say, "use disk" and I get this message"
So I can no longer rely on Time Machine to be backing up, which makes the whole excercise useless. This is connected by ethernet, by the way, not wifi. Also, the backup disk is connected by USB to the Time Capsule. Any idea what to do to fix this and avoid it in future? Previously it was all working just dandy, so not sure why this has cropped up now.

If it's true that external is the issue, then wonder why it worked just fine for months.
So do I believe me.
A 500GB TC is old.. and is near EOL unless you have replaced its power supply.
When you attempt to backup does the external drive spin up?? If not, force it to spin up by disconnecting and reconnecting it. If it works once spinning but fails the next time.. use a powered usb hub.. I can promise you the power supply in the TC will be on its last legs. If it still fails to spin up.. there is either a fault in the external drive.. that also happens.. plug the external into the computer and test it or the TC can no longer sustain the load.
It also could be firmware.. if you recently upgraded a Gen1 TC to 7.6.4 downgrade it to 7.5.2 as it is hugely more reliable on those old models.
If you are hard wiring to the TC to do backups to an external drive.. you may be pleasantly surprised to realise the same backup to the USB drive plugged directly into your computer will go at between 2-4times the speed. In fact even USB2 disk on the computer is faster for backup than the internal disk in the TC.
It is also hugely more reliable.

I bought 2 mac book pros and have time capsule connected to router. Both computers can see time capsule but i can not see other computers.

I bought 2 mac book pros. At home i already had a network with a timecapsule connected to a router and a windows xp lap top connected to it. When i turned both macs on i was able to see the time capsule and the windows xp computer HOWEVER neither mac could see each other......any help would be appreciated.
Nick

Thanks Linc ......you were right on the money. Your help has been awsome. I spent 3 hours last night doing stuff with out any solutions. May I ask you another question if you have the time and patience please. My orriginal setup was 2 windows laptops with XP on them connected with a timecapsule attached to a router. Hence the time capsule made a wireless signal aswell as being an external hard drive. On one of the laptops i have a printer attached to it which was shared so that the other computer could print documents through the network however the computer attached to the printer has to be on. Do you know what i have to do so these new 2 mac book pros can print to that printer? Thanks again for all your previous help. Nick

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I have Comcast internet service (coming through a Linksys CM100 modem, no router) plugged directly to a 2TB dual-band TimeCapsule. In the past this has been working, and the TimeCapsule has been providing internet access to three Macs, as well as backing them up. I also have an AirPort Extreme base station (not the dual-band one but not the 2003-era UFO-shaped one either) that has been connected to the TimeCapsule over house ethernet to provide wireless through the rest of the house. Last night my connection kept dropping out. I could connect to one wifi network and it would not work, then I would connect to the other and it would work for a while before stopping. I have disconnected everything and then replugged only the cable modem and my TimeCapsule. When ethernet is plugged directly into my iMac from the modem, I get an internet connection without issue. When I plug it into the TimeCapsule, it reports an internet connectivity error. It says it gets no IP address, and no DHCP setting that I provide it with alleviates this message.
I'd be gratful for any suggestions on how to fix this issue. I don't really want to wipe the TimeCapsule completely, as it contains our backups to last July.

When ethernet is plugged directly into my iMac from the modem, I get an internet connection without issue. When I plug it into the TimeCapsule, it reports an internet connectivity error.
Because cable modems associate and "remember" the device with which they have established a connection, they need a complete reset whenever you change the device that is immediately connected to them.
Push the reset button, If present, on your modem
Power off the modem
Pull the battery if it is easily accessible
Power off everything else on the network, order if not important
Wait at least 15 minutes
Make sure that the Ethernet cable from the modem is connected to the WAN port (circle of dots icon) on the Time Capsule
Power up the modem and let it run 2-3 minutes by itself
Power up the Time Capsule the same way
Power up each of your other devices about a minute apart
Check for proper operation the network.

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