My AirPort Utility CAN see the time capsule...

But for some reason I can't access it. I don't see the Z drive in "My Computer". I'm on Windows Vista, and I used to be able to see it, but I can't anymore! The time capsule was unplugged for a while, otherwise I am not sure what happened. Even when I plug my computer into the time capsule directly, it doesn't "see" it as a drive. Help please!! Thank you!

Open a command prompt and ping the TC.
Use windows explorer and type the IPof the TC directly into the address bar.
\\TCIPaddress
The actual IP of course.. not the words above. .ie \\10.0.1.1
If that fails then the issue is vista has moved to work or public.. move it back to home area.. and turn off the firewall.

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Time capsule green light - airport utility can't find time capsule

Hi guys, well here is my story. I struggled to get the TC to connect to my wireless network which is already being provided by a motorola wireless modem. I read somewhere that although 7.3.1 lists support for WEP it doesn't actually support it, so I changed all my security to WPA. Then I got the TC online and all was good, except for the slow transfer times, even from a USB HD that was plugged direct into the TC. So I then plugged in the TC via ethernet and moved the huge amounts of files in much faster succession. Now it's come time to make the TC connect wirelessly again. It just won't do it if I do auto setup, so I do a manual set up. I enter my WPA passwords, I set the TC to bridge mode and low and behold after restart the light on the TC goes green. Hooray!!! Then I go into finder but I can't see the time capsule, so I go to airport utility, it can no longer find the TC it just changed the settings on, that made it connect to the network. Airport utility claims there are no app;e wireless devices to be found...
Please help, how do I discover my TC?
Should I have changed the IPv6 to tunnel or node?
Also, when I click advanced in wireless the only option I see is for interference robustness, nothing about 2.4 or 5ghz. Where can I change this?
Any help would be great, cheers.

I'm having a similar issue, but only sporadically. My TC is plugged directly into my cable modem...it is the only wireless router in the system. The latest firmware updates are installed, and my MacBook Pro has 10.5.2 (installed via the combo update). Another Macbook and a mac mini, both with 10.4, also accesses the wireless network.
Here's an example of TIme Capsule drop-out: this morning when I woke my Macbook Pro, it couldn't find the network. TC had a green light, so I opened Airport Utility. It couldn't find the TC. I unplugged the TC and waited for it to reboot. After it restarted, the wireless network connected just fine, but the TC itself didn't appear in the finder window. I opened Airport Utility again, and the TC appeared, but with a yellow dot next to it. The light on the TC itself was green. I tried to rescan the port, and the TC disappeared again. Wireless network was still working, though. A few minuted later, I rescanned again and the TC appeared. I clicked on Manual setup, and Airport scanned again and couldn't find the TC. I left it in frustration, and came back two hours later. Voila, the TC appears in the finder window and Airport has no problem accessing it.
So what the heck? I'm willing to wipe it and start over, but I just installed the thing. All I've done is set up time machine, run the firmware update, plugged in a usb hub with a couple of shared drives and a printer (which doesn't print more than a couple of pages at a time before it freezes, but that's an issue for another post).
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Is there a way you can see the Time Capsule in OS 9?

I am setting up a time capsule for a client for his PC/Mac Business, he has 2 Windows based PCs that run XP, one intel iMac running Tiger, and one Dual 1.25GHz G4 running an OS9 app that he needs for his business.
Is there a way you can get the time capsule volume to mount inside of OS9???

There isn't even a way to connect to the IP from OS 9, and transfer files to it manually?

Airport Utility can't find Time Capsule but wireless is fine

Hi
I have my Time Capsule connected via cable to my NetGear Modem/Router and have wireless enabled on the Time Capsule.
I never have any problems with the actual wireless connections to the internet via any of our Macs or PCs in the house, but on a fairly regular basis, the AirPort Utility comes up and tells me 'AirPort Utility was unable to find any apple wireless devices. Please make sure the Apple wireless device you want to set up is plugged in and in range of your computer, and then click rescan to try again.'
Wireless access continues to work just fine when this happens, but I just can't get to the Time Capsule with the Airport Utility. Un-plugging and re-plugging the Time Capsule makes it appear in the Airport Utility again, and it's fine usually for a few hours or most of the day, but then quite often I will open Airport Utility again later in the day and it again will not be able to find the Time Capsule again.
I have tried firmware 7.3.1 and 7.3 but it didn't make any difference.
So I wonder if anyone might have any suggestions as to why Airport Utility would not be able to find the Time Capsule yet the same Mac from which I am trying is quite happily connected wirelessly and surfing the web.
Thanks in anticipation!
Ken

Wow it took me awhile to find this thread.
1047 views. I guess I'm not alone.
Every few days my macbook pro quits recognizing the Time Capsule even
though it works fine for wireless internet.
Airport Utility doesn't see it either. Shared disk access, gone.
I found I can get things working again over wireless if I plug the computer
into the time capsule with a cable. When I plug it in the time capsule instantly
appears on the list of available backup devices in time machine settings.
If I do a backup and then disconnect the cable backup continues to work for
awhile. Then I need to connect again.
Pretty silly bug.
When it works time machine and time capsule are great. We've used it to
recover data very easily.
Wish the connection wasn't so flakey though.

When I open my Airport Utility I don't always see the airport come up, even though Timeport is backing up AND I can see the time capsule in Finder.

Version 5.5.2 (552.11). Updates tells me this is the up to date version, however I keep seeing a window asking me to update to 5.5.3. I try this and normally receive 'software is up to date'. Today something downloaded but I cannot remember what.
Also, when opening up Airport Utility I don't always get to find the airport extreme. Sometimes I do. Every time I try I am also able to carry out a backup using timemachine and can also see the drive on Finder.
In addition,
I have a 1TB drive hooked up to the USB port. I cannot see it in finder even though I seem to be able to see Time Machine Backups under 'Devices',
I cannot find a way to access the 1TB drive. I have hooked it to a local USB on my Macbook Pro and it works fine.

Just bought my Time Capsule today and had the same issue, or actually I did see it at first then allowed some software updates but after I restarted my computer, Airport Utility no longer recognized it. Solution: I had to reset my TC to factory settings by pushing the end of a pin into the Reset button (tiny hole in the back of your TC) and holding a few seconds until the amber light starts flashing rapidly. After that try the Airport Utility again and this worked for me. Good luck!

Airport disk utility can't read time capsule after a relocation

airport disk utility can't read time capsule after a relocation. Wether I connect ethernet or wifi, airport doesn't read it. Even after reset.

Do a full factory reset.. and you will need to reconfigure it.. that is the usual process when you move networks.
You can do a fully manual setup though. The new v6 utility is just lousy at locating the TC.. if you still have a computer.. even a PC running windows it will do fine on v5 as long as the TC is not the latest model..
Or use iOS version airport utility.. it also seems to have less issues than the mac version.

Intermittently can't see the time capsule

Greetings! For the past little while, my Macbook Air is intermittently losing the Time Capsule under "shared" in my computer. We have another Macbook Air, and a couple PC's in the house and they never drop the Time Capsule. We have named the Time Capsule, and so when you look under "shared" in the working Macbook, you'll see the Time Capsule as we have named it, then when you click on it, you'll see the Time Capsule which you can click on the see the files. On my Macbook, the named Time Capsule is usually there, but now and then, it just won't show. A restart doesn't seem to be a reliable fix. It's a strange problem. Does anyone have any ideas why this could be happening? Thanks very much!

First of all the TC has to be connected in bridge usually or at least so the computers are behind it's NAT if in router mode.. does the PC get the same IP range as the TC?
Then ping the TC to make sure it is not blocked by firewalls.. if the PC is set to homegroup for instance then you may have issues. And networking is set on the PC to home.
I presume you have access to the TC setup via a Mac..
1. The default TC name is usually not compliant with SMB network names.. nor is wireless name.. so reduce all names to short, no spaces no special characters.. passwords can be longer but still no spaces no special characters.
2. You haven't said if access is wireless or wired but guessing wired and you want disk access, go to the disk page sharing in the TC and set WORKGROUP.. to same name as PC. Also it is usually easier to turn on the guest account to have read write access. In your work situation maybe.. maybe not.. anyway that depends on how it will be used. You can also change the security to user passwords but that will stop all existing access to files.

Windows 7 airport utility will not detect time capsule

Hi, I have a current generation time capsule and I am having problems connecting to my Windows 7 home premium PC. The time capsule connects and works perfectly using my Macbook. My set up is this: DSL router conected to the time capsule via ethernet cable. I can get the time capsule to pick up wireless and connect to my PC, but upon opening the airport utility it will not detect the time capsule at all. I have trolled the internet for about 3 hours trynig various things, none of which have worked. Has anyone had this issue and resolved it?

The airport utility has nothing whatever to do with disk access.
It helps having bonjour available in the computer. And the utility should be able to bring up TC setup.. although as noted.. apple have already bypassed windows as it is too old. The new TC requires v6 utility.. the version for windows is 5.
None of that is relevant to opening the TC hard disk.
-If this is not the case, can you please advise on how to access the storage on a windows 7 PC
Did you follow the instructions from my previous post.
Open your windows explorer and type into the address bar,
\\TCname or \\TCIPaddress
Where you replace TCname with the actual name of the TC.. your nice new short SMB compatible name.
Or use the IP address of the LAN on the TC.. by default 10.0.1.1
If you did this and it failed, you need to ping the TC by name and by IP address from command window..
Does the TC respond to pings??
If so it should be able to open the TC disk.. but you will probably have to use the IP address not the name which is likely illegal.
I also mentioned the issue of SMB names..
Please tell me what is the name of your TC as you set it up in the Mac..
Does it look like this.
Fred Blog's Airport Time Capsule.
If so it is too long.. it has spaces and it has an illegal character.. from windows the name should be short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
Please reset the TC to factory and start again.. you can use the airport utility in the Mac.
Do not use apple suggested names.. which are WRONG.
Use names like TCgen5
And for wireless TCwifi
Then try again with the windows.
If you continue to have issues, try using ethernet to the computer from the TC instead of wireless.
Make sure ipv6 is on and set to link-local or the PC equivalent of that.. I will need to look that up.

If I use airport utility to erase my time capsule will all my settings be lost? Does "import configuration" work well?

If I use airport utility to erase my time capsule will all my settings be lost? Does "import configuration" work well?

Erasing the Time Capsule's internal HDD, via the AirPort Utility, will NOT affect the TC's configuration settings. However, if your intent is to completely remove these settings as well, you will want to perform a "factory default" reset on the TC to do so.
If you first export the configuration, you can always import it back in after the reset to get you back up and running quickly.

Airport utility fails to detect time capsule

I'm sitting right beside the thing, so I know it isn't a distance problem. It's blinking orange, and cannot be found via search.

If AirPort Utility cannot "find" your Time Capsule after a few tries, (Did you power down both your computer and the Time Capsule and then power them back up?), your next option is to reset the Time Capsule back to factory default settings.
Power down the Time Capsule
Hold in the reset button and keep holding it in as you plug the power back in to the Time Capsule
Release the reset button after 10 seconds
Reconfigure your Time Capsule. You can use the same name, password, etc as before if you wish.
The factory default reset will not harm or affect your existing backups

HT201514 i can't see the time capsule from airport utilities. i did follow "From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences. Choose View Time Machine. Set Time Machine to On if it is off. .....but i couldn't find the time capsule from airport utility.....

i did follow "From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences. Choose View > Time Machine. Set Time Machine to On if it is off "
. .....but i couldn't find the time capsule from airport utility..... why?

Are you using a new 802.11ac Time Capsule - the "tall" one - and are you still using Mac OS X 10.6.8?
You need OS X 10.7.5 "Lion" or later, or an iOS device, to configure an 802.11ac Time Capsule:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1645/en_US/airport_time_capsule_802 11ac_setup.pdf
See page 12.

Airport Utility for iOS exposes Time Capsule passwords, and KEEPS them exposed!

The new iOS version of Airport Utility is nice, but there is one troubling issue.
The first time you attempt to gain information on a given network it requires you to enter the Time Capsule's password. Once you have done this, you can drill down and it will show the devices various passwords in plain text -- the network, guest network, and the base station's passwords.
While it could be helpful to be able to recover the passwords stored in the Time Capsule device, the problem is that once I have entered the Time Capsule's password into iOS's Airport Utility, it seem to remember it forever. That means that someone could later run the Airport Utility on my iPad and view the Time Capsule's passwords. That's a major security issue in my book.
So, I think, if I delete the Airport Utility from the iPad and re-download it, it should have deleted all its data and no longer remember the Time Capsule's password, and so should not be able to expose the device's internal passwords. But no -- I re-install the iOS Airport Utility and when it accesses the original network, it no longer asks for the Time Capsule's password and will still expose the devices passwords.
Questions:
1) Where is it storing the Time Capsule device's password?
2) How do I remove that password from iOS so the security hole goes away?

Yes, clearly a problem. I'm in a situation where I have restricted access to my kids to certain hours. They're not idiots and have found the way to re-enable access via the iMac in the house in the past. Since this discovering, I have place password security on the AEBS. What appeared to be the solution until the iOS version now exposes the passwords. Fortunately they haven't bothered to identify this app on our iPad and/or haven't bothered to drill down into the details to see the 'show passwords' feature. Simply put, whenever this app starts, enforce credentials for the AEBS like they do on the iMac.

Seeing the time capsule on my pc network

When I first installed my time capsule, I was able to see the hard drive from both my Mac Air and my HP laptop. For some reason, now, I can connect to the internet on my PC, but I can't see the hard drive on the time capsule as part of my network. How can I store data to the time capsule from my PC?

Make sure you laptop is in the correct network area.. ie home.. not work or public.. Windows can spontaneously change.. because it is a full moon and the wind is westerly.
Open command window and ping the TC by name and IP address. Does it respond.. you cannot access it if it doesn't.
In windows explorer type the TC name or IP address..
\\TCname or \\TCIPaddress (if you don't use SMB names in your TC. ie short with no spaces and pure alphanumeric.. don't expect windows to work. )
Do you have bonjour for windows installed or better still the airport utility for windows? That helps heaps.
Finally if none of the above works .. use ethernet and turn off all firewalls.

Airport Utility won't detect Time Capsule

I have two airport expresses that broadcast my wireless network. I recently bought a 500 GB TC, and installed the included software. I took the ethernet cable from my Airport Express and plugged it into the correct port on the TC. It flashes amber. When I open Airport Utility, it can only detect my two airport expresses, not my TC. The instructions make it seems like it should just pop up when Utility scans for wireless devices. How do I get my TC to appear on the list so that I can set it up via Airport Utility?
Thanks

In order to help AirPort Utility find the Time Capsule, connect an ethernet cable from one of the LAN <-> ports on the Time Capsule directly to your computer.
Restart the Time Capsule if needed.
Once you have Time Capsule configured correctly, you can reconnect the other devices as necessary.

Airport utility cannot find new time capsule

I have moved house and bought a new time capsule. The airport utility cannot find it. As context, I have successfully set up the new wi-fi network - should I use this to connect to the time capsule of my main wifi network ? I have also done a factory reset already. I think the cables are correctly plugged in - from the LAN output on my router to the WAN port on the TC - is this right ?

As context, I have successfully set up the new wi-fi network - should I use this to connect to the time capsule of my main wifi network ?
No, your cabled connection is far superior.
I have moved house and bought a new time capsule. The airport utility cannot find it.
Do you have iphone or ipad?? If so download the airport utility for iOS.. it is far superior to the Mac version.. and should be able to discover it.
If you need to do it from the Mac.. start over.. sorry .. yet another factory reset is helpful.. do it properly like this.
1. The Factory Reset universal
Unplug your TC/AE. Hold in reset. and power the TC/AE back on.. all without releasing reset and keep holding in for about 10sec. The time is not important.. it is the front LED rapid flashing that indicates you are in factory mode.
Release reset.
If it doesn’t flash rapidly you have released reset at some point and try again.
Be Gentle! Feel the switch click on. It has a positive feel.. add no more pressure after that.
TC/AE will reboot after a couple of minutes with default factory settings and will wipe out previous configurations.
No files are deleted on the hard disk.. No reset of the TC deletes files.. to do that you use erase from the airport utility.
2. Make sure ipv6 is set to link-local only.
3. After the reset the TC will appear in the WiFi as a new device. And in the Airport utility as Other Wi-Fi Devices (1) which you click.. from upper left corner of the AU.
4. No luck do it the hard way. Or what I should say.. is the exact manual method that brooks no exceptions due to lousy networking in Mavericks.
Plug the TC into the computer by ethernet.. make sure IPv6 is also set link-local only in the ethernet interface of the computer.. and simply do full manual setup. Turn wireless off in the computer. You can do this in full network isolation.. ie TC plugged into computer. Start with factory reset.. that is assumed before the following steps.
These are the steps for manual configuration.
1. Make sure you are getting an IP in the computer from the TC.. the router must show 10.0.1.1 after a reset. The computer will be 10.0.1.2
2. Open the airport utility and go to the top menu area. Open File / Configure Other.
3. Type in your IP address.. after a factory reset there is no password required. But if it complains it is public
Click ok.
4. You will then get the full edit screens where you can manually setup the TC to whatever you want.
5. For mavericks I strongly recommend changing to all SMB compatible names, ie short 2-20 characters.
No spaces and Pure alphanumeric.
eg
6. Use same rules for wireless. Set security to WPA2 Personal..
use a password of 10-20 characters mixed case and numbers... but still pure alphanumeric.
You can use a different name for 5ghz if you want.
You can also set channels at least for 2.4ghz I am not sure if 5ghz is relevant for AC models.

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