New TC 2TB PPPoE woes

I just bought a Refurbished 2TB Time Capsule Simul Dual Band and am trying to get it set up. The wireless (and wired networking) work just fine, but I can't, for the life of me, get it connected to the Internet. I keep getting a message "Can't locate PPPoE server."
TC is set up with all the same settings my previous Linksys wireless router was using (including username, password, DNS, etc).
My Mac is running 10.6.3 and is set up for DHCP and is not trying to connect through PPPoE itself.
TC seems to have the latest firmware.
I've tried both cable to the TC and wireless. Both work fine to the TC.
DSL Modem is an Efficient Speedstream 5263 and has worked fine with the last two routers (the Linksys and a Netgear).
When I switch back to the Linksys, everything works like normal.
It's pretty frustrating and I can't think of anything else to change or check. If anyone has any ideas, I'd appreciate it.

If you have setup the PPPoE service on the Time Capsule....
AirPort Utility > Manual Setup > Internet icon
Connect Using = PPPoE
check your user name and password again, but make sure that the Service Name area is left completely blank
In order for the Time Capsule to provide the PPPoE service, your modem must be configured in "bridge mode". Check the configuration for your modem and look for an option to set it up as a "bridge".

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I don't have one.. but your testing is conclusive.. the TC is not stable on this firmware.. Apple will no doubt fix it .. I think their secrecy in marketing leads to less than adequate testing.. you are expecting to buy a mature product.. remember this is a ground breaker.. this is the first all new design since Gen1 TC.. all previous models used Maxell processor and chipset.. albeit with various wireless cards.. now it is broadcom.. processor and wireless.. this also runs apple written firmware.
Broadcom OEM firmware.(linux and hence open source) supplied to all manufacturers of products based on the chipset.. well that would be just wrong for apple... it has to be done in NETBSD,, so it is not open source.. the very thought.. open source.. . that would give everyone access to controls apple don't want you to have.. http setup even.. couldn't allow that.. so apple have to write the firmware from scratch and to match all those apple protocols. Hence where they are now now.
And your role is beta tester.. didn't you know.
Return it and stick with your Linksys (broadcom, Linux open source) until Gen 6 TC comes out.
Unless you like the bleeding edge.

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I just wanted to collect all my messages since oct 16th. under one roof. I have spent too much time with this problem already, will NOT edit this the way I should. It REALLY bugs me that Apple doesn't acknowlege it - would make life easier knowing that they are working on it.
I have the same problem. It all started around Oct. 13th when my old 13'' MacBook was doing it's last backup just before I got my current 15'' Pro. It was running up-to-date SnowLeopard, and have 1TB TimeCapsule (1st generation).
Now I have had this same problem every two weeks running Lion in my new MBP.
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TM will erase the disk in this particular case, and you will loose all the data history!!!
You should make a backup with CCC or similar on a separate disk to be on safe side.
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SAME BIG PROBLEMS HERE TOO. JUST GOT A NEW 2TB TC bacause thought that my 4y. old 1st gen is kaput - but the problem returned just after 5 days of usage. And the newest airport firmware update did not help the situation at all...
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Tried about everything with my old MB with SnowLeopard.
I mean I have tried really everything since the problem occurred mid-september - new MBP, new OSX (Lion this time), new TC THIS WEEK, started fresh from the very beginning but the problem still exists.
I have no other software in my mac but from Mac App Store + Nikon + Adobe.
A virus? Others have it too?
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There is a firmware/OSX - problem and it bugs me that Apple doesn't acknowlege it - would make life easier knowing that they are working on it.
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Unfortunately, the message pretty much says it all.
What it does not tell you is that your Time Machine backups are corrupted and Time Machine cannot repair them, so it wants to delete your entire backup file and start with a new one.
I'm afraid that AppleCare will tell you the same thing, but it's worth checking with them to see if there are any new developments in this regard for this puzzling issue which affects a small percentage of users.
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I have confused myself with the facts! Started out keeping track of every step and every variable but have sort of lost it as we progress here. First I quit all applications then swapped connections between mouse port and backup disk port to influence possible bad connections question. Changed power outlet receptacle for the backup disk. Disabled the put-the-HD-to-sleep option. Then powered down the computerator.
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Did a few Sleep-bad, Restart -OK repetitions.
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=============================
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I use time machine to select the drive and start a backup and it runs for a little while and then fails with no message at all. I have tried many suggestions found on this site an on the net. I deleted the partition on the disk and set it up for use with Time Machine, I have run repair on both that disk and my main hard drive. At first I thought it was the firewire connection and tried USB instead, but there appears to be something else wrong. I also tried a new WD 2TB drive, with the same results, so I don't think it is either the cable, the disk, or the port.
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annford wrote:
Feb 1 13:39:40 ann-fords-imac com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.backupd[608]): Job appears to have crashed: Segmentation fault
That's clearly a crash. There's a crash log, but we really don't need it.
A +Segmentation fault+ is some problem with the app trying to access a piece of memory it's not authorized to, or trying to change something it's not allowed to change.
You've already tried most of the things we'd start with (assuming you ran +Repair Disk+ or +Verify Disk,+ not permissions).
Your installation of OSX may be damaged. I'd suggest downloading and installing the "combo" update. That's the cleverly-named combination of all the updates to Leopard or Snow Leopard since it was first released, so installing it should fix anything that's gone wrong since then, such as with one of the normal "point" updates. Be sure to do a +Repair Permissions+ via Disk Utility (in your Applications/Utilities folder) afterwards.
I'm not real sure what version of OSX you're on -- one post says 10.6.6, the other 10.5.4.
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From your statements..
Connect my TM to my macbook with an ethernet cable.(at this point I still cannot see TM on my Mac)
You are trying to connect with both wireless and ethernet at once.. This can mess things up. choose wireless or ethernet.. not both.
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Set it up using SMB names.. for both the TC itself and wireless.
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I want to use this unit with my new iMac and also with my HP PC which has video files that I'd like to access from time to time. I was instructed to reformat the drive for "Cross Platform Support"
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1) is this needful for extracting my video files.
2) Will using the Fat32 MSDOS format restrict my editing abilities within Final Cut Express 4HD.
3) Does the file extensions from the PC have to be converted, or is this what is done when they are transfered from internal to external.
I will be using this G-Raid for storing Video and Music Files exclusively and working 95% of the time on the iMac.
I also read in the manual that a software exists "MacDrive" for install and a cost, which I could not find, to help converge the two systems to work between each other.
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I think that the problem is that users in this section of the forum (including myself), do not use Final Cut Express. Or again including myself, dabble all that much with windoz.
While MS-DOS FAT-32 is the ideal Format for sharing files Cross Platform, it has a 4GB single file size limit and may not be the best for storing and working on Final Cut Express files.
Examples:
For cross platform sharing of music, photo's. movie's and files under 4GB, I use an External HD the is set up Master Boot Record/MS-DOS FAT-32.
For backups, Time Machine and Bootable Cloning I use a different External HD that is set up GUID Partition Table/Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
So sorry, but I can not say exactly which would be the best solution for your multi facetted case. I suspect that GUID/Mac OS Extended is better for rendering and editing, but then you will need something on the windows side for reading and writing to that.
Finally I think that you should pop over to the Final Cut Pro section of this forum and ask the Final Cut Pro guru's the tougher questions. > http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=939
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I converted mgp video files using Mpeg Streamclip from a 6 week vacation creating .mov files totally 550GB. I need to get them off of my internal 1TB drive and exclude them from time machine backups. I plan to move them to a WD 1TB external drive I have been using for Time Machine and have just received a new WD 2TB external for time machine.
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1. Is it true that these files will remain unchanged during work on project and as long as I still have the original mpg files there would be no need to back them up with time machine?
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1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder. If you need to reformat your startup volume, then you must boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger or Leopard.)
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
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