Newest 3TB Time Capsule with Motorola SB6121 and Xbox live issues.

I just bought a new 3TB Time Capsule but am having issues with the speed of my internet and connecting to XBL. I use Time Warner and have a Motorola SB 6121 modem. The modem is brand new as well and worked perfeclyt with my old router(Trendnet TEW-gr633). I want to use the time capsule as my only router but it is only testing out between <1-2 on the download. I was getting 15-25 on the download before the TC. I am also having issues connecting to the network on my xbox 360S as well.
Any help with adjusting the settings on my TC would be much appreciated.

I would suggest adjusting the Time Capsule's Ethernet WAN port setting using the AirPort Utility. By default, this option is set to Automatic. I would recommend changing it to "1000 Mbps / Full Duplex" to see if this helps.
ref: AirPort Utility > Select the TC > Manual Setup > Internet > Internet Connection tab > Ethernet WAN Port

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Just got a new 1TB Time Capsule. I want it to be the main base station for my network. I already have a network set up with an older Airport Extreme base station and an Airport Express to extend it. I am thinking that rather than setting up the Time Capsule to "join" the old network, the best approach is to disconnect the Airport Extreme and Airport Express and reset them. Then set up the Time Capsule as a brand new network and bring the reset Aiport Extreme and Express onto the new network as if my original network never existed.
Is that the right approach or am I complicating it? Can I just join the Time Capsule to the existing network and still make it the main base station for the network?

evelK wrote:
Just got a new 1TB Time Capsule. I want it to be the main base station for my network. I already have a network set up with an older Airport Extreme base station and an Airport Express to extend it. I am thinking that rather than setting up the Time Capsule to "join" the old network, the best approach is to disconnect the Airport Extreme and Airport Express and reset them. Then set up the Time Capsule as a brand new network and bring the reset Aiport Extreme and Express onto the new network as if my original network never existed.
Is that the right approach or am I complicating it? Can I just join the Time Capsule to the existing network and still make it the main base station for the network?
I'd first use AirPort Utility to "Save a Copy As" of your AirPort Extreme settings. Then disconnect it, connect the Time Capsule in its place, and use AirPort Utility's "Import" function to read those settings. (Both of those functions are under AirPort Utility's "File" menu.) You may have to adjust a few settings. Once you have the Time Capsule working as you want, you can reconfigure your AirPort Extreme unit as you wish.

How do I set up my time capsule with my PC and BT home hub

Hi, I really need help.
I have a new time machine I am having trouble setting up. I have a BT Home Hub that I have hard wired to the TC to the WAN port. I have Connected my PC to the Ethernet port. The PC will not find the TC.
I also need to Wi-Fi attach other laptop PCs to it.
PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP?
Ade.

You might have an IP collision ..
unplug the wan connection to the home hub..
Restart the Time Capsule with a single ethernet connection to a pc plugged into its LAN port.
Make sure the pc is getting an ip address. Open airport utility and see if you can now access the TC.. !
When you say PC do you mean windows machine?
Windows can have some issues accessing the TC.. especially if you have the windows computer on win7 running homegroup.. which is a wretched piece of incestous connection between win7 exclusively.

Accessing time capsule with osx server and vpn

i have apple server and a time capsule that i use as harddisk. Now I want to access the time capsule by VPN. I cannot make an accesspoint of my time capsule.
When I turn off file sharing on the time capsule and turn it on on the server then i cannot access my files locally.

Sorry, have to disagree.
I have a time capusle and its in the hfs+ and my vista pc reads it fine.
You do need to download the airport software for windows from apple downloads. Install that and then, windows can see it fine under networking. Then to map a drive letter, just navigate to your time capsule in windows then right click on the share and give it a drive letter.
Or you can use the cd that came with your time capsule in your windows pc and it will install the client from there.

Using a current Time Capsule with Airport Extreme and Airport Express Older generation

I am looking to achieve a fast local network that allows streaming of music and video. I have bought a Time Capsule to replace the Telstra router (Thomson Router) by linking it using ethernet cable and then set up a network that also uses and older airport extreme and express router (g standard).
It would appear that the local network speed is slow - how can I assess the connection speed in the local network - both wireless and for ethernet? I believe that there is a speed indication on my two older macs running OSX 10.5 but not in OSX 10.6. Is there a tool to assess the local network speed?
The current set up works less well than previously only using the Thomson router, so the initial results are very disappointing. Not even streaming music seems to work and it stutters to halt.
I had expected that the dual band functionality would allow fast local connections where needed. What do I need to change?
Thanks you.
Tom

Hi Bob,
The two old airports (extreme and express) are connected wirelessly to the time capsule base station with the following use:
- round extreme base station supports a printer only - remote WDS indicated in set up
- airport express supports remote speakers - set up does not indicate WDS status
I noticed in another note to provide a second network name to 5GHz network and connect the modern computers, ipad (seems to be able to connect) and apple tv to the 5 GHz network, leaving the other on the separate network. Also the two computers, apart from the laptops are connected via ethernet to use the GB ethernet, but I am not sure whether that speed is achieved or whether a firewire connection between the two would be better. use examples are:
1. Wirelessly I am trying to use three speakers - computer, apple tv and express - to have to listen to the same music in three rooms.
2. Over ethernet, I am using the the powermac as a file server to mac mini, but would like to be bale to access photo libraries (both Iphoto and Aperture) ideally over the network. It works well with starting the powermac in target disk mode but seems slow over what should be a very fast ethernet network.
The connection with the service providers router and time capsule is bridged - seems to be the only way of providing internet access - however, it also seems to allow for shared devices to be visible across the two time capsule and the Thomson network.
Obviously, this will need some more experimentation but any input would be appreciated.
Thank you and regards,
Tom
PS> Timezone wise I am currently living in Australia - must change my profile one day.....

Tried to reformat Time Capsule with Disk Utility and now no Drive

So, not reading manuals finally bit me in the behind. I was too impatient waiting for all my back up files to erase so I could free up space, so I got the great idea.......I'll just reformat the disk with Mac Disk Utility, NOT the Airport Utility. Now my Airport says drive needs repair, however, there is no option in the airport utility for disks anymore.
Is there anything I can do to get the hard drive back? or am I stuck with a very expensive wifi device now?
Please help if you can.

Which model TC do you have??
What OS are you running? You might find running the older 5.6 utility gives you a bit more control but that is not possible if you have Mavericks.. it can be still installed on lion and Mountain Lion.
Do a factory reset of the TC if you haven't already tried.
The Factory Reset Gen1-4.
Unplug your TC. Hold in reset. and power the TC back on.. without releasing reset for about 10sec. When the status light flashes rapidly; release it.
Be Gentle! Feel the switch click on. It has a positive feel.. add no more pressure after that.
TC 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.
Factory reset Gen 5
Hold in reset for about 5sec until the status light flashes quickly.
If your AirPort Time Capsule still doesn’t respond, do a similar reset to the Gen1-4.
Unplug your AirPort Time Capsule .. hold in reset and power the TC back on.. without releasing the reset.. wait until status led flashes rapidly.

Use Time Capsule with Existing Router and WAP

We've added an existing TC to a new network installation where there is now a Cisco router and separate wireless AP and a new SIP phone system. How do I best setup or reconfigure the Time Capsule so our customer can still use it for wireless backup from their Apple notebooks?
We seem to be getting conflcts with the Time Capsule on the same subnet--capturing network and Internet ports!
Thanks!
Chet - Houston

Go to internet page.. on the top menu item you are offered, internet connection by ethernet or pppoe.. choose ethernet.. on the menu option below it, you determine how the TC will share the connection. Choose bridge.. done. When you do that the TC will make the WAN port available to LAN.
chetpro wrote:
Is it straightforward to put the TimeCapsule into bridge mode?
The only thing the customer needs to do is their 'backups' with this unit. We will add a separate WAP on the subnet. I assume the Time Capsule can still reside on the same subnet...
There are mixed PC, Apple notebooks, and printers, and a new SIP phone system on this LAN.
Does the TC also capture or reserve ports that we can exclude?
Thanks,
Chet.
Why not use the TC as a WAP.. you bridged it and now it is already a WAP.
The TC will not capture any port that I know of. It will exist happily in the same subnet, although as I mentioned if the Mac clients lose connection after a day or two, there may be an issue with arp timing out or some discovery protocol not working. Lion is maybe more suspectible at the moment. The problem is inconsistent so not sure yet.

Setting up Time Capsule with Fairpoint DSL and AT&T Micro Cell

Looking for help here. Have a Time Capsule, which as worked before, and have just moved. Want to hook up to Fairpoint DSL and AT&T Micro Cell. Not having any luck. Suggestions/recommendations/graphs/drawings/CAM-CAD mock ups would be appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks, Bob! If I may impose on you a little bit more, would you be able to guide me a little bit in terms of the setup?
Would I need to connect my time capsule directly to the router for first time set up?
If so, would I have to keep it connected to the router all the time after the first time set up, or can I keep it in another room?
Our wireless network was created back when we were a Windows household, so we still control it using Network Magic on an old laptop.
I unlocked the network (using Network Magic) when I tried to set up the Time Capsule (wirelessly, and before calling Apple), and after entering the network password my macbook recognized the TC and I got the good little green light on the TC. As soon as I locked up the network, I got the flashing amber light on the TC and airport utility couldn't find it anymore (using Airport utility version 6.1)... I unlocked the network again, the light turned green. I locked it back up, the light started flashing amber again...
Thanks, I really appreciate your help!
Deborah

Fios and xbox live issues

Ok well ive read all the stuff on the internet about updating the firmware and it should work. My problem is I have the Gen 2 router, so the firmware isnt compatible at all. Im not even trying to do xbox live wirelessly, i have an ethernet ran. My wireless laptop and my wired desktop computer have been running awesome internet since I got FiOS installed about 4 months ago. Just got my xbox and now im having these issues. Ive tried restarting both the router and the xbox, ive set the router settings back to default. idk what to do, help me out!!!
edit- thru the xbox network connection wizard thing, it looks like its not even seeing a connection at all. could it be i have the wrong type of cable? i just bought it, its a belkin fastcat 5e patch cable. is this the right type of cable?
Message Edited by CRZYairBORNE on 08-08-2009 03:18 PM

Cable type is fine.
Couple things to check....
make sure the cable is plugged into one of the lan ports on the router (yellow plugs) not the wan connection (white plug). Easy to make the mistake if you have coax style internet via fios.
If connected correctly, do a quick loop test with the cable to make sure that cable is ok. Take both ends of the cable and plug both ends into the router. for example, plug end one in port one and end two in port two. make sure that both lights light up. If not likely bad cable. If so, cable is likely OK.
If cable tests OK, and you have it connected correctly to the lan, then the problem is likely with the Nic on the Xbox. Try going into the network settings in the xbox and reset to defaults on the xbox.
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E3000 and Xbox Live Issues

Hi All,
So I originally had problems with my xbox where the wireless would drop out. I chaned some settings and I also set up port forwarding for my xbox which seems to have stabilized my network. However, when attempting to download certain files from xbox Live, my router will frequently freak out, reset (so all network connectivity disappears) and after a few moments, everything comes back up again.
I have the xbox 360 as the only device accessing the 5ghz wireless network. Network mode is "Mixed", Channel Width is "Auto", Channel is curently set to "36" as before it ws also set to "Auto DFS" but experienced more frequent drop-outs when simply logging into xbox Live. Again, SIngle Port Forwarding for just this device is enabled. Anyone have any other suggestions? Should I try a different Channel?
Thanks,
DB

I have plenty of other wireless devices (2 iphones, a mac mini, laptop). Whats the advantage of moving everything over to the higher bandwidth when everything Ive been told suggests that you dont want to crowd the higher bandwidth with devices that shouldnt and cant take advantage of the higher bandwidth? I mean, why did I spend money on this router to begin wth if it cant even support the devices I have now? Sorry, this is more than a little frustrating and I guess I would still like to hear some more ideas of what to try.

I bought a 3TB Time Capsule with the intent of using 2GB as space for Time Machine to backup my MacBook Pro Retina; and the remaining 1TB as network disk space for the Apple and my PC. But the 3TB all went to the Time Machine.

How can I get from what I have ti what I want. I am a new Apple user and appreciate detailed instructions. Thank You

The TC is not able to be partitioned. (Well not without pulling it apart.)
You can create a disk image on it.
See details under Q3 here.
http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html
It might be better to do as Pondini suggests and plug in a USB drive to use for alternative data storage.. Mixing TM and data can lead to issues.

Printer error using Time Capsule with Vista64 and HP printe. Any one else?

I'm running Time Capsule with my MacBook and Vista 64 PC, and trying to print on a HP5510 All-in-one.
The Time Capsule is set up according to the manual and I can print wirelessly from the MacBook. Also, the MacBook and the PC can both access the TC HD.
The problem comes when I'm trying to print with the PC. It will print about 3/4 of the page and stop, showing an error. At that point, I cannot purge/cancel/restart the print job. I need to shut down the PC and printer to get rid of the error.
Anyone else have this problem?
Thanks
Ray

Have you downloaded and installed the following updated Mountain Lion compatible driver and software for your model?:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=mp-107723- 1&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&os=219&product=4073738&sw_lang=
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HT1178 Can you backup to same time Capsule with PC and Mac

How do I backup to same Time Capsule with both PC and Mac

- backup iMac to TC and hook up HD to USB port on TC to backup PC laptop
Hmmm not better IMHO.. as long as you disk image the TC.. and the amount of space you have far exceeds total usage on both computers.. For the TM backup on the Mac you want TC area to be at least 3x the used space on the drive.. leaving out VM or bootcamp partitions if you use them.
Plus enough space to back up the PC laptop a couple of times over.
USB hard drive is fairly slow.. but should be ok for backup over wireless.. just be aware you cannot unplug the USB drive and use it direct unless you format it FAT32 which is very poor format. So first backup is going to be slow.
- backup iMac directly to HD thru firewire and backup PC to HD hooked up to Airport Extreme
If you don't already have a TC then this is fine. Firewire local disk is much faster than network backup even over gigabit.
Any of your options would work ok.. doing disk image on the TC is most difficult to get working and limits the hard disk space. Balance out what you already own network wise with what you need.. there are plenty of routers now with USB ports that will deal directly with windows using NTFS.. if you end up using firewire local disk to the imac..

How can i extend this wifi connection by using 3TB time capsule? I have a mac book pro i7

Hi, i have a wifi in my house connected to an adsl wifi modem with fibernet speed. I just bought a time capsule with 3 TB and installed it at home. However during the first installation i couldn't connect TC to my modem with ethernet cable due to the absence of the cable.
I would like ask if i can extend the wifi range of my network by connecting my TC to my modem without a cable after the first installation with cable is done?
If yes,
Could you please explain how to do it?
Thanks in advance.

No, there is no modem in the TC.. you must continue to use the existing modem.
That can be bridged if your ISP allows it, and use PPPoE client on the TC. It is then the main router of the network.
Sometimes that setup is not possible.. the ISP supplied modem will not bridge or the ISP doesn't use PPPoE as there are a number of different methods to connect.. but the TC only supports that one.
Otherwise just plug the TC into the existing modem router and use it in router bridge mode.. this is the simplest setup and easy to do.
Create a wireless network and you can then use the TC instead of the main router for wireless if you like.

Can I use time capsule with a ASUS (RT-N16)router?

I will use a router with vpn. Can I use time capsule with it? And if yes, how do I connect them?

There is no vpn built into the native firmware of N16 so I presume you are going to use third party.
Just plug in the TC and bridge it.. ie go to Internet tab of airport utility and select connection sharing off.
wireless then you will need to figure out.. you can setup roaming on 2.4ghz by using identical wireless name = ssid and security but lock both to different channels.. pick out of 1, 6, 11
In a PC network make sure you use the TC with a new name.. no spaces no special characters.. same with wireless. TC also restrict wireless on 2.4ghz to only 20mhz.. if you have the N16 set to 40mhz you will have to be extra careful with channels.. 40mhz will use up two channels and only one remains.. so your household will have filled the 2.4ghz.
Someone suggested you can turn off 2.4ghz in the TC by not naming it.. When I try that it kicks up an error that it has to be named. So perhaps someone else has a suggestion of how to turn off 2.4ghz.
You can turn off 5ghz by unchecking it. Seems mighty strange that you cannot turn off 2.4ghz but you can turn off 5ghz.

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