Set An Access Password on My Time Capsule to Require Password Before Granting Access to a Device?

I just purchased a 2TB Time Capsule and connected it to my Cable Modem as a bridge. I want to prevent unauthorized devices from connecting to my network. How can I configure the TC so it requires unknown/unauthorized devices to provide a password to access my network?
I appreciate any help/insight any of you can provide.

ShizenOne wrote:
I just purchased a 2TB Time Capsule and connected it to my Cable Modem as a bridge.
Then the cable modem must also be the router.. if the TC is in bridge it has no routing and no control of the network. It has to be the main router to actually do anything in the network other than exist.
How can I configure the TC so it requires unknown/unauthorized devices to provide a password to access my network?
I appreciate any help/insight any of you can provide.
Does this mean to the hard disk.. You can set a disk password.
If you mean your local network, there is no password for ethernet access.. only wireless.
Set WPA2 Personal password for wireless.
There is very limited options on the TC even in router mode.. you cannot really block access.
Also all security on the TC is illusionary since physical access to the TC requires a simple press of the reset and poof.. all passwords disappear.

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Yes, you can remotely access files in the TC..
Did you read the apple instructions and do them??
http://www.apple.com/au/support/icloud/back-to-my-mac/
It does depend on the main router being upnp or NAT-PMP capable.. so the best is if the TC is the main router.. otherwise you may have to manually forward the ports.

How can I set up a guest access point with a Time Capsule and an Airport Extreme? I am using a Telus router with the Time Capsule used as a wireless access point (bridge mode). I don't want the guest access point to have access to my network.

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The Guest Network function of the Time Capsule and AirPort Extreme cannot be enabled when the device is in Bridge Mode. Unfortunately, with another router...the Telus...upstream on your network, Bridge Mode is indicated as the correct setting for all other routers on the network.
If you can replace the Telus gateway with a simple modem (that performs no routing functions), you should be able to configure either the Time Capsule or the AirPort Extreme....whichever is connected to the modem....to provide a Guest Network.

How I can set up the DynDns inside the Time capsule, or only with the Time capsule I have external access from a PC for ex.?

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MobileMe service is finished.. to get remote access to the Mac or TC you use iCloud account.. but that is for files.. not to access web cams.
Without dyndns client in the TC, you can perhaps run dyndns on the computer or video recorder..many of these will have clients built into them.
Even better get a static Public IP from your ISP.. that is the correct professional way to do it.
Or you can use whatever broadband modem you have and remove the TC as the main router.. simply bridge it. Use your adsl router for connection. Almost all adsl have built in dyndns.
Sorry your language is very hard to follow.. and I am sure you are finding my answers similarly difficult.
Basically the TC is about the hardest device to setup because it is lacking important networking functions.
Get a vpn router and use vpn connection is far superior to any other method. But you cannot do it with TC.

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There is plenty of info out there if you google..
Here is a summary I just put into another thread.
Remote access has been added back into iCloud that was in MobileMe..
Read the info on setting it up from cloud service.. BTMM.
http://www.apple.com/support/icloud/back-to-my-mac/
If you want to do it without the cloud service, you have one major issue.. the public IP for WAN..
The internal IP of the TC.. which will default to 10.0.1.1 btw.. is irrelevant. It is the IP of the WAN which you use to access the TC over the internet. And here you have a problem.. the TC does not include dyndns service. So unless you have a static IP address from your ISP, this will cause you grief.
(If it is offered by your ISP.. get a static IP.. that eliminates all the issues.. and is far superior. Even dyndns service has issues if your public IP rotates too often. It is generally an extra cost item and requires a business account but some ISP offer it cheap or even free.. I joined an ISP that offered static ip for free because it gives me the ability to remote access my network without all the hassles you will see below.)
There are ways around it.. setting up your own domain for instance.
http://dyn.com/support/airport-time-capsule-with-dynamic-dns/
But it is easier to simply use a different router.. almost all of them have dyndns service available.. place the TC behind the router in bridge and forward port 548 TCP to it.
This is a bit old but still relevant.
http://gigaom.com/apple/access-your-time-capsule-over-the-internet/
Note .. there is no ftp, http, ssh (there is actually but it isn't accessible), or any other service to allow connection other than AFP.. so you must use a Mac in remote location to access the TC.
The setup for the two methods is slightly different in the TC.. in the first instance, you need to turn on WAN access via disk sharing page in the manual setup.
In the second case you do not need this.
Remember security and put strong passwords on the disk. There are still security questions about this.
If security is important.. there is a third and better (IMO) method and that is vpn.. you will need to buy a vpn router as TC also missed out on that.. establish a vpn with the main router and that will allow you access to your network.. you will also then be able to use SMB remotely not just AFP.
Also if this office is a large company they should be running a firewall, which would block your access to home. You should check your IT admin people for what is allowed.. generally the only acceptable method is vpn otherwise you can drag viruses and trojans right into the network without the firewall catching them.

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Every time I start my computer The Airport Base Station Agent says:"The Airport Disk "Nasim's Time Capsule" became available. What do you want to do? And I click "Connect with Password" I enter the correct password and I receive a message that says: "Unknown user,incorrect password, or login is disabled. Please retype the login information or contact the disk's administrator (67)."
Is this possible to fix?(I have reset it about 4 times, each time after I have set it up I try to connect ends up wit the same message)

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There are 2 passwords for the Time Capsule
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Might you be confusing these two? If you have not setup a device password, I believe that the default is "public".
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No it is not possible.. Guest is just that.. a guest that is allowed permission to access the internet but none of the local files.
To give a person access to the TC they must have password to access your normal network..
From there it is up to you how you do this.. people cannot actually access files on your computers unless you give them share and password permissions for that.. you can even setup accounts on the TC although I recommend against it.. if you want shared photos anyway. All security on a TC is illusion.. merely pressing the reset and it is all blown away.. so if you are concerned about security don't put stuff on the TC people should not access.. or like your TM backups ensure they are encrypted.
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Hello,
We had some very nasty weather yesterday, and I sent my son to reset the modem and Time Capsule. For whatever reason, instead of simply unplugging the thing, he hit the small reset button on the back of it.
We have several folders of IMMENSELY important files on the Time Capsule we need to recover access to. It did not format, and we can see the dis space used, but no longer have access the files.
Of note is the fact that these files are not backed up as a Time Machine backup, but were drag and drop copied onto the Time Capsule hard drive through Finder and accessing the drive there. They were moved to the "Time Machine" folder, but were moved manually, not through a backup program. These are now lost somewhere on the TC Hard drive, and we cannot find them.
Before I go spend a couple of hundred dollars on data recovery services, I am hoping someone here can help me recover access to those files?
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A reset of the TC has no effect whatsoever on files.. but it could upset the name of the TC..
Unplug the TC from the network and plug it directly by ethernet to the computer you are using.. hopefully one NOT running Mavericks.
Do a full factory reset of the TC.. when you do this the TC will appear as new wireless device and you can do the setup.. do minimal setup.. but do not connect back to the network.
Open finder and manually mount the TC disk using Go, Connect to server, and type in the following.
AFP://10.0.1.1
Put in the password which is public.
Then see if your files are available.. if not..
As a first step I would try and see what you can access from a PC running windows.. if you have that available.
Otherwise you have no choice but to remove the TC hard disk and put it in a USB holder. Plug it directly into the computer and if the files are not available use a tool like disk warrior or data rescue 3 to see if you can recover files.
It is extremely foolish to use the TC as a file store when you have no backup.

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Wireless Interference
Might be caused by a cordless phone in the vicinity. To give you an example, my neighbor.....across the street...used to be able to literally crash my wireless network if he was in his front yard talking on his cordless phone.
I discovered this by accident one day after spending weeks trying figure out why my network would crash at random times.
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Still other things might be an amateur ham radio operator....which should not interfere....but again from experience, I know that this can occur.
Yet another possibility is another wireless network near you that is being turned on and off at random times. Some users power up their modem/router only when they want to do so and leave it off otherwise.
Some general rules to help avoid interference:
Move any cordless phones that you might have as far away as possible from the Time Capsule and/or your computer(s)
Avoid placing other electronic devices....computer, television, amplifier, satellite receiver, etc. near the Time Capsule and/or your computer(s)
Avoid metal surfaces near the Time Capsule and/or your computers
Elevate the Time Capsule as much as possible. Think of it as a water sprinkler....you want to get the room as wet as possible
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Click on the Time Capsule
Click Edit
Click the Wireless tab
Click Wireless Options
Start with Channel 11 on the 2.4 GHz band and work your way down
It is unlikely that you are picking up interference on the 5 GHz band since there are.....for now at least.....far fewer networks using this frequency.

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Simply reset the Time Machine.
See A4 here http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
You can then mount the TC disk in finder after you reboot the computer.
You should be able to reselect the TC disk and then it will say it is going to start a new backup.
Ignore this.. when the TM actually loads the TC disk it will discover the existing backup and continue the backup.. but it will give no hint until it actually starts that it won't start a new backup. you just have to believe it won't.. and mostly it works..
Please also install the widget A1 so you have some idea what TM is doing.

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