Time Capsule appears to be connected by outside ip address not as local

Hi,
I use connect to server to connect to my time capsule when I am on the road to access files that I don't have with me. It works great but can be a bit slow when downloading large files. It seems that since I upgraded to snow leopard that my time capsule always connects via my cable modems ip address rather than seeing it on the local network. in system preferences under time machine it shows my home ip address under the backup disk name. My wife's macbook pro shows shows time-capsule as the address under the name.
I have not been able to be my computer to backup since i upgraded. It will try all night long and error out. I think it is because it is not seeing it on the local network. has any one else had this problem or know how to over come it?
Ryan

I wish to have on the capsule iTunes & iPhoto libraries, other documents and have acces to them from both MBPs and phones.
That is possible for your MBPs but not for your iPhones. In addition, you are likely to find its performance with iTunes and iPhoto to be unacceptably slow, to the point of uselessness.
If you really want to, it is possible to configure the Time Capsule join your existing router as a wireless client. In that configuration it will be available to your wireless network as a storage and backup device. It does not strictly need a wired connection to your router. To configure it that way it is best to start with a "hard reset".
It's not worth the effort though, due to the unacceptably slow transfer speed you are likely to achieve.

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Stilts McCoy wrote:
Menu Bar > Airport drop-down menu: My Time Capsule's wireless name shows up twice in my list of wifi sources. Once in the group with all the other routers and again in a group called "Devices".
You might find useful advice in this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=12156248
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Aug 17 21:42:09 Erics-iMac.local diskarbitrationd[22]: fseventsd [48]:17923 not responding.
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Most of that is also out of my area, but doesn't seem related to the TC or backups.
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It's always prudent to keep "secondary" backups, more so if your main ones are on a network, and especially if there's the slightest doubt about them. See Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #27 for more info and some suggestions.
And/or, start through the list in the green box in #D2 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting.

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