Time Capsule as NAS only

I already have a network set up, with a router and wireless N access point. So, the only reason I am buying Time Capsule, essentially, is to use it as a Network drive for Time Machine (I understand that Time Machine will not work with other NAS drives). My question then is this: When i set up Time Capsule, will I be able to plug it into my router via ethernet, and turn off all of its networking functions ie router, wireless N transmitting etc . . . so it is really just being used as a wired network drive? I know there is no down side to having another wireless access point, but I'm a "neat freak" with my network. Thanks.

I believe there are some terminal commands that you can run that can force an external NAS to be used with Time Machine. If you do a Google Search you can probably find them. But the Time Capsule is a really nice product and given that you don't have to do any extra "messing" via Terminal, it's the easiest way to go.

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  • Hello, I have two questions on time capsule  I can only have it on my external hd files and free up my internal memory to my mac  I can use an external hard drive, in my case a lacie rugged as shared memory for my two computers

    Hello, I have two questions on time capsule  I can only have it on my external hd files and free up my internal memory to my mac  I can use an external hard drive, in my case a lacie rugged as shared memory for my two computers

    I have a mackbook pro and an iMac if I buy a time capsule 2tb airport, I can use it with time machine and what would be the best way to use it.
    There is no particular setup required for TM.. both computers will create their own backup sparsebundle which is like a virtual disk.. Pondini explains the whole thing if you read the reference I gave you.
    and how to use time capsule airport whit other external hd to use my old lacie airport with the new time capsule
    Up to you.. you can plug the external drive into the TC and enjoy really slow file transfers or you can plug it into your computer and use it as external drive.. which is faster than the TC.. and TM can include it in the backup.
    Again everything is explained in the reference.. you are not reading it.

  • Time Capsule vs NAS attached to AEn

    This may be a hard one to answer without having the product but can anyone weigh in on whether using the Time Capsule drive would have faster access times than say a Lacie network drive attached to Airport Extreme N? Reason is that keeping our photo library on the Lacie is a bear now. It takes long to load. It also takes very long to sync an iPhone because it's reading the photos and music attached to the lacie NAS. Wasn't sure if the Time Capsule drive is different or is it just the same as an NAS.
    Thanks.
    Tom

    Right - I should have been able to pick that up from your original message.
    In that case, I would say there shouldn't be a difference between the performance of a NAS drive on your network, and the Time Capsule's NAS drive feature.
    So the question remains - why such poor performance with your LaCie NAS drive? Is this poor performance when the connection is via wireless to your LAN, or do computers with a fully cabled connection between them and the NAS drive also show such poor performance?

  • My time capsule says it only has 473.24 gb for my back up of 534gb.  the only back up I can access when I enter the time machine was yesterdays so what has happened?

    my time capsule says it only has 473.24 gb for my back up of 534gb.  the only back up I can access when I enter the time machine was yesterdays so any idea what is happening? I have the latest irmware update.
    Marmimag

    There is an issue with latest Lion update.. it is killing TM.
    https://discussions.apple.com/message/19858557#19858557
    Otherwise check via the airport utility if there is something else using space on the hard disk.

  • Qwest Q100 Modem + Time Capsule + Airport Express = only wireless working

    I have been reading other similar topics and havent quite got the exact fix I am looking for.
    Goal: I have qwest DSL, i have a Qwest Q100 modem from them, it has one ethernet port, i have that port going into my TC, and the TC being a wireless router, I also have a slingbox(ethernet), directv receiver(ethernet), and xbox(wirelessly) connected to the TC. On another floor, I have an airport express connected to the TC extending the network and ethernet coming out of it into another directv receiver(id like to add a ethernet switch to this and add another slingbox and blu ray all via ethernet) I also plan on adding another airport express in the basement and hooking up similar items via ethernet.
    Problem: NOTHING thats hooked up via ethernet works, everything hooked up wirelessly works perfectly.
    I have the dsl/ppp login details from qwest. I am assuming from what I am reading I need to bridge and make the TC control the ppp login.
    the TC sees the items connected, as does the Q100. but no data what so ever via the ethernet ports on the TC or the APE, but the APE extends the wireless network perfectly.
    I am basically looking for what I need to do on the Q100 and what I need to do on the TC for it to work with the wireless and the ethernet all over.
    Thanks for any advice and help! I Greatly appreciate it!

    would i be better off with the wireless model they offer?
    It would simplify things a bit. I did not check the specs. I doubt that it offers dual band wireless, so you'll probably be turning the wireless function off to use the Time Capsule wireless.
    the only mention i can find in the modem is "ipoe transparent bridging" in relation to bridging or anything of that sort.
    The simplest form of bridge mode is probably what you need. It will take some experimentation unless some other users have done this before you and happen to see this post.
    it seems like it may just be easier to get their wireless modem, plug into it directly for ethernet items
    That will work
    qwest is of little help, i get "we do not support networking" responses when i talk with them.
    Expect zero help from any provider. All they want to do is say "everything looks good to the modem. After that, we have no responsibility for anything".
    run the TC off of it instead of as a wireless network, and make the airport express extend that modems network instead of TC's?
    The Express will only extend the TC's network. It's not compatible with the other wireless router for this purpose.
    is that practical at this point?
    It's an option and there will always be plusses and minuses. Plus is easy connectivity. Minus is that you won't be able to use the Guest Network feature of the TC if you were planning to use that feature. I'm pretty sure the TC will have a far better dual band wireless section, so you probably won't use the wireless at all on the provider's device.
    If it were me, I would try to make bridge mode on the modem work. Then you'll have all the options available on the TC. I run things that way here, but don't use Quest, so can't comment on their modem.

  • Time Capsule as NAS connected to Mini Server

    Hi all
    I apologize for the length of the question, but I wanted to be detailed and thorough in order to hopefully pinpoint my troubles.
    I've done some searching of the forums and while I've found some helpful tips, they don't seem to match my scenario exactly, or I'm doing something horribly wrong (which is the likely scenario as I'm new/educating myself through this process).
    Quick background on my prior network configuration:
    2TB Time Capsule (TC) was our one and only router and wireless backup for a house of roughly 5 computers. Super simple and everything worked as expected.
    Just this last week I completed a bucket list item and bought a Mac Mini to act as a home server/media center. Yay! In addition to this, I also purchased a new router that affords me a little more control over my network.
    So here's a brief summary of how things are set up now:
    New router set up in office as my single, wireless access point. Mac Mini (2014 with Server installed) in my entertainment center connected wirelessly (not ideal, I know). The TC has had it's wireless functions disabled, and is connected to the Mac Mini via Ethernet.
    What I'm trying to accomplish is setting up my old TC to continue as my centralized backups for all the computers in my home, but it's no longer set up as my router. It's simply connected via Ethernet to the Mac Mini, which I control via ARD and Finder Screen Sharing. As far as I can tell I've properly set up File Sharing for the TC drive, but as it stands, the only computer in my home that can see the drive is the Mac Mini; my other devices cannot see the TC drive/share.
    In essence, I'm simply trying to turn my old TC into a simple NAS that hangs off my Mac Mini Server, but there is something that is keeping it from appearing appropriately on my network to my other devices.
    Does anyone have any thoughts/clues/tips as to where I may be going wrong with all this? I'm happy to provide any additional details to help troubleshoot.
    In terms of my level of knowledge, I know my way around computers pretty dang well (I've worked in software QA for a number of years). However, networking has forever been my weak point, and I've never really bothered to tackle educating myself until this week. So forgive some of the network ignorance, but please don't feel as if you need to dumb things down for me. Thanks!

    TC is really the wrong device. It is now and forevermore a network drive.
    Even if you attempt to share it from the Mini OS, your computer does not OWN it.. Therefore what you would really need to do is to route packets from wireless to ethernet. And leave the TC to share itself.. as it of course is designed to do..
    This kind of routing is possible.. but I highly recommend against it.
    You will overload your slow wireless connection to the network and for little use.
    The TC is in the wrong place. It should be plugged into the main router by ethernet in bridge. And made available therefore to the network.
    What you should plug into the Mini is a USB3 drive.. over which the Mini OWNS and controls.. and is therefore truly able to share with the network.. although I still don't recommend you do that.  At least not for TM backups.
    How to use TM over a network.
    http://code.stephenmorley.org/articles/time-machine-on-a-network-drive/
    Maybe a bit out of date but he is smart guy.
    I also have to say I have not ever setup OS X server which is able to do central TM backups..
    There is some excellent info tutorial for OSX server on youtube.. just look them up.
    BUT.. I would never do it when you only have a wireless link.. sorry but that is just going to lead to slow slow double hop wireless over your whole network.
    ie a wireless device.. has to send packets to the router.. and the router then sends the packets to the mini.. since wireless is one channel, half duplex.. it will cause wireless transfers to go at half speed .. at best.. and with multiple connections .. it will crawl.. as the inefficiency of this goes up in leaps and bounds as more clients are trying to reach the server.
    So I would avoid it completely. TC has to be in the right place.. plugged into your main router. And no computer is more than one hop away from the connection. (ethernet is multiple channel full duplex and fast so it can be considered instantaneous in a wireless network).

  • Can I use time capsule as nas attached to another wireless router?

    my 4 year old time capsule was starting to drop it's connection to the internet intermittently.  so I decided to buy a new linksys ea4500 and that's now setup as my main wireless router.  can I still salvage my time capsule by attaching it to the new linksys router, using ethernet cable, and using it as a NAS drive?  my purpose is to continue using the time capsule as a NAS hdd for time machine backups.
    I read somewhere that the time capsule cannot be set up in client mode, so does this mean I can't attach it to non-apple wireless routers?
    thanks in advance to anyone who helps

    You can connect the Time Capsule using an Ethernet cable to any router that you want. The key is to configure the Time Capsule in Bridge Mode.
    Here is an example from a recent post a few minutes ago using a 2-Wire router:
                     Re: TC + AT&T U-Verse            

  • Time Capsule which will only let me connect to one device at a time. Anyone else experience this?

    I have a Time Capsule which I use with a Macbook Pro and an iMac, as well as my iPhone and an Airport Express. It appears as though it will currently only allow me to connect to one device at a time. I had my MBP and iMac sitting side by side and ran Aiport Utility on both. The Time Capsule would only show up on one or the other but not both. Anyone else experience this? It was working great until a day or so ago.

    It sounds as if your Time Capsule is in "Bridge Mode", which would only allow one device to connect to the Internet at a time.
    To check......
    Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
    Click Manual Setup
    Click the Internet icon
    Check the setting for Connection Sharing
    If it is "Off (Bridge Mode)", change it to "Share a public IP address"
    Click Update to save your changes

  • Using Time Capsule for backup only (no Wifi)

    I posted a problem in another thread ( https://discussions.apple.com/message/22500623#22500623 ) about conflicts with my Time Capsule and Comcast modem. Apple concluded that there was a hardware problem with the Time Capsule. I got a new Time Capsule yesterday since I couldn't get a refund on the old one. Because configuring the Time Capsule to work as a Wifi station requires such a hassle and I don't get any extra benefits in terms of speed compared to my Comcast modem, I now have a very expensive hard drive for backup. I have some questions about using the TC for backup only since I am running into some problems with the backup.
    1. Does the TC have to be connected to my modem? It seems that when I do not connect the TC to the modem then I end up with the backup stalling after a few GB. Additionally, I end up with the flashing amber light.
    2. If I do connect the TC to the modem it backs up but my WIFI grinds to a halt (likely a product of all the data pushing from the computer through the modem and to the TC). I should add that in Airport Utility I have turned off WIFI on the TC so it should not be interfering with the WIFI. If I do need to connect to the modem are there any tips for not messing up WIFI speeds beyond just backing up when everyone is asleep? I assume not, but it can't hurt to ask.
    Thanks.

    2. My initial setup showe various errors so I hooked the TC into the modem via the WAN port and then I was able to set up (WIFI off, Bridge Mode OFF) and those errors went away.
    If I understand your last post correctly, you say that I should do a reset on the TC. Re-configure but leave the errors because backups will still work. Then I can leave the TC unplugged until I need to use it (which has the added bonus of limited flashing amber light). Is this correct?
    You are setting up the TC in the wrong mode.. it has to be in Router mode.. Not Bridge..
    You are worrying too much about the flashing amber.. it is irrelevant. You can select ignore and it will go green.
    This setup is actually simple.
    So here is what I suggest.
    1. Factory reset the TC.
    Just to get started from a clean setup. And that will put the TC in the correct mode.. ie dhcp and nat.
    2. Plug it by ethernet LAN TC to computer. On the computer no other connection.. turn off wireless.
    3. Just change the name of the TC to something short as it helps.. eg TCGen5
    And turn the wireless off.
    And ignore all the other problems.
    4. Now setup TM.. I would also start clean.. do a fresh TM setup .. see A4 here.
    http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
    5. Run the backup. Maybe even erase the TC before you start so you are really doing a fresh clean backup.
    The very first backup will start quickly and drop to very slow speed as there are heaps of very small files in the system.. these take a long time to process.. but as it proceeds it will speed up. Overall you should still average 50GB/hr.
    6. Once you complete the first backup, later ones should be fine.. but do not expect them to work as well as when you do it hourly.. it does need to do a lot more work to figure out where the TM backup is up to.
    I would like to get you to have another crack at using the TC properly in the network. When you are over the pain of all this.. and perhaps when apple releases a decent firmware update you can go back to it.. but I have another suggestion for setup. Get the above working first so you have a good first backup of all your computers.

  • Setting up Time Capsule for backup only on existing wireless network

    I have a wireless network already set up with a NetGear wireless router. Cable plugs into router, router connected via ethernet cable to my Power Mac G5 desktop, plus 2 PC laptops in the house also connect wirelessly to the home network via this router.
    I want to set up Time Capsule as an external hard drive to back up all three computers -- I don't necessarily need to use it as a wireless router although i'm not opposed to that if it's easier to do it that way.
    When i try to set it up using AirPort utility, i get the amber flashing light. Airport utility is able to discover the device, and then always asks if it's OK to switch networks. I've tried both "switch" and "don't switch"; either way when i try to set it up, AirPort utility stalls out on "Reading Time Capsule Configuration"; eventually giving me the error msg: "Base Station Error: AirPort Utility was unable to find your Apple wireless device."
    All i want to do is mount it as an external hard drive so i can use Time Machine for backup, and be able to use it to also back up the PC laptops wirelessly. I need help in the following three areas:
    1. How should I be physically connecting my devices if i want to do this? Which cables go in which ports? There is only one ethernet port on the back of my G5. The G5 can connect to the router either wirelessly OR via ethernet cable. I've tried G5-->Time Capsule-->Router, G5-->Router-->Time Capsule, Router-->G5 PLUS Router-->Time Capsule, and I've tried every variation on the regular ethernet and WAN ports. What's the right way to do this.
    2. If i'm not setting up the TC as a Wireless Router, is AirPort utility even the right tool for setting it up? it seems to be confused by the two wireless networks and won't let me get past that point. Am I supposed to click "Switch" when it asks me to switch networks? Is there a way to just mount it as an external drive and bypass the AirPort utility setup entirely?
    3. Once i get it set up so it's visible as an external drive and usable for Time Machine backup, how do i then make it available to the other PCs on the network so they can back up to it also?
    Thanks for your help.

    sarah,
    You already have an existing wireless network.
    You do not need to plug the Time Capsule into anything except power.
    Set the Time Capsule to "Join an existing wireless network"...
    That is all you need to do.
    Then all the computers should see the Time Capsule.
    If you can't see "Join an existing wireless network" in the choices, hold down on the option key and then click on the choices.
    Give that a try.

  • New dual-band time capsule but computers only access 2.4ghz channel

    Just set up a new dual-band Time Capsule (bought it prior to the latest release though). Everything is working so far - Time Machine, wireless internet - but I noticed that both computers in the apartment (2 Macbook Pros - one running 10.5.6, the other 10.6.1) are only accessing the wireless network on Channel 2 (2.4Ghz). And on the laptop running Snow Leopard, I'm only seeing transmit rates of between 50-100. On the Leopard laptop I see up to 130. Doesn't this suggest that the computers are only using the "b/g" band and not the "n" band? When I option-click on the airport menu icon on the SL laptop it does say PHY mode is 802.11n, but I have no idea what PHY mode means frankly.
    I feel as though the laptops should be connecting on a much higher channel and seeing much higher transmit rates (closer to 300?), but I'm not at all well-versed in these wireless realms. Any help would be much appreciated...
    thanks
    Tom

    Welcome to the discussions, Thomas!
    +"And on the laptop running Snow Leopard, I'm only seeing transmit rates of between 50-100. On the Leopard laptop I see up to 130. Doesn't this suggest that the computers are only using the "b/g" band and not the "n" band?"+
    If you were receiving "g" rates, the number would be 54 or less depending on the distance from the router to the computer, so you are seeing some "n" speeds from the 2.4 GHz network. I believe the default setting for this "guest" band is 802.11n (802.11b/g compatible).
    Would suggest that you contact Apple as a number of users have reported that either the main network or guest network is not functioning correctly.
    The default setting on the main network is 802.11n at 5 GHz, so if you have a good connection and are relatively close to the router, you should see speeds in the 200-270 range.
    Many users assume that 5 GHz is a stronger signal, but the facts are that 5 GHz signals are absorbed by walls and obstructions much more quickly than 2.4 GHz signals, so depending on your home construction, distance from router, etc., the 5 GHz signal may not be strong enough. Your computers will connect to the strongest signal. If that's the 2.4 GHz band, that's where they will connect.

  • Time Capsule v NAS drive

    I'm currently using a LaCie 2gb RAID NAS drive as a Time Machine backup for a MacPro, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. The laptops don't always find the NAS drive automatically, and I end up with corrupted sparsebundles.
    Would a Time Capsule do a better job for me and would it be faster than the NAS drive.

    BazzNK wrote:
    I'm currently using a LaCie 2gb RAID NAS drive as a Time Machine backup for a MacPro, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. The laptops don't always find the NAS drive automatically, and I end up with corrupted sparsebundles.
    Would a Time Capsule do a better job for me
    Probably.
    and would it be faster than the NAS drive.
    Doubtful.
    However, you have another option. Use a drive or drives in or connected to the MacPro. Back the MacPro up directly, to a dedicated volume. Back the laptops up to one or two volumes on or connected to the Pro, over your network, via sharing. See #22 in [Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of the +Time Machine+ forum).
    Another advantage to that is, if there's a problem, you can address it from the MacPro. And if it's a drive connected to it, you can connect the drive directly to the laptop in question. You can use +Repair Disk+ on the backups, or do a large or full system restore, much faster that way, too.

  • The airport on my Time Capsule will now only allow one device to connect at a time.

    When I first installed my new time capsule, everything worked beautifully. I had multiple devices connected to the AirPort and life was good.
    A few weeks ago, I swapped my cable modem and everything went bad from there. Now I can only connect one device wirelessly at a time.
    After lots of back and forth with Time Warner, a swap of the modem and may hours with tech support, it has been determined that my Time capsule is not assigning the 2nd, 3rd... devices a proper IP address. Instead, the IP addresses all begin with 169.
    What advice do you have. Is there a way to reset the whole darn thing? At this point, I am okay if I lose all of my backups.
    Thanks!

    What is the cable modem?? Make and model please.
    What model is your TC.. A1xxx from the base please??
    I suspect the issue is the TC is bridged and you have a pure modem.. you need to change it over to router mode..
    Here is what you need to do to setup the TC..
    The list is over long perhaps but is based on best network practice for Yosemite which is rather more than problematic.
    You don't say what OS you are running.
    Once you do this.. you also need to power down the modem if it is pure modem type (which is all that makes sense here). Leave it off for 20min while you do the setup of the TC and then power up the modem wait a couple of min and power up the TC..
    Expect serious issues if the modem is SB something.. 6121 or 6141 for example. And your TC is AC model.
    Start from a factory reset. No files are lost on the hard disk doing this.
    Factory reset universal
    Power off the TC.. ie pull the power cord or power off at the wall.. wait 10sec.. hold in the reset button.. be gentle.. power on again still holding in reset.. and keep holding it in for another 10sec. You may need some help as it is hard to both hold in reset and apply power. It will show success by rapidly blinking the front led. Release the reset.. and wait a couple of min for the TC to reset and come back with factory settings. If the front LED doesn’t blink rapidly you missed it and simply try again. The reset is fairly fragile in these.. press it so you feel it just click and no more.. I have seen people bend the lever or even break it. I use a toothpick as tool.
    N.B. None of your files on the hard disk of the TC are deleted.. this simply clears out the router settings of the TC.
    Setup the TC again.
    Then redo the setup from the computer with Yosemite.
    1. Use very short names.. NOT APPLE RECOMMENDED names. No spaces and pure alphanumerics.
    eg TCgen5 for basestation and and TCwifi wireless name.
    If the issue is wireless use TC24ghz and TC5ghz with fixed channels as this also seems to help stop the nonsense. But this can be tried in the second round. ie plan on a first and second round of changes to fix this.. hopefully.. I will point out other steps that can be round2.
    2. Use all passwords that also comply with 1. but can be a bit longer. ie 8-20 characters mixed case and numbers.. no non-alphanumerics.
    3. If the TC is main router you can skip this point. This is only an issue when the TC is bridged.
    Ensure the TC always takes the same IP address.. you will need to do this on the main router using dhcp reservation.. or a bit more complex setup using static IP in the TC. But this is important.. having IP drift all over the place when Yosemite cannot remember its own name for 5 min after a reboot makes for poor networking.
    4. Check your share name on the computer is not changing.. make sure it also complies with the above.. short no spaces and pure alphanumeric.. but this change will mess up your TM backup.. so be prepared to do a new full backup. Sorry.. keep this one for second round if you want to avoid a new backup.
    5. Mount the TC disk in the computer manually.
    In Finder, Go, Connect to server from the top menu,
    Type in SMB://192.168.0.254 (or whatever the TC ip is which you have now made static. As a router by default it is 10.0.1.1 and I encourage people to stick with that unless you know what you are doing).
    You can use name.. SMB://TCgen5.local where you replace TCgen5 with your TC name.. local is the default domain of the TC and doesn't change.
    However names are not so easy as IP address.. nor as reliable. At least not in Yosemite they aren't. The domain can also be an issue if you are not plugged or wireless directly to the TC.
    6. Make sure IPv6 is set to link-local only in the computer. For example wireless open the network preferences, wireless and advanced / TCP/IP.. and fix the IPv6. to link-local only. Do the same for ethernet if you use it.
    There is a lot more jiggery pokery you can try but the above is a good start.. if you find it still unreliable.. don't be surprised.
    You might need to do some more work on the computer itself. eg Reset the PRAM.. has helped some people. Clean install of the OS is also helpful if you upgrade installed.
    Tell us how you go.
    Someone posted a solution.. See this thread.
    Macbook can't find Time Capsule anymore
    Start from the bottom and work up.. I have a list of good network practice changes but I have avoided Yosemites bug heaven.
    Yosemite has serious DNS bug in the networking application.. here is the lets say more arcane method of fixing it by doing a network transplant from mavericks.
    http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/01/why-dns-in-os-x-10-10-is-broken-and-what-yo u-can-do-to-fix-it/

  • Use Airport Express as Internet hub, bridge Time Capsule for N-only?

    OK I checked on the forums, but I could not find anything quite specific it what I was trying to accomplish.
    I recently got a 500GB Time Capsule. I changed my network around, which was based off of two Airport Express stations – on in the office hooked up to internet & printer, one in living room hooked up to sound system – and made the TC the main hub, connecting modem to it's WAN port and bridging the office AX via LAN port in bridged mode, sharing the living room AX as WDS. This way, I had the TC in N-only mode in 5ghz spectrum using wide channels for fastest performance. All this worked well.
    Except that I noticed that with the TC in the office – where the laptops rarely are – my data transfer speeds were no better than .11g speeds. So I mucked around a little, and noticed that it really was just the case that the separation of distance & obstruction was slowing the transfer speeds over .11n-only that much!
    Well, it occurred to me that there may be another way. What I had intended to do was to hook up the modem back to the office AX, move the TC to the living room where it'd be "line of sight" to the laptops most of the time, and bridge the TC and living room AX over LAN. So the idea was to keep the networks separate wirelessly still, and have the internet "bridged" wirelessly from the office AX to the living room AX and then over LAN to the TC. The thinking was that the hit on the internet connection would not be noticeable as the threshold for that is well below the streaming capabilities of the AX network still, so I'd not lose anything there, but gain MUCH faster speeds with the TC in line-of-sight of the Laptops (3x as much in testing; with TC in office and laptops in living room, 1.3gb folder took 9 minutes, same folder line-of-sight testing took only 3 minutes).
    However, I CANNOT get this to work properly. I thought I really just needed to move the TC to the living room and bridge it there, as the services should be shared over the LAN port since the 2.4ghz AX are in "bridged" mode, but that didn't work. I kinda-sorta got it to work by forcing both the AX network AND the TC network into "bridged mode," but that didn't seem right or wise, so I tried some other settings, putting the TC to bridged and having the office AX distribute IP addresses, but then it wouldn't show up under restart, and I'm just confused now on how to set that up!
    What i need is: To have the "Office AX" hooked up to the modem & printer, on 2.4ghz since it's the older .11g model, with the "Living Room AX" on that same network. Then the TC in 5ghz N-only bridged to the Living Room AX via LAN, so it can share the services (internet & airtunes) and still get high data transfer speeds to the laptops via the advantage of Line-of-sight, non-obstructed networking.
    How do I need to set this up? It's possible, right?
    Message was edited by: Anthony Caltabiano

    OK while I was working out this morning, I was trying to think of WHY my setup wasn't working. I had an epiphany, and decided to try once more. This time, it worked.
    The problem was that originally I had the Living Room AX set up as a Remote, so it was hooking INTO the network, not extending it. I know that with that setup you can't hook up to THAT station and get internet or anything, you hook into the MAIN station and you can SEE the remote's services that are "plugged in" to it.
    I didn't think this would be an issue with the TC physically attached to the ethernet port, but apparently this behavior extends to the ethernet port on remote stations for internet access... I had a feeling that MIGHT be it, so I started from scratch, and this time set up the Living Room AX to extend the network instead of just joining it. Then hooking up the TC to the Living Room AX's ethernet port and selecting "Bridge Mode" on the TC got me the good ol' green light!
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