Time Capsule as Wireless Base Station...

I'll start with my current network map to give you the logistics - then ask my question.  I think that might be easier!
My Time Capsule is currently connected to my ISP modem.  Wireless capabilities are turned off.  I then have an Asus router hardlined into the Time Capsule.  It's in Access Point mode - and wireless is on.  This setup works great for my purposes.
So now I'm wondering if I can turn the Time Capsule wireless on, and give it the same SSID as the Asus AP.  Is it possible that it will also serve as a wireless AP itself?  If so, is it as simple as creating a wireless network with the same settings as the Asus AP?
Thank you!

So now I'm wondering if I can turn the Time Capsule wireless on, and give it the same SSID as the Asus AP.
Yes, but in addition to giving the Time Capsule the same SSID as the Asus access point, you also need to give it the exact same setting for wireless security and same wireless network password.
Is it possible that it will also serve as a wireless AP itself?
Yes
If so, is it as simple as creating a wireless network with the same settings as the Asus AP?
Same SSID, same setting for wireless security, same wireless network password. Use the Automatic setting for Wireless Channels, or if you set channels manually, set each access point at least 3-4 channels away from the nearest other access point.
If the Time Capsule is in Bridge Mode now, keep it that way. If it is acting as the main router for the network, keep it that way as well.
With this type of setup, you will have what is known as a roaming network. Computers will automatically switch to the access point with the best signal quality as they "roam" from area to area.

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  • My iMac will not connect to time capsule used as base station in my roaming network

    I have a network that is made of up a Time capsule as a base station and 3 airport express's used to extend my wifi coverage. It is setup as a roaming network with each express hardwired to the base time capsule. I have a iMac that will not connect to the base station, it will only connect to one of the remote express's. The iMac is next to the base satation. Other mac notebooks, iPhone or iPads all connect to the base station when they are near it. Only my iMac will not connect to it. Any suggestions as to why this is happening or steps I can take to fix this.

    Hello FoxFamilyVA
    Check out the first article below to go through some troubleshooting options to get your iMac to connect to your Time Capsule. I would go through and remove it from the list of known networks that you join and then add it back in. I would also recommend that you try and create a new Network Location to see if there is an issue with your current configuration.
    Wi-Fi: How to troubleshoot Wi-Fi connectivity
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4628
    Using network locations (Mac OS X v10.6 and later)
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5289
    Regards,
    -Norm G.

  • Am I right in thinking that you can't extend your network wirelessly with a time capsule unless your base station is an apple one?

    My new time capsule will only allow me to extend my network via ethernet cable.
    What I really want to do is use it wirelessly as an extension wirelessly.
    The option is there (under other options in airport utility) but when I select it and move on it reverts back to create a new network.
    Why is this?
    Am I trying to achieve the impossible?
    I have an airport express and that be added to my network wirelessly with no issue at all.
    Please help
    Russell

    Can I just "join" the network with my time capsule like I have with my airport express?
    Apple does not present this option....but, even if they did.....this would be the worst possible option to use for backups.
    Can I use my airport express as a base (connected via Ethernet to the router) for my time capsule to extend from wirelessly?
    Yes, you can. The AirPort Express would be configured to "create a wireless network"......then.....the Time Capsule could be configured to "extend a wireless network".
    It is critically important that the Time Capsule be located where it can receive a very strong wireless signal from the AirPort Express in this type of setup. The more that you have line-of-sight between the AirPort Express and Time Capsule, the better your network performance will be and the faster that backups will occur to the Time Capsule.
    A better option in terms of performance would be to connect the Time Capsule to your current modem/router using an Ethernet connection and have the Time Capsule "create" the network. Then, use the Express to "extend" the network.
    Here, I am assuming that you have a new Time Capsule.

  • I BEG of you:  How do I replace an Airport Extreme base station with a 4th-generation Time Capsule as the base station?

    I'll be damned if I can figure this out.  I have a new late-2012 iMac (OS 10.8.3) connecting to my LAN via Airport wi-fi.  (It will be Ethernet-connected, as soon as a hole is drilled into my new work table, but right now the Ethernet cable doesn't reach.)  My wife uses a 2011 MacBook Air.
    The LAN consists of a flying-saucer-looking Airport Extreme connected by Ethernet to the modem, plus 2 old Airport Expresses.  I have an Ethernet switch too, through which I've got a TV connected and a printer connected. 
    I bought a 4th-generation Time Capsule about a year ago, but couldn't figure out for the life of me how to replace the Airport Extreme with it.  I became so incredibly frustrated that I hid it away in a closet until now.  I  just tried again, with the same results.  I've got both Airport Utility 5.6 (to use with the old Extreme and Expresses) and Airport Utility 6.2.  I was using version 6.2 to set up the Time Capsule... or to try to.  Once again, I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do it!  I tried so many different Ethernet wiring connections that I now cannot remember them well enough to describe them here.
    I distinctly remember that, when I tried this a year ago with my wife's MacBook Air and Airport Utility 6.2, I was presented at one point with the question whether I wanted to replace an existing base station with the Time Capsule I was trying to set up, but this time I never was presented with that option.
    Is there anyone who can, in essence, hold my hand and walk me through this process step-by-step?  At this point I even need to be instructed what to wire to what.  I feel like a total incompetent.
    My MOST sincere thanks in advance for help!
    (I hope Time Capsule is the correct forum for this question.  I considered the Airport forum as well, but I don't want to cross-post.)
    (And, just to complicate matters, after I get this done-- assuming I ever do-- I want to use the old Airport Extreme on the outside of the house to extend the range of my LAN to the back yard... but that's for another day entirely.)

    apikoros wrote:
    The Utility transferred all of the AE's settings, so I still have to change the password, which leaves me with only 2 other questions, I think:
    1)  I assume it's just a matter of using the Utility, entering a stronger password and checking for it to be remembered in Keychain Access.  But do I have to  change the password for each individual unit-- the TC, the Extreme and both Expresses-- or will changing it just for the TC alone work for the entire network?
    Resetting the password you will need to do for each device... the utility cannot even see those old units.
    So you will have to do it for each one.. think it through.. because as you change passwords the others will lose connection.. so start from the express which are wireless extending .. change those first.. and go back up the chain.. as each one changes it will drop off the network.. until you reach extreme and change that. Then you might need to reboot the whole network to get everything talking again. If something goes wrong.. just pluck that one out of the mix and plug in ethernet.. reset and redo the setup. That is my preferred method anyway.. do everything in isolation one by one. By ethernet and then nothing goes wrong.
    2)  Who's the treasonous SOB who spilled the beans to you about the ICBM in my back yard?!?
    N.Korean hackers.
    [Edit] Whoops-- one more question:  I want to partition the TC's disk, but Disk Utility doesn't see it.  What do I need to do?
    You cannot partition a network disk. And apple provided no tools for it in the TC itself. You can pull the disk out and partition it but that voids your warranty. (although done with care who is to know).
    Look at Q3 here.
    http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html
    Mixing TM and data on the TC is worth planning carefully. They don't necessarily sit happily together.

  • Started using my Time Capsule as a base station; now Time Machine won't work

    Dear community,
    I had been using my Time Capsule just for Time Machine backups, but I recently switched to using it as an internet base station as well. Now I can connect to internet via Wi-Fi, but Time Machine no longer works (it throws a "backup disk cannot be found" error). I assume this is related to the fact that the name of my Wi-Fi network differs from the name that my Time Machine used to have back when it was only my backup disk. Does anyone have any ideas for how to get Time Machine working again, hopefully without losing all my backup history? Thanks for your help.
    I am using a Time Capsule (circa 2012) and a late-2011 MacBook Pro with OS X 10.9.3.

    This is just typical Mavericks behaviour.
    You must find the hard disk for it. Poor Mavericks cannot find its own tail let alone a network device as complex as a hard disk.
    Does anyone have any ideas for how to get Time Machine working again, hopefully without losing all my backup history?
    Let me say, that killing your backups is harder than simple resets or changing functions. In fact the only way to wreck the backups is erase them deliberately from airport utility, or have TM working over a faulty link and corrupt them.
    The issue is simply that the hard disk is lost. And Bo Peep doesn't know where to find it.
    Step in and mount the hard disk manually.
    In Finder.. use Go, Connect to server.
    Type in AFP://TCname.local
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    So Fred Blog's Airport Time Capsule which you name it in the utility comes out.
    fred_blogs_airport_time_capsule as network name. Spaces and apostrophe are illegal.
    Let me encourage you to go back to the airport utility and rename the TC something sensible like TCgen4 (it is a gen4) and use TCwifi for the wireless name. Then the network name is at least something like the actual name.
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    The caps are irrelevant.
    The other and better way of doing it in Mavericks is use IP address of the TC if it is static. ie if the TC is main router it will have IP 10.0.1.1 by default.
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    (BTW you can discover the actual names of everything via the netstat scan from network utilities. In Mavericks Network Utilities has gone walkabout, so you will need to search for it in finder). You should see the actual network names of everything listed here. Along with MAC address and other info.
    Now you can reset TM and point it at the TC disk which is already open in finder.
    See info on TM reset here.
    A4 http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
    Please note when TM starts up it will show it is going to do a full backup.. this will not happen. It will discover the existing backup and then simply do incremental. (I hope!!) Nowadays with Mavericks nothing can be certain.
    Good Luck.. !
    Sorry I have made it over complicated.. Early morning here and not suitably caffeinated yet.
    If you run into trouble post back.

  • Time Capsule and AirPort Base Station (802.11n) Firmware 7.3.2 and the Apple support website link isn't working.  Does anyone have it?

    Hi,
    I have a Win7 Premium and a Time Capsule bought around 2009.  I'm using airport utility 5.5.3 and the TC has the 7.6.1 firmware.  I can both wirelessly and using the ethernet cabl connect to the network but not to the hard drive (I get the netbios error lthough netbios is enabled).  I have pretty much tried ALL the solutions that have worked for many people... too many to mention... the only thing that many people have claimed worked for the (albeit the posts are a bit old) is to revert to the 7.3.2 firmware which I cannot find.
    http://www.apple.com/support/?artnum=305301 brings me to the default support page for apple products, so no joy there.  this is causing my hair to go prematurely gray.
    I am willing to try almost any solution you guys may suggest, but in addition: does anyone know where the 7.3.2 firmware can be found?
    I don't need a book corner as I read most books in e-format...
    thanks in advance.

    Model# A1302
    When I do the "firmware update" I have no options except:
    other
    as a former IT, I have exhausted all options I think except for rolling back the firmware.
    The apple site isn't down but the page: http://www.apple.com/support/?artnum=305301
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    Thanks for your help in advance

  • Time Capsule / AirPort Extreme Base Station Firmware Update 7.5.1 download?

    Hi, I went to this page (link below) hoping to find the firmware download link but can't find it. All I see is the software update. I need the firmware update 7.5.1 for Airport extreme. Can someone send me the correct link?
    Thanks,
    Mike
    http://support.apple.com/kb/DL965

    Hi Mike,
    according to the page you linked, this firmware update is only applicable *"for late 2009 AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule"*
    There seems to be no direct download link. Maybe to avoid confusion.
    Do you have one of those ?
    If not this won't work.
    If yes, then use these instructions http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1218 to update using the Airport Utility (which you should update to 5.51 before).
    Hope it helps
    Stefan
    Message was edited by: Fortuny

  • My time capsule still functions as a wireless base station but I am now unable to find my back-up disc. find

    My current time capsule 1T still works as a wireless base station to connect my remote computer to the internet yet I can't bring up my Time Capsule hard disc. I keep getting this message when I try to back up and I am unable to retrieve my backup disc storage. Is it possible for this unit to fail from the back-up disc standpoint yet the WL function continues to operate. This is the 2nd failure that I have had w/ a Time Capsule.
         Jim

    The TC hard disk can fail.. they become generally unreliable at 3years but many fail well before that. If you have applecare on any computer and TC less than 3years old, check if apple might not replace it .. again.
    I am not clear what the message is when the connection fails.
    Need more info.. exact error..
    Does the smart test show errors in the TC for the hard disk?
    What model and size hard disk is it exactly? The A model number from the base will help.
    Have you reset the TC or even just rebooted it and the network.
    Some apple updates are rather less than satisfactory and I have found my TM target disk offline for the first time yesterday.. for no good reason.. a simple reboot got it restarted and the Mac able to detect it again.

  • Set Up Time Capsule as Wireless Router - Now How set up Time Machine?

    Time Capsule is performing great as wireless base station set up today. Extended the network and added AirTunes Airport Express - everything works great.
    Started Time Machine to configure the TC as the backup device for TM. Time Machine prompts me to "Set Up Time Capsule" and clicking that button brings me to Airport Utility. But there are no settings in the Airport Utility which allow me to configure the Time Capsule as the TM backup location.
    Any ideas? Thanks.

    Thanks for your reply and the article. It turns out the problem was that when I initially set up the Time Capsule in Airport Utility I checked the "not now" box when asked if I wanted to set up the TC for Time Machine backup. (I figured I could easily come back later to configure the TC for Time Machine.) I had to restart the AirPort Utility process and revert the TC to factory settings and then re-configure the TC while also setting up the wireless network and the Time Machine at same time. All is well now and after 6 hours overnight for the initial backup my iMac is backed up by TM on a regular schedule.

  • My home network has an Airport Extreme w/Time Capsule as the base and then an Airport Express and a second Airport Extreme to reach different areas of the house.  Is there a way to use the second Airport Extreme for file storage on this network?

    My home network has an Airport Extreme w/Time Capsule as the base and then an Airport Express and a second Airport Extreme to reach different areas of the house.  Is there a way to use the second Airport Extreme for file storage on this network?  Network is administered through an iMac running OS X Yosemite 10.10.2.  Ideally, would like for the second Airport Extreme hard drive to appear on the list of devices in the Finder window.

    Ok.. gottcha
    The problem is network wise.. Yosemite is about equal to tin cans and string.. pathetic.
    Here is my usual set of instructions to get anything working on Yosemite.
    The best way to fix problems is a full factory reset of all the AE in the network.
    Factory reset universal
    Power off the AE.. 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 AE 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.
    Then redo the setup from the computer with Yosemite.
    1. Use very short names.. NOT APPLE RECOMMENDED names. No spaces and pure alphanumerics.
    eg AEgen5 and AEwifi for basestation and wireless respectively.
    Even better if the issue is more wireless use AE24ghz and AE5ghz with fixed channels as this also seems to help stop the nonsense.
    2. Use all passwords that also comply but can be a bit longer. ie 8-20 characters mixed case and numbers.. no non-alphanumerics.
    3. Ensure the AE always takes the same IP address.. this is not a problem for AE which is router.. it is a problem for AE which is bridged.. you will need to set static IP in the main router by dhcp reservations or use static IP in the AE which is tricky.
    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..
    5. 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.
    6. Now mount the disk of the second AE in finder... manually.
    Use Go, Connect to Server and type in the AE ip address.
    SMB://10.0.1.2
    Where you will replace that address with the actual address. The network resource should be discovered and then it will request the password.. type that in and make sure you tick to save it in your keychain.
    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.
    Do as much as you want of the above... not all of it is necessary.. only if you want it reliable.. or as reliable as Yosemite in its current incarnation can manage.
    The most important thing is point 6.. mount the disk using direct IP address and not names.. dns in Yosemite is fatally flawed.
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  • Mac G5 drops/loses connection to Airport Extreme wireless base station

    When I power up my Mac, it connects normally to the AE wireless base station. After some time (sometimes minutes, sometimes hours) the connection will be lost, although all indications are that it is operating normally, i.e. the AE icon at the top of the screen shows that there is a connection, there are no error messages. The G5 is just not connected to the Internet: the browser won't connect to a Web site, I can't upload or download files to my Web space.
    I originally had the problem with a D-Link wireless router so I replaced that with an AE base station. I have replaced that AE base station with a new one (it's the one that looks like a flying saucer) thinking that I might have gotten a faulty one from the factory, I've replaced the original wireless card in the G5 with a ndw Airport Extreme card, I've moved the AE base station into the same room as the G5 (right now it hangs on the wall directly above the G5). I also connect a PC laptop and a MacBook Pro to the Internet via the AE base station and have no problem with either one of them. The G5 and MacBook are running Mac OS X 10.4.10, the PC is running Windows XP.
    Also, when I connect the router directly (hardwire) to the G5 it works fine.
    The router is a new Siemens Speedstream 4100 (this is also a replacement for the original router).
    Since all the equipment in my system has been replaced with the exception of the G5, I assume that the problem lies within the G5.
    Perhaps there are settings that can be changed on the G5 to make it more stable in the system,although I have enabled Interference Robustness to no improvement? I am at a loss to come up with a solution. I can't find any literature that addresses this problem specifically. Each time the connection is lost, I have to restart the G5 to get back online which means, of course, saving my data, shutting down all running programs and then restarting. Turning the AE card off and back on does not work.
    I would greatly appreciate any suggestions.
    Thank you,
    Don

    I could find no solution in the troubleshooting and set up pages. The only thing I couldn't check out was "Hardware access control" since I don't know how to access this control and no instructions that I could find were given as to how to do this.
    I ended up hardwiring the G5 directly to the Airport using the Ethernet ports. This is less than ideal since I am required to locate the Airport near the G5, defeating the purpose of having the Airport, at least for the G5. I am still able to connect my PC and MacBook Pro wirelessly, though and, ironically in the case of the PC, have never had any trouble with these. I am still baffled but don't have the time to "play" anymore and at least I have a functioning, if not ideal, system.
    I don't see the point in purchasing a new AE, since I have had this same problem throughout with various configurations and pieces of hardware and the problem persists in exactly the same way no matter what I swap out. I recently purchased and installed the latest issue of AE card in the G5. I think the problem is in the G5, either in the configuration or in the hardware.
    Thanks for your suggestions.
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  • How can I set up mhy Airport Express to extend my Time Capsule wifi wirelessly

    I want to extend my wifi off my Time Capsule with an Airport Experess in a part of my house that has no data cable ran to it. How do I do this?
    Thanks

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    How can I set up mhy Airport Express to extend my Time Capsule wifi wirelessly
    Assuming that you have the model A1264 or A1392 version of the Express, it must be located where it can receive a strong wireless signal from the Time Capsule to be able to extend it correctly.
    A good general location would be a point that is about half way between the Time Capsule and other area that needs more wireless coverage.
    You will use AirPort Utility on your computer to configure the Express. An iPhone or iPad could be used as well.
    We can provide more help....if you need it....but we'll need to know what version of AirPort Utility that you are using on your computer....or whether you want to use an iPhone or iPad to setup the Express.
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  • Can i use my time capsule to wirelessly backup my macbook and its external hard drive, which up until now was it's time machine and storage? How?

    Can i use my time capsule to wirelessly backup my macbook and its external hard drive, which up until now was it's time machine and storage? How?

    The external drive must be connected to the Mac using either USB or FireWire
    You must remove the external hard drive from the list of items that are "excluded" from backups in Time Machine Preferences.
    Here's how:
    Open System Preferences (gear icon on the dock)
    Open Time Machine
    Click Options
    Look for the name of the hard drive in the list of "excluded" items and click on it to highlight it
    Click the -- (minus) button at the bottom of the list to remove the hard drive from the list of "excluded" items....so it will now be backed up
    Strongly recommend that you do the first backup using Ethenret from your computer to the Time Capsule since the entire contents of the external drive will be copied on the first pass. Ethernet will be 3-5 faster than wireless.
    Once you have the first backup done, you can use wireless for subsequent backups since they will nornally be much smaller....unless you add large files to the external drive.

  • Time Machine backup to Time Capsule clobbers wireless network

    Dear All,
    When TimeMachine starts a backup to my new Time Capsule, the wireless network gets clobbered. Other computers on the network's throughput to external sites goes to basically zero (slow ping times, dropped packets- basically unusable.) Is this the expected behavior?
    The configuration I have for my home network is
    cable modem -> time capsule serving wireless network -> "g" network with 2-3 laptops (macbook pro and dell windows laptops.) The dells can't do anything when Time Machine runs, and since it runs hourly it is a bit irritating. I'm considering getting another Mac and then the downtime of my network would increase even more....
    Any help would be appreciated.
    Cheers
    Peter

    My old G5 has 802.11b, and back ups to TC are SLOW. But then the "wire speed" of g is 11M bits/s or ~1 MB/s, but in the real world if you got 100KB/s that's probably good. 100KB/s is only 6 MB/min or .36 GB/hr.
    So 2GB/.36GB which is 5.6 hrs.
    Or to put it another way that's about 3 GB/hr at very best.
    And that's ignoring stuff like compression!
    in short: not usable with 802.11g
    ===
    On my Mac Pro with 802.11n (54 Mbs) I get about 8x that because "n" is about 5x faster wire speed and seems to have better "software".
    e.g. I get about about 25 GB/hr on my ".11n" system
    Still way slow but at least useable.
    ===
    Moral of the story don't bother which TC if you don't have "n"

  • Is the apple time capsule a wireless router

    is the apple time capsule a wireless router

    Yes, it's a 802.11 a/b/g/n (pretty much all the popular wireless standards). If you get the latest generation, it will also give you TWO wireless networks - the main one for you and a guest network. It has dual bands so that your guests can connect outside of your network.
    It also has 4 Ethernet ports on the back to connect non-wireless devices.

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