Time Capsule closes Back To My Mac port!

I have my iMac setup to use the Back To My Mac feature and is connected to a Time Capsule running the latest firmware. What happens is that I won't be able to connect to the iMac from a remote location every so often. I will restart the Time Capsule and everything will be fine for a couple of days and then poof! it will be gone.
I can connect to my Time Capsule disk from a remote location no problem.
Could the Time Capsule just decide to close that port for some reason? I tried to open the port Back To My Mac uses and no such luck...
Any ideas?
Thanks!

solved after Software and Firmware Update

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    Hello,
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  • How do I set up time capsule to just backup multiple macs on a wireless network without using the TC in the bridge mode?

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    I have no idea about the modem and bridge mode (I don't do networking -- hopefully Bob Timmons, Tesserax, or one of the other networking gurus will drop in and address that).
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  • How to set up 2 time capsules to back up one computer?

    what can i say, i run a music studio, dj off of mp3's as well, and edit video in my spare time
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    messiah wannabe wrote:
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    That is correct. For backups, the Time Capsule is basically just a dumb HD; the Time Machine software on your Mac is what controls things, and it can only have one destination at a time, whether it's backing-up one or multiple HDs.
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    No, but it's fairly rare, and few want to do this wirelessly. And note that Time Machine was not designed for such situations, but as a very simple, "set it and forget it" backup tool for the novice to intermediate user, who's likely never used any backup app at all.
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    But for that much data, this is a very slow and cumbersome solution.
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  • Can I use my time capsule to back up or save files from my pc?

    My time capsule works great with my 2 Macs.   I just got a PC and would like to know if I can use the time capsule to back up or save files from my PC?

    You can.. but obviously PC is missing TM.. so you will need to use a backup software.
    Saving files to the TC is not really recommended.. but as long as you have lots of space is unlikely to cause problems.. the whole idea of TM though is to keep incremental backups on an hourly basis and will slowly fill the TC.. once space is short.. it can get messy.
    Also read Pondini who is positively against using it for other files.
    http://pondini.org/TM/TCQ3.html
    I suggest you read .. skim at least the FAQ so you actually understand what TM - TC is all about.
    A USB drive plugged into the PC makes a better backup
    1. It is formatted NTFS, ie native format and readable by any windows computer. A TC is a network device.
    2. USB drives are cheap. You can use 2 of them and store one offsite.
    3. USB traffic is not on the network.
    4. Storing files on the TC is bad as it is a backup target not itself backed up.
    5. In a pc you can add drive after drive after drive.. (assuming a desktop since you didn't say laptop). Only a Mac Pro can do that in the Mac world.. internal drives are cheaper than a. USB drives, b. network drives. And they are 10x or more faster.

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