Time Capsule (early 2009) since yesterday my wifi connection is slow

hello,
since yesterday my wifi connection is very slow. all my ios devices in the wifi network connect much slower than in 3g with sides and apps. my mbp is linked with the capsule with a cable. it worked fine for 2 years.
any suggestions?
thx
shortyjoe

Is the Internet connection of your wired MBP fine? If so, then the problem may involve your local Wi-Fi.
Use the advice in the second message of this thread to investigate the signal and noise levels that each client sees. That will allow you to determine whether the problem is with low signal strength or noise.

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I felt the need for a physical backup of my data, as I would not completely trust the different clouds. I use, and have used Dropbox for 4-5 years and are very satisfied with that, but I am still not sure if or when a political lunatic will shut off the internet.
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I am thinking of returning the TC if I don't make it work now, but how do I delete all the data that's on it?

I can deal with the last question first and easily.
I am thinking of returning the TC if I don't make it work now, but how do I delete all the data that's on it?
Open the airport utility .. go to the disk tab and select erase.
When you select erase you will get mulitiple options.
Quick removes the file table but does not delete the files,, it takes 2min or less.
A Zero out data is the secure way,, by writing 0 ie low level drive format.
It can take several hours..
7 pass will take a week.. not recommended..
35 pass erase is ridiculous.. it would take a month.. put an ax through the TC. It is quick and better.
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The only way to tell is reset it properly to factory and start over.
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Hold in reset. and power the TC/AE back on.. all without releasing reset and keep holding in for about 10sec. (this is often difficult without a 2nd person or a 3rd arm).
Release it when the status light flashes rapidly. If it doesn’t flash rapidly you have missed it and try again.
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Be Gentle! Feel the switch click on. It has a positive feel.. add no more pressure after that.
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So I'm a little confuzzled here, hopefully somebody can help me out.
I have a router in the basement that all of my devices (MacBook, iMac, etc.) connect to. I have a Time Capsule (2nd generation) in my room (two stories above) that I use to backup my data. I decided to bring my (old) PC to my room and unfortunately it doesn't have a wifi card (Dell Dimension 4700 from 2005 running Windows XP).
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I've tried connecting my Time Capsule (wirelessly connected to my router) to the Dell via ethernet but internet still doesn't seem to be working on my Dell.
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mickair wrote:
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Welcome to Apple's discussion groups.
I have the latest Time Capsule ("TC"), an old Airport Extreme Base Station ("AEBS") bought in 2007 and 2 Airport Expresses, one bought in 3 months ago ("AE-Alpha") and the other bought back in 2007 ("AE-Beta"). All of them have been updated with the latest firmware.
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Why a relay? That's only needed if there's another base station "beyond" it that is configured to depend on it.
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2273124
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Physical location:
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I explained how to do the TC as a secondary network in the posts here. Look down the bottom of the discussion.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4817218?tstart=30
If any of that doesn't make sense just post again here..
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