Time capsule ethernet transfer slow

I have a new 3 tb time capsule.  I have used it to back up my mac before doing a fresh install.  I also transfered my large 250gb iphoto library via ethernet cable to the time capsule in a seperate folder.  When I completed the new install of mountain lion I used migration assistant to transfer the base data and then individually transfered documents and sub folders with minial fuss. 50 gb taking 1hr.  I am now trying to transfer the iphoto library and it is giving me a 7-22 days transfer time.  This makes no sense, please advise.

Time estimates are displayed using the current connection rate.
It is normal for the backup to start quite slowly as it tries to analyze all of the data to be backed up or transferred,  and then speed up significantly for the bulk of the transfer and then slow down a bit toward the end of the backup.

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    Facts
    I turned off Airport.
    I'm using an Ethernet CAT5 cable.
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    In the real world if you have ethernet 10/100/1000 and are using a cat 6 cable then expect no more than 11M/sec
    8 M/sec if wireless N
    4 M/sec if wireless B/G
    Cat5 you'd use for ethernet 10/100 narrow band width.

  • Very slow transfer to Time Capsule (Ethernet)

    I am trying to transfer 80 gb to my Time Capsule (Ethernet) but transfer is very slow (100 kb/s). How can I fix it?

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  • Time Capsule file transfer - why so slow?

    I've got a simultaneous dual-band Time Capsule serving as a router for my network, which includes a newer Macbook Pro and an older PowerPC G5.
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    When I transfer the same file from the G5 to the Time Capsule's drive, it takes about 190 seconds, about 11 MB/s or 86 Mbps.
    Why is the Time Capsule's drive so much slower? Are these speeds typical for the TC, for example, when you are using Time Machine to back up? (I don't use Time Machine myself, because I'm running Tiger.)
    When I hook the two computers directly to each other using ethernet, the same file takes 80 seconds to transfer (25 MB/s or 205 Mpbs).

    Well, that is a disappointment. And somewhat puzzling, given that TC is supposed to be a backup solution. You'd think it would be fast. I don't think the drive hardware itself is slow, given what I've read about them (Hitachi Deskstar?).
    I have the book you mention and looked up the quote. It also says, "This is partly due to inefficiencies in copying many small files in Apple Filing Protocol
    (AFP), and partly due to the low-power, but adequate, processor in the Extreme N (both models)."
    The AFP possibly explains why my G5 (Tiger) is slower at writing to the Time Capsule than my husband's Macbook Pro (Leopard).

  • Time capsule is very slow on wired Ethernet - tested from multiple sources

    I purchased a 2 TB Time Capsule today. I want to use it for automatic backups of my Macbook, and I also want to use it to store files from my Windows PC's.
    My TC is connected to my network using wred Ethernet only (Wireless is disabled in the TC)
    My problem is that transferring files to the TC is incredibly slow. I have been doing some research and found lots of articles that talk about wireless interference and various problems with interoperability between WiFi flavors. None of these would seen to apply as I am using only wired Ethernet to transfer my files.
    I also found a couple of discussions that describe how to make a change to the Mac's TCP/IP configuration to avoid a strange network condition slowing things down. This solution doesn't seem applicable as I am seeing the performance problem regardless of where I copy files FROM (I have a mixed environment with Windows and Linux and Mac systems)
    Also, I am aware that the inital backup with Time Machine will be slow but I don't think that's relevant to my situation.
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    The TC is running firmware 7.4.2.
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    I also had the same issue. My Time Capsule was connect to the Linksys router WAG325N. I had a wireless network broadcasted from the Linksys and a different one from the Time Capsule. When connected to the TIme Capsule wireless network i pinked the Linksys router and got 10% to 30% pack loss. When i pinked the Time Capsule i got 0% loss. I used the AirPort Utility and changed the "Internet" "Ethernet WAN Port" from automatic to "10 Mbps/Full Duplex" and this seem to fix the slow internet.
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  • Time Capsule access is slow

    I started this on a separate thread, 'cause my problem seems to differ a bit from most reported here.
    After updating to Lion, I noticed that file transfers to the Time Capsule disk are much slower. I'm not talking about Time Machine backups as most people have noticed (these, believe it or not, have now gone back to normal speeds after the first slow backups), but manually transferring a file onto the disk. It takes me around 15 minutes to transfer a 100MB file - and the progress bar is highly irregular! These slow speeds happen both via Ethernet or via wifi...
    Really not sure what my options could be on this one. It takes longer to transfer a file to my TC disk connected via Ethernet than to transfer it to another Mac on the same network via wifi! My other Macs (Snow Leopard machines) on the network can access the Time Capsule disk at normal speeds, even via wifi!
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    Hi Pedro,
    I'm having the exact same issue as you, whilst transfering files using finder to the Time Capsule or a USB drive attached to the Time Capsule it used to be quick really quick specially via Ethernet connection, after upgrading to Lion the speed is appaling and it can come to a stand still. I have a 100gb iTunes collection on the disk that used to work fine with Snow Leopard now I can't access it. Same goes for the multiple iPhoto collections I have there.
    I have tried to format USB drive and Time Capsule HD as well it did not help. Sometimes the transfers can take ages other times they just stop and Finder can be seen on activity monitor as being hanged.
    To rule out a problem with the Time Capsule I connected the Mac at work to a windows network I logged in and presto! All network transfers were bad in terms of speed, really bad!
    Decided to re-install Lion from scratch but alas the problem is still there.... appareltly Lion 10.7.1 is coming quicker than previously thought....

  • Time Capsule became very slow

    Hello all,
    Yesterday I decided to connect my time capsule (1tb) to my mac mini with an ethernet cable (cat6) instead of the wireless setup I have been using for quite some time. At first the transfer rate was high, as I expected, but then after an hour or two it became immensly slow. A file from 50mb would take over 30 minits to transfer from my timecapsule to the mac mini and vice versa.
    I changed the timecapsule setup throught the airport configuration tool, but the only thing increasing the speed was to change the setting for the ethernet - wan - port to 1000 mb/s, however this ended in high transfer rates but I could no longer connect to the internet.
    I started looking for solutions on the internet but all solutions did not solve my problem.
    I changed the ACK from 3 to 0 without any results...
    So that is why I posted this topic and I am desperately looking for help...

    Are you reusing an old backup? That can be very slow.. you need to create a new backup for the new computer.
    You need to figure out is this a general wireless issue.. or is it the TC just getting old.. a Gen2 is well past useby date.
    Look at A1 here. http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
    Or is that what you have there. Doesn't look like what I see in the Log.
    Test by copying a single large file to the TC.. say 1GB and checking the speed. If that is fast. then you need to figure the old backup is not working well.
    Also test with an ethernet connection so you can determine the issue is wireless or not.. when you test with ethernet shut off the wireless so it is not going to have two paths to the same destination.

  • Restoring Time Machine backup from Time Capsule.  Very slow times solved

    For me at least . .
    Like many people it seems, I have had enormous problems trying to restore data using Time Machine on a Time Capsule. The data had been backed up fine. The problem was the time for restore which initially was projected at 125 hours for 235GB. Reality suggested that (after 24 hours) this estimate was going to be about right and clearly unacceptable.
    I cancelled the backup and read as much as I could across bulleting boards.
    The main impression was of a howl of frustration from the many people who had experienced the same problem.
    The collected actions below were assembled from many threads and ultimately ended in success. I hope they help.
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    PowerMac G5 Power PC (2005) with 8GB DDR SDRAM (1000BaseT Ethernet connector). Mac OSX 10.5.8
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    I was restoring to a 1TB USB 2.0 Seagate External Desktop Drive (ST3100005EXD101-RK) attached via a USB Hub to the G5.
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    • As suggested in one thread, I replaced the Cat5 ethernet cable I was using with a Cat5e cable (Cat6 is better) to allow 1000BaseT connection to the G5.
    • I turned off Time Machine backups and MobileMe Sync.
    • I terminated all unnecessary applications the computer
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    I read more widely and then did the following:
    • I reformatted the Seagate target drive using GUID and Mac OS Extended (Journaled). (Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility>choose top level of target drive>Partition>choose number of partitions under Volume Scheme (1 for me)>Options (button under partition window)>GUID Partition Table>Apply and wait quite a while. I had originally had it as Apple Partition Map and GUID was recommended on one particular thread.
    • I plugged the target USB drive directly into the USB port on the front of the G5 to eliminate the hub as a potential cause of the slow data transfer.
    • Readings suggested that Spotlight might be trying to index one or both of the TC and the target drive. To prevent this the author suggested adding the TC unit and the target drive to the Privacy tab of Spotlight (System Preferences>Spotlight>Privacy. Click + at bottom of window and navigate to target drive/s to add). Activity monitor showed as much data being sent as received so this seemed a likely contributor to the problem. I added both drives as described.
    • Somewhere it was mentioned that IPv6 might be causing the problem. I turned it off (System Settings>Network>Built-In Ethernet>Advanced (bottom right of window)>choose “Off” in Configure IPv6 drop box.
    • I unplugged the Internet connection from the TC to ensure no chance of this being a factor.
    • My G5 doesn’t have an Airport but if you do you should also turn this off. You want to be quite certain that there are no connections that either the computer or the airport can channel data through other than the Ethernet cable.
    • I don’t have anti virus software but this should also be turned off as it seems this was slowing down data transfer for many people.
    • I shut down the G5, the USB target drive and the TC and restarted them all. After start up, I once again shut down all unnecessary programmes.
    I restarted the Restore and, after the customary long wait as it added up all the files to transfer, it announced that the restore would take 4 hours (as opposed to the five days it had suggested previously).
    Activity Monitor now shows data transfer rates of 17mb – 18mb per second and it looks like 4 hours is going to be about right. It also shows large amounts of data being received but now with negligible amounts being sent.
    I’m afraid I don’t know which of the above is the bit that solved the problem. It could be a combination but I believe that if you do all the above, your restores / backups will all go at an acceptable speed.
    A last note to thank all those individuals whose wise words I scoured for these instructions. I hope their collected suggestions are of some use to others.

    The migration assistant or the original backup?
    I tried WiFi, Ethernet and on the second attempt with a fresh backup on a USB drive.

  • Time Capsule connection is slow.

    I want to connect both my iMac and a windows PC laptop to the TC. The PC needs to connect via wireless, however the iMac is sitting close enough to connect via cable. When I use the TC to join a wireless network, both computers can connect, however file transfer between the TC and iMac or PC is extremely slow. I have tried connecting the TC to the iMac with a cat 5 cable and transfer is ok (still not the fastest) however the PC can not find the TC over the wireless network. Any sugestions? I thought connecting the TC via cable to my Belkin router to exend the wireless network would help, however this does not seem to work at all.
    Thanks

    Hello Bob,
    Excuse me jumping in here (first time I've posted on any discussion) but I am trying to understand what is wrong with my Time Capsule set up. With limited technical knowledge I usually find the newer Apple products easy to install and use, but since buying a TC this week (2TB) to back up my MacBook Pro at home I am not finding enough information in the install guide to assist. I have approx 400 gb to back up, have excluded several items now to reduce it to 230 GB but it is still so slow via wireless that it is going to take at least 3 or 4 days to run the first back up. I understood that the first back up takes longer than usual, so connected an ethernet cable to hopefully make it faster. I am not convinced that the cable is even making any difference and now reading your comment below, am thinking I have to disconnect from the wireless connection so that the Ethernet works. IS this correct? I then assume I have to go back in after the first back up and re-set it to connect wirelessly?
    When the TC is configured to "join a wireless network", the device performs no routing functions, so the Ethernet ports are disabled. All backups occur over wireless only, (even if you have an Ethernet cable connected)
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    thank you.

  • Time Capsule HD 2TB slow

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    Spanish
    Ayer compré una Time Capsule, y comencé a mover mi musica y videos, fueron como 500Gb, sin embargo, cuando intenté acceder a ellos por el Finder comenzó a ponerse lento y tardaba en mostrar el contenido de la carpeta. ¿Qué sucedió?
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    Gracias

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  • Time Capsule disk access SLOW!   2TB - Dual band

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  • My time capsule is definetly slow

    Hello all!
    I just bought a 1TB time, very nice item, but I'm really upset for its performances, it's really too slow.
    I warmly hope it's cause my configurations otherwise I've to return it to apple so I hope I can get some good suggestion from you skilled users. My home network is so composed:
    I have a modem router with 3 imac connected to it, then in the forth port it's connected the cable with the time capsule, where I plugged it in the wan port. On the time capsule a mac mini is connected via cable, while an appletv and a laptop are connected via wireless. There is also a hard disk on the usb port. Before the TC I was using to share internet via wireless from the mac mini.
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    Thank you alot!

    I'm afraid I won't be of much help, as I only recently got my Time Capsule (mines working fine but I dont use bridged mode).
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    Open up Network Utility; what's your speed for Airport? When I didn't turn on 5GHz, it was at 54Mbit/s; now, it's 300 Mbit/s.
    I'm not sure if this helps... if u get 3Mbps, then maybe u got a lemon, or there is something interfering... (personally, I had a AV transmitter that was also on channel 1, and that disrupted my wireless g)
    Dunno... someone with more experience chime in pls!

  • HT5097 connect a macbook to a time capsule to transfer data?

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    Are you accessing the old Time Capsule by Wi-FI? Try hooking the new Time Capsule to the old Time capsule to see if they will both show up in Finder. If so, copy your files across.

  • After installing Time Capsule internet connection slow

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