Time Capsule extremely unreliable
I'm using a 1GIG Time Capsule as my router, for wireless access, and as a hard drive. It is wired to both my MacBook Pro and my PS3. I'm using it as a PPPoE device connected to a modem on my phone line. The problem is that the Time Capsule seems to be extremely unreliable. It will work for 10 minutes or 24 hours, but then it will stop communicating with the internet. I'll have to unplug it, quit my bittorrent client, plug it back in, and then it will work again, for a while. Also, when I mount it to use it as my iTunes library, I can't count on the hard drive to stay mounted. It will just drop with no explanation, and again I'll have to unplug it and plug it back in. Then it will work fine for a while. Unfortunately, a lot of the time these problems happen at night when I can't monitor them. Does anybody have any suggestions what could be causing this? Unfortunately, my knowledge of networks etc. is minimal. But I don't understand why it will work for hours or days, and then suddenly stop. Also, my net monitor tells me I'm downloading as much as 24GIG of data in the course of a day, which is absolutely ridiculous. Could this be related?
My first inclination is to say revert to your previously working excellently OS. Since the issue is clearly Mavericks and not the TC.
For most people upgrades are one way because you have no disk image to revert and TM doesn't actually work that well.
Fix it by
1. Factory reset of the TC.
Universal Factory Reset.. any model TC or AE.
Unplug your TC/AE from power or turn off at the power point.
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.
Note..
Be Gentle! Feel the switch click on. It has a positive feel.. add no more pressure after that.
TC/AE will reboot after a couple of minutes with default factory settings and will wipe out previous configurations of the router.
No files are deleted on the hard disk in a TC.. No reset of the TC deletes files.. to do that you use erase from the airport utility.
2. In the new setup use all SMB names.. Mavericks now uses SMB network protocol by default.
SMB names are short.. 2-20 characters is plenty.. less than 10 is great.
No spaces.
Pure alphanumeric. No apostrophe.
The only security worthy of the name is WPA2 Personal. Use either nothing.. or that.
Password should be 10-20 characters pure alphanumeric.
3. Ensure the wireless and ethernet on the computer are set to link-local for ipv6.
4. use ethernet for speed testing. NOT WIRELESS.
If the ethernet speed is as expected you are ready to begin wireless testing.
Wireless has one zillion things which can go wrong.
Check the wireless diagnostics in the computer.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5606
The issue with wireless may have nothing to do with the TC and is pure Mavericks driver issues.
Good luck.
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How do I use my airport time capsule extreme as a external hard drive
How do I access files and save files to my airport time capsule like its an external HD. How do I access the external HD that is connected to the time capsule?Ai
The TC is no different to any other network drive... you mount the drive and copy the files to it.. or copy files from it.
Same with USB drive plugged into the TC.
BUT.. TC is not suitable for live files.. ie files you are actively editing and working on. It is storage.. not working disk space.. and the USB drive more so.. it is slow.. much slower than same USB plugged into the computer by at least half.
And USB 2 wasn't that quick to begin with. The TC itself is slow.. although over wireless it is actually wireless that is the hold up.
Here is what I normally say for this question. It is asked every day.. often several times.
Store files on the TC.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/24380694#24380694
This is asked several times a day.. obviously people are struggling with their latest SSD being too small.
The TC is not suitable for network file server.. but many people having no choice press it into service as such.
It cannot be partitioned. It was and is and ever shall be a backup device for Time Machine.
Major issues.
1. No backup.. no way Time Machine can backup a network drive. No place to backup to.. So all your files will be at risk. And you will need to buy a third party like CCC to do backup. You will also need a USB drive somewhere else in the network to act as target for backups.. and if you use the TC itself over wireless you will experience a new definition of pain and suffering.. slow.. extremely slow..
(cf Belly of the sarlacc http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sarlacc)
2. The TC cannot be partitioned and mixing TM backups and data is not great.
3. The drive is slow to spin up and quick to spin down.. there is no controls.
4. iPhoto in particular can easily corrupt its entire library with wireless networking causing a disconnection to one photo. Even if you do this;;; do not move your photo library... you have been warned!!
5. iTunes will constantly lose connection to the library. The disk is too slow to respond.. itunes on the computer will constantly spit out errors. Even in the midst of streaming the TC can spin down the disk due to caching.
6. Do not use any live files on the TC no matter what else you do.. if you edit files in whatever program the file must be on the local hard disk.
7. The only suitable location for most libraries is a computer. You can plug in an external hard disk.
Read pondini for some work arounds.
Q3 here. http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html -
Time Capsule extremely slow recover
Hi and tnxs for reading.
Since my iPhoto Library has been corrupted, I am trying to test some old versions/backup by restoring them from my Time Capsule (2TB last version on the Apple Store), but unfortunately the process is extremely slow. My iPhoto Library is 35GB and the required time for the transfer is about 5 days!!
I did some tests: no prob with the WiFi: if I try to manually transfer a 1GB file on WiFi in the finder from my Mac to the TC disk it takes a few minutes. However, the iPhoto Library recover from TC is taking ages... any idea??The iphoto library is a huge number of small files.. not one big file.
Wireless is extremely inefficient at handling the data stream plus all the back and forth file info required .. please use ethernet.
Simply plug in ethernet.. make sure you have a connection then turn wireless off.. If it stops the file transfer I am very sorry. You will need to start over most likely.
IPv6 can also help but you need it set correctly to link local only .. auto is not good enough. -
IGMP snooping functionality on apple time capsule & extreme
Hi,
I use an apple time capsule which has 7.7.3 version in it. There is an option in apple capsule to enable or disable IGMP snooping,
Does apple capsule disables forwarding multicast packets on disabling IGMP snooping?
On wire-shark, I can see an IGMP query message is going out of apple capsule on enabling "IGMP snooping" and there is no IGMP query message from apple capsule when IGMP snooping is disabled. Based on IGMP V3 standard, a IGMP query is sent by router. On "IGMP snooping" disabled case, is it host's responsibility to forward multicast packets?
And I have an airport extreme as well which does not have IGMP snooping enable/disable functionality. How IGMP and multicasting works on this?
ThanksAnd I have an airport extreme as well which does not have IGMP snooping enable/disable functionality. How IGMP and multicasting works on this?
What model and firmware is the extreme?
If you look under the wireless options in the 5.6 utility it shows multicast as preconfigured to on.. and set to low by default. you had the option to set higher if you wished with the result that more of the wireless bandwidth was reserved to handle multicast.
You might need to use the older utility if it is Gen5 or earlier as some functionality was simply removed in the v6 airport utility and never returned.
IGMP never rates a mention.
On wire-shark, I can see an IGMP query message is going out of apple capsule on enabling "IGMP snooping" and there is no IGMP query message from apple capsule when IGMP snooping is disabled. Based on IGMP V3 standard, a IGMP query is sent by router. On "IGMP snooping" disabled case, is it host's responsibility to forward multicast packets?
I cannot answer your specific question.. but is the IGMP set on by default?? If so I expect apple was thinking it should automatically handle the bandwidth demand whereas the older ones had issues with this and needed manual setting when using wireless. If you turn it off then multicast will have issues I am guessing. -
TM + Time Capsule extremely slow
Hi, Since a few weeks, I am trying to make a new backup with Time Machine on my Time Capsule. Since there are changes for about 56 Gb, I started it when I went to sleep last night. This morning, it was still backing up and reached the point of 5,55Gb. That there are changes or 56Gb has to do with a problem I had with iPhoto - I guess - because I moved all off my photos to an external disk.
It means that if I continu this backup, I'll have to wait for about ... 10 days?!?
I turned off any energy saving mode that could put my HD in standby.
Suggestions, anyone?Mattias De Regge wrote:
Since a few weeks, I am trying to make a new backup with Time Machine on my Time Capsule. Since there are changes for about 56 Gb, I started it when I went to sleep last night. This morning, it was still backing up and reached the point of 5,55Gb. That there are changes or 56Gb has to do with a problem I had with iPhoto - I guess - because I moved all off my photos to an external disk.
It means that if I continu this backup, I'll have to wait for about ... 10 days?!?
I'd turn off Wi-Fi on your MacBook Pro and connect it to the Time Capsule with an Ethernet cable (which may involve adding an Ethernet item in the Network panel of System Preferences) until your first Time Machine backup is finished. That's likely to make your backup run much faster. Once that's done you can restore the earlier settings. -
time capsule drop wifi connection issue .I have already upgraded new firmware 7.7.3 but problem in not solve i am very confuse to resolving this issue.also i attached my log here.
May 15 11:37:43
5
Initialized (firmware 7.7.3).
May 15 11:37:50
5
Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 3).
May 15 11:37:50
5
Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 2).
May 15 11:37:50
5
Rotated TKIP group key.
May 15 11:37:51
5
Clock synchronized to network time server time.apple.com (adjusted +1 seconds).
May 15 11:37:54
5
Associated with station b8:e8:56:1f:2c:98
May 15 11:37:54
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant b8:e8:56:1f:2c:98
May 15 11:38:27
5
Associated with station 78:a3:e4:ba:90:42
May 15 11:38:27
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 78:a3:e4:ba:90:42
May 15 11:39:14
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49439.
May 15 11:40:49
5
SMB/CIFS login OK from [email protected].
May 15 11:43:14
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49452.
May 15 11:43:19
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49454.
May 15 11:43:20
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49456.
May 15 11:43:42
5
Disassociated with station b8:e8:56:1f:2c:98
May 15 11:43:43
5
Rotated TKIP group key.
May 15 11:44:20
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49460.
May 15 11:45:21
5
SMB/CIFS login OK from [email protected].
May 15 11:47:33
5
Associated with station b8:e8:56:1f:2c:98
May 15 11:47:33
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant b8:e8:56:1f:2c:98
May 15 11:47:34
5
Disassociated with station b8:e8:56:1f:2c:98
May 15 11:47:35
5
Rotated TKIP group key.
May 15 11:47:57
5
Associated with station e4:92:fb:dc:02:0b
May 15 11:47:57
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant e4:92:fb:dc:02:0b
May 15 11:49:25
5
SMB/CIFS login OK from [email protected].
May 15 11:50:37
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49472.
May 15 11:50:42
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49474.
May 15 11:50:44
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49476.
May 15 11:51:18
5
SMB/CIFS login OK from [email protected].
May 15 11:51:25
5
SMB/CIFS login OK from [email protected].
May 15 11:51:53
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49478.
May 15 11:53:07
5
Idle timeout for station e4:92:fb:dc:02:0b
May 15 11:53:07
5
Disassociating with station e4:92:fb:dc:02:0b (reserved 4).
May 15 11:53:07
5
Disassociated with station e4:92:fb:dc:02:0b
May 15 11:53:07
5
Rotated TKIP group key.
May 15 11:54:45
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49497.
May 15 11:54:52
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49499.
May 15 11:54:57
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49502.
May 15 11:55:15
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49504.
May 15 11:55:24
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49506.
May 15 11:55:45
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49508.
May 15 12:05:39
5
SMB/CIFS login OK from [email protected].
May 15 12:05:40
5
unloading current configuration.
May 15 12:05:55
5
Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 3).
May 15 12:05:55
5
Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 2).
May 15 12:05:55
5
Rotated TKIP group key.
May 15 12:05:56
5
Clock synchronized to network time server time.apple.com (adjusted +0 seconds).
May 15 12:06:00
5
Associated with station 78:a3:e4:ba:90:42
May 15 12:06:00
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 78:a3:e4:ba:90:42
May 15 12:06:45
5
Disassociated with station 78:a3:e4:ba:90:42
May 15 12:06:45
5
Rotated TKIP group key.
May 15 12:07:19
5
Associated with station 78:a3:e4:ba:90:42
May 15 12:07:19
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 78:a3:e4:ba:90:42
May 15 12:09:15
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49576.
May 15 12:09:35
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49578.
May 15 12:09:49
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49580.
May 15 12:25:40
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49709.
May 15 12:25:51
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49711.
May 15 12:26:12
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49717.
May 15 12:27:40
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49723.
May 15 12:27:41
5
unloading current configuration.
May 15 12:27:56
5
Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 3).
May 15 12:27:56
5
Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 2).
May 15 12:27:56
5
Rotated TKIP group key.
May 15 12:28:00
5
Associated with station 78:a3:e4:ba:90:42
May 15 12:28:00
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 78:a3:e4:ba:90:42
May 15 12:29:23
5
SMB/CIFS login OK from [email protected].
May 15 12:29:31
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49730.
May 15 12:29:31
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49732.
May 15 12:34:15
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49739.
May 15 12:34:16
5
unloading current configuration.
May 15 12:34:31
5
Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 3).
May 15 12:34:31
5
Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 2).
May 15 12:34:31
5
Rotated TKIP group key.
May 15 12:34:49
5
Associated with station 78:a3:e4:ba:90:42
May 15 12:34:50
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 78:a3:e4:ba:90:42
May 15 12:36:07
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49745.
May 15 12:36:08
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49747.
May 15 12:40:40
5
Associated with station 10:68:3f:46:d2:69
May 15 12:40:41
1
WPA handshake failed with STA 10:68:3f:46:d2:69 likely due to bad password from client
May 15 12:40:41
5
Deauthenticating with station 10:68:3f:46:d2:69 (reserved 2).
May 15 12:40:41
5
Disassociated with station 10:68:3f:46:d2:69
May 15 12:41:48
5
Disassociated with station 10:68:3f:46:d2:69
May 15 12:42:12
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49759.
May 15 12:42:13
5
unloading current configuration.
May 15 12:42:28
5
Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 3).
May 15 12:42:28
5
Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 2).
May 15 12:42:28
5
Rotated TKIP group key.
May 15 12:42:32
5
Associated with station 78:a3:e4:ba:90:42
May 15 12:42:32
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 78:a3:e4:ba:90:42
May 15 12:44:04
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49768.
May 15 12:44:10
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49771.
May 15 12:45:03
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49773.
May 15 12:45:03
5
unloading current configuration.
May 15 12:45:18
5
Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 3).
May 15 12:45:18
5
Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 2).
May 15 12:45:18
5
Rotated TKIP group key.
May 15 12:45:23
5
Associated with station 78:a3:e4:ba:90:42
May 15 12:45:23
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 78:a3:e4:ba:90:42
May 15 12:46:23
5
Associated with station e4:92:fb:dc:02:0b
May 15 12:46:24
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant e4:92:fb:dc:02:0b
May 15 12:46:43
5
Associated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:46:43
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:46:58
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49780.
May 15 12:47:02
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49782.
May 15 12:47:05
5
Associated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:47:05
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:47:13
5
Associated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:47:14
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:47:27
5
Associated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:47:30
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:47:39
5
Disassociated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:47:40
5
Rotated TKIP group key.
May 15 12:47:44
5
Associated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:47:44
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:49:07
5
Disassociated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:49:07
5
Rotated TKIP group key.
May 15 12:49:13
5
Associated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:49:13
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:51:19
5
Associated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:51:20
5
Associated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:51:20
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:51:26
5
Associated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:51:30
5
Deauthenticating with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50 (reserved 2).
May 15 12:51:30
5
Disassociated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:51:31
5
Rotated TKIP group key.
May 15 12:51:31
5
Associated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:51:31
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:51:34
5
Associated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:51:38
5
Associated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:51:40
5
Deauthenticating with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50 (reserved 2).
May 15 12:51:40
5
Disassociated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:51:40
5
Associated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:51:41
5
Rotated TKIP group key.
May 15 12:51:42
5
Associated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:51:42
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:51:47
5
Associated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:51:49
5
Associated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:51:49
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:51:55
5
Associated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:51:57
5
Associated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:51:59
5
Deauthenticating with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50 (reserved 2).
May 15 12:51:59
5
Disassociated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:51:59
5
Rotated TKIP group key.
May 15 12:52:05
5
Associated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:52:09
5
Deauthenticating with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50 (reserved 2).
May 15 12:52:09
5
Disassociated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:52:20
5
Disassociated with station 24:fd:52:d0:3c:50
May 15 12:59:22
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49810.
May 15 12:59:22
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49812.
May 15 13:00:07
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49817.
May 15 13:00:07
5
unloading current configuration.
May 15 13:00:22
5
Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 3).
May 15 13:00:22
5
Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 2).
May 15 13:00:22
5
Rotated TKIP group key.
May 15 13:00:35
5
Associated with station 78:a3:e4:ba:90:42
May 15 13:00:35
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 78:a3:e4:ba:90:42
May 15 13:02:00
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49826.
May 15 13:02:00
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49828.
May 15 13:03:14
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49832.
May 15 13:03:15
5
unloading current configuration.
May 15 13:03:31
5
Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 3).
May 15 13:03:31
5
Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 2).
May 15 13:03:31
5
Rotated TKIP group key.
May 15 13:04:03
5
Associated with station 78:a3:e4:ba:90:42
May 15 13:04:03
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 78:a3:e4:ba:90:42
May 15 13:05:07
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49843.
May 15 13:05:07
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49845.
May 15 13:06:15
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49848.
May 15 13:06:16
5
unloading current configuration.
May 15 13:06:31
5
Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 3).
May 15 13:06:31
5
Deauthenticating with station ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (reserved 2).
May 15 13:06:31
5
Rotated TKIP group key.
May 15 13:07:04
5
Associated with station 78:a3:e4:ba:90:42
May 15 13:07:04
5
Installed unicast CCMP key for supplicant 78:a3:e4:ba:90:42
May 15 13:08:08
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49854.
May 15 13:08:09
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49856.
May 15 13:08:20
5
Connection accepted from [::ffff:192.168.1.170]:49858.
May 15 13:12:31
5
unloading current configuration.
May 15 13:32:36
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WPA handshake failed with STA 1c:7b:21:9c:20:fd likely due to bad password from client
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WPA handshake failed with STA 1c:7b:21:9c:20:fd likely due to bad password from client
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WPA handshake failed with STA 1c:7b:21:9c:20:fd likely due to bad password from client
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WPA handshake failed with STA 1c:7b:21:9c:20:fd likely due to bad password from client
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WPA handshake failed with STA 1c:7b:21:9c:20:fd likely due to bad password from client
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WPA handshake failed with STA 10:68:3f:46:d2:69 likely due to bad password from client
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WPA handshake failed with STA 10:68:3f:46:d2:69 likely due to bad password from client
May 15 15:21:41
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WPA handshake failed with STA 10:68:3f:46:d2:69 likely due to bad password from clientIt says you have the wrong password.
WPA handshake failed with STA 10:68:3f:46:d2:69 likely due to bad password from client
Reset the TC to factory and start again.
But do not be surprised if the v5 utility no longer works to do the setup. -
Time Capsule connectivity questions
Hi everyone...let me preface with Thank You ...I have spent hours trying to figure out my question and I hope I can get some guidance here.
Essentially this is what I am trying to accomplish....
I want Time Capsule to connect to my AT&T 2wire i38HG modem/router wirelessly. Then I would like to setup Time Capsule to broadcast a network that I would make private for all of my personal mac products to connect threw.
Also..I have a lot of data I want to transfer from my WD passport to Time Capsule. Currently I have my TC connected to my existing wireless network only. When I plug ethernet between my MacBook Pro and TC nothing happens. My knowledge tells me that this is occurring because it isn't directly connected to the AT&T i38HG/isn't being used as an Airport.2. Now when I look at my back disk (the time capsule extreme) it is showing two separate backups one the original one of 2 days ago named for my computer and a new one almost the same gigabytes (139gb) which it has called Macintosh sparse bundle ????
That is really odd.. TM should pick up that the original backup was there.. unless you made some major difference and I mean like a change of hard disk in the Mac it should not change to a new sparsebundle.. you are working a bit in the unknown there..
I would lie to be able to have backups only happening once a day as I run 5 apple tvs on my network and the time capsule is my base airport hub for this. As I am not a large business daily backups are plenty.
Any ideas re what to do about 2? Should I unplug Ethernet , select wifi as primary again and see if back up to my named computer backup happens automatically. Then trash the Macintosh sparse bundle one?
Ps my wifi and my Ethernet seem equally fast - ie about 30 mins per gigabyte download for movies.
You can use a utility that is able to reset the period TM backs up.
http://pondini.org/TM/13.html
You can delete the backup you don't want..
I would also do what you suggest.. disconnect ethernet and go back to wireless and see which backup is used.
Q12 in the same reference. For how to delete the backup.
Sorry I am editing the answer because I got mixed up between extreme and time capsule.. the older post I cannot change. -
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.
See http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/01/why-dns-in-os-x-10-10-is-broken-and-what-yo u-can-do-to-fix-it/ -
Time Capsule vs. Airport Extreme w/ HD vs NAS
It looks like I'm having trouble with my current Time Machine drive and will need to replace it.
I'm considering several options.
I mainly use Time Machine with a FireWire 800 drive for quick backup of my iMac. I'm pretty lax about backing up my MacBook, though--months going by before I remember to attach it to a different drive to back it up, too. So, I've been considering a network solution; the dying Time Machine drive is sort of the kick I needed to go ahead.
Obviously, a Time Capsule is a quick and easy solution to it all. However, one concern is that, as with other multipurpose devices, is that if one part dies, that pretty much kills the second part--i.e., if the hard drive fails, then I must (potentially) replace the whole unit (from what I've heard, replacing the drive in a Time Capsule isn't for the faint of heart).
Then there's an Airport Extreme; from what I understand, you can attach a USB drive to the newest models for use as a Time Machine backup:
http://tidbits.com/e/14347
Of course, that's USB 2, which'll be on the slow side as compared to FW 800, but there's the benefit that if I need to restore, I can detach the drive from the AE and hook it up straight to the Mac, which should be quicker than a wifi restore (for the MacBook; I'd have the iMac hooked via Ethernet).
But there's the consideration that I have a FiOS router, so I don't really NEED another one; I don't think the Time Capsule or Airport really gives me much more than the FiOS router does, and I'd still need the Verizon router attached anyway for other services.
So, the last choice is an NAS drive. It might not play as well as a TM drive, as Apple did take some pains to support their own hardware... are there NAS drives that work better as Time Machine drives than others?
So, the essential question is, what would make the best Time Machine backup, if I want to back up two Macs (one by wifi)?Well thought out question.
Not easy to answer.
Some considerations..
1. A fast wireless router is worthwhile.. I am not sure of the FIOS but if it has only 2.4ghz it is restricted to 130Mbps in the Apple products even if it can do 270 or 300Mbps on all the rest. Apple deliberately restrict 2.4ghz to N lite. So you need a router that is 450Mbps or better the new AC version at 5ghz. And you need that router near where the Macbook usually resides. 5ghz fast connections are not going to be long range.
So you can buy a Gen5 AE.. or even a second hand Gen4 TC.. either are pretty good buys. The Gen5 AE I see on ebay all the time for around the $80 mark including post. The Apple refurbished store might even have stock.
And of course Apple are not the only brand.. you can buy excellent high speed wireless routers .. Asus RT-AC66U soundly beats the AC apple version.. (wonder how long that sentence will last!!)
AC is worthwhile if your Macbook is AC .. otherwise the older Gen5 AE are good value.
2. I reckon a 1 year old TC Gen4 is also a good buy.. they sell around $150 in our market. Easy to setup.. fairly reliable. And you are not going to be worried to open it up and swap the hard disk.. which is actually easy.
ifixit rate it as moderate.. really it is less than that .. if you can read instructions.
http://www.ifixit.com/Device/Apple_Time_Capsule
3. A fast drive.. FW800 are still very good.. USB3 better and Thunderbolt tops but bank account emptying experience. It is possible to share the drive to the network.
http://code.stephenmorley.org/articles/time-machine-on-a-network-drive/
That is the best combo.. use the local external with TM.. and do it over wireless with to the iMac shared drive from the Macbook.
4. NAS is a good but they can be unreliable.. even a USB drive on the AE can be unreliable. Up to the Gen5 Apple said it was not supported. Many people found out it was NOT supported... really.. not supported.. although it works for some.. How much is your data worth?? -
Internet - AirPort Extreme (b/g) - Time Capsule - File Server
I've got a small office network where files are served off a Mac mini, and iMacs connected via 802.11n wifi to the wired mini via Time Capsule. I have a spare AEBS (b/g) that I was thinking of setting it up for iPhone and guest access of internet. To keep the mini and iMacs secure, the set-up would be:
Internet -> AirPort Extreme (b/g) -> Time Capsule -> Mac mini and iMacs
The only issue I'm contemplating - the slower Ethernet ports on the Extreme - which I don't think is a problem for connecting to the Internet. Is there anything else I should be concerned about regarding network performance?
Thanks in advance for the collective wisdom!
Message was edited by: openarchitectureThat would work. The Ethernet ports on the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) is faster than your internet connection so you shouldn't have a problem.
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I have an AirPort Extreme Time Capsule wifi router and I just moved to a new house and I need to relocate the device without losing any of my old backups from my old mac as well as my new Mac! I could really use some advice on how to do it without any problems! I really appreciate it!
Physical location has no bearing on anything, since you're also moving your network and all other devices. Just plug everything in and it should work just as it did before.
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How do I add an Airport Extreme with Time Capsule to an existing non-Apple network?
How do I add an Airport Extreme with Time Capsule to an existing non-Apple network? I have an ISP provided wireless Router that has to remain as the base station. I am able to join my 1/2TB Airport Extreme and Airport Express to the network, but I can't access/use Time Machine.
One option would be to connect the Time Capsule (TC) to the ISP-provided wireless router by Ethernet. You can then configure the for a roaming network. Then, depending on what your goal is for the AirPort Express, you can either: 1) Add it to roaming network, 2) Configure the TC & the Express for an "extended" network, or 3) Configure the Express to "join" the roaming network for AirPlay.
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Setting up network with ATT Uverse, Time Capsule, and Airport Extreme..HELP
PLEASE HELP!
I have ATT U-Verse which provides their own router. My Time Capsule is connected to the router (in the living room) via an Ethernet cable and has been working fine, and is set up like this:
Wireless Mode: Join a wireless network (I joined the ATT network 2wire)
Network name: 2wirexyz
Wireless Security: WPA/WPA2 Personal
Channel: 5
Connect Using: Wireless Network
When I try to add my Airport Extreme (for wireless printing in the office) by adding it to the same network (I've also tried to extend the network option) the Airport Utility thinks forever then comes up with an error and the Airport continues to flash amber. I've tried resetting the Extreme multiple times and configuring different ways but same result.
What am I doing wrong?? Please help, my wife is giving me grief for not being able to print wirelessly from her MacBook!!
Thank you in advance for any help you can give me!Thank you Tessarax....
So does that mean I need to create a separate wireless network? I apologize, I'm not extremely familiar with how to complete what you've suggested. I know I've seen the bridge mentioned before in the Airport Utility when I've been trying different things. Would you mind giving me some more specific instructions please? Actually I just tried messing around with Airport Utility, let me know if I'm headed in the right direction:
For TC wireless mode I want to "Participate in a WDS network"?
Then where does my WDS remote come from? is that the Airport Extreme? I've plugged in the AEBS but it's not showing up in the Airport Utility...
I'll mess around with it some more tomorrow morning. Thanks I'll let you know how it goes.
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I have a time machine backup file on a USB hard drive. I bought a time capsule / airport extreme, flat 3TB. I wish to transfer the backup file from the usb hard drive to the time capsule hard drive. 10.6.8
Unfortunately, Time Machine backups that are stored on a drive that has been connected directly to a Mac are completely different than Time Machine backups that are stored on a Time Capsule.
Frankly, it is not worth the effort and trouble to try to transfer the old backups to the new Time Capsule.....my opinion....having done this in the past.
It is possible though, but I would not recommend it due to the complexity and downsides involved with this. To give you an idea of how to do this, check out this support article.
http://pondini.org/TM/18.html
Even if you transfer the "old" backups over to the Time Capsule successfully, Time Machine will not simply "add on" to the old backups.
Time Machine will make a new complete backup of your Mac and then add incremental backups from that point.
My advice.....start a new backup on the Time Capsule and move forward. Keep the USB hard drive around for a month, maybe 2 or 3 in case you need to go back to an old backup for some reason. At that time, you will not likely need the old backups at all since you will have a current 2-3 month history of new backups. At that point, you can erase the USB drive and use it for another purpose. -
Time Capsule can't set up as wireless network, but Airport Extreme works
I just bought a Time Capsule to use as a back-up hard drive and a wireless network. I currently have a Airport Extreme for my wireless network and it works fine. When I try to plug in the ethernet cable into the Time Capsule to set up a new wireless network - all I get is a blinking amber light on Time Capsule and Airport Utility can not find Time Capsule. When I plug the ethernet cable back into the Airport Extreme to see if my DSL is working - the Airport Extreme light is back on and I can connect to the internet. I updated the Time Capsule with the latest firmware so that's no it. Any ideas?
OK, thanks for the clarification.
First, make a note of the configuration settings in the Airport Extreme as you will likely set up the TC the same way. Open AirPort Utility, click on Manual Setup at the bottom of the pane and then click on the Airport icon at the top of the next page, which is a summary of your settings. Would be a good idea to write these down and keep them handy.
Then do a hard reset on the Time Capsule to get it back to factory defaults. You would do this by first pulling the power cable for a few minutes. Then using an unfolded paper clip or something small, hold in the reset button on the back while you plug the power cable back in and continue to hold the reset button for at least 10-12 seconds before you release it.
Power off your computer, then restart. When it's back up, connect an ethernet cable from the computer to the WAN port on the back of the Time Capsule. This should help Airport Utility "see" the Time Capsule so you use Airport Utility to configure it.
If you have set up the Extreme, the TC set up is basically the same unless you have changed the modem or some other things in your network.
Post back on your progress.
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