Time Capsule: First backup over ethernet is very slow

My understanding is that a direct ethernet connection between my Imac and Time Capsule would make the initial backup process faster, but I did not notice any improvement whatsoever and the first backup is proceeding veeeeeeery slow. I was wondering if there was something I was missing when I connected by cable.
Thank you for your help!

Felix,
The first backup I did was wirelessly and it was slow.
So, I erased the TC Hard Disk and hooked it up via ethernet.
It went much faster.
I was doing about 1.1 GB every 5 minutes using ethernet.
Joseph Kriz

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I have a Time Capsule connected to my modem, I can access the internet over WiFi on my mac without issues, however when I connect my Xbox 360 to the router via ethernet it will not allow me to connect to Xbox live. What's highly frustrating is that it passes all test apart from the ICMP one. According to some forums, if your receive this then your router is not compatible with xbox live. However this contradicts people being able to connect through their TC on other posts. I can connect to xbox live if I directly plug it into my modem, so it is not anything todo with that side of things.
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Although I also haven't been able to get it working over Wi-Fi yet, I've got it working pretty happily over what is ostensibly ethernet (powerline networking ftw).
My guess is that the problem you're having is due to your Time Capsule ignoring stuff (as a security measure) that Xbox Live is sending the Xbox, so what I think you need to do is tell your Time Capsule to stop doing that for the Xbox. You do that by getting your Time Capsule to give the Xbox the same IP address every time it connects, and to not block anything sent to that IP address.
First we need to get the Xbox's MAC address, which you can find either on the back of the Xbox itself, or by going to the System blade on the Xbox Dashboard, selecting Network Settings, Edit Settings, Additional Settings (push the left thumbstick to the right), Advanced Settings, then the MAC address should be displayed.
Just to be clear, a MAC address has nothing to do with Apple's computers, standing for Media Access Control, and is a quasi-unique code that nearly every network adapter has. We're using it here so your Time Capsule can recognise the Xbox.
Now you've got the MAC address, open AirPort Utility, select your Time Capsule and click Manual Settings, the Internet toolbar icon, then the DHCP tab. Click the plus button under the DHCP Reservations box, type Xbox 360 (or whatever you want) as the description, and click Continue. Now type the Xbox's MAC address into the MAC Address box, then click the IPv4 box, change the last number from 2 to 35 (so it's something like 10.0.1.35), and click Done.
Now we have the Xbox getting the same IP from the Time Capsule, we need to tell the Time Capsule to stop filtering stuff that's sent to that IP, to do that, click the NAT tab (inside the Internet section), then "Enable default host at:" and enter 35 as the last two digits (so it matches up with the IP address we put in the IPv4 box earlier). Finally, click Update, and when your Time Capsule has finished restarting, try the connection test on the Xbox again.

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Looking for help.
Got a new 2TB TC. Tried to backup my son's imac (1 yr old but updated to Snow Leopard OS) - was operating TC wirelessly. Froze up - I think I had setting wrong and bad idea to try a wireless backup on first. After trying a few things I disconnected it all, did a factory reset on the TC, and tried to back up my new MacPro hard wired - reset TM to right settings for no wireless operation and simple ethernet connection and all went fine.
Then went back to my son's imac.
I have connected TC by ethernet; switched airport off; switched firewall off; set TM up as not requiring wireless operation; set imac to never go to sleep or go off; deleted original bundle for the imac from TM to try and "start again" as I believe interupting the first backup as i have done can cause problems.
Back up starts ok; in Time Machine I can see TC; cannot see any "oldest" or "latest" backup so it looks like I have successfully deleted any history. Backup reaches 1.32GB and then it stops. Nothing happening. If I try and do anything on the imac the timer circle comes up and nothing works. I have then switched imac off and back on, deleted the relevant bundle on the TC again through Finder Go, switched TC off, started whole process again and again it stops at 1.32GB (of 38.6GB).
Any ideas?
TC is showing steady green light.
thanks

welcome to Apple discussions, BryD !
you could try this:
go system preferences > time machine and turn TM off. click on +change disk+ and select none.
next, delete this file HD/Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist.
restart the machine, go system preferences > time machine and turn TM back on. click on +change disk+, re-select the backup volume und click +use for backups+. start a backup.
you may also want to download and install Time Machine Buddy. go to dashboard and browse through the logs for the recent backup attempts.
lastly, check the Time Machine FAQ and Time Machine - Troubleshooting user tips.
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Make sure the ethernet is set to auto in the computer.
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It is not recommended.. the problem being anything stored on the TC only is not backed up and cannot be backed up by the TC itself or Time Machine. So what are you going to do about back.. the TC can and do die suddenly.. and the cost of recovery can be huge.
See Q3 here for the semi-right way to do it if you must.
http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html
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It sounds like there is an issue with the Mac itself.
Use the verify disk A5 in troubleshooting.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Even if you cannot connect by ethernet, at current location.. you can simply disconnect the TC from the network and bring it to the Mac and plug it in by ethernet. The TC can be reset if you haven't got a suitable current setup (save previous setup before you change it) and run just as backup device.. do the backup and then return it to the network.
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I had bought it to hide away in a corner, wirelessly backing up my Mac.
During setup I was unable to connect it to my household wifi network and to play around I ended up setting up a second wifi network from the ATC itself.
I followed the instructions wrt a Hard/Factory resets, but each time the original setup is copied back across from Airport Utility and I've not been able to start from scratch.
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For my future incremental backups, what steps do I need to take to be able to disconnect the ethernet cable and resituate the ATC elsewhere?
In Airport Utility, when Network Mode is set to 'Extend a wireless Network' no networks are listed of the several visible to the Mac, iPhone, iPad.
The ATC hasn't been ethernet connected directly to the Mac. The Mac isn't ethernet connected to the modem/router.

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As I said previously.....
As illustrated in the Time Capsule Setup Guide, the Time Capsule needs to connect to your your modem or modem/router using a permanent wired Ethernet cable connection.
Permanent would mean just that.....a fixed wired connection at all times.
The only exception to this rule would be that if your "main" router....the one that provides your wireless network....is also another Apple wireless router.
So, unless you have another Apple router providng your main wireless network, the Time Capsule will need to connect using a permanent wired connection to your modem or modem/router at all times.
I also said.....
Once you have the Time Capsule set up correctly, you can connect your Mac directly to the Time Capsule using an Ethernet cable for the first backup, since the data transfer will typically take place 4-5 times faster using a wired connection.
Once you have the first backup done, then you can switch to wireless on your Mac and back up that way, since each incremental backup should only take a few minutes.
That should be pretty clear.
You don't have to connect your Mac to the Time Capsule using a wired Ethernet cable for the first backup, if you don't mind waiting 4-5 times longer for the first backup to occur, with greater chances of an error occuring during the process.
With a wired connection, the first backup might take a few hours. With a wireless connection, the first backup might take all day. Most users would opt for the faster and more reliable option, I would think.
The first Time Machine backup copies over everything on your Mac to the Time Capsule. After the first backup is done, Time Machine only backs up the changes that have occurred on your Mac since the previous backup.
These "incremental" backups should not involve copying a lot of data, so using wireless on your Mac to connect to the Time Capsule will work fine for this process.

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This has happened numerous times during the life of my Time Capsule. ANd each time the only solution was to reformat my Time Capsule, thus LOOSING the backup it was there to perform, and resulting in significant downtime for my Mac.
What kind of backup solution is this? My Mac hasn't been backed up in weeks awaiting time for me to do it, and now I have acompletely useless backup, with no way to backup the Time Capsule before I manually reformat the drive. If anything goes wrong, I am completely screwed. How does this make any sense?

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Try deleting the Time Machine preference file Hard Drive > Library > Preferences > com.apple.TimeMachine.plist and resetting Time Machine to see if that helps.
This will not disturb any of your backups.

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I will soon be moving into an apartment in which my landlord provides wireless internet through her own router.
I also have my own Time Capsule, which I'd like to continue to use to back up my Mac via Time Machine.
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moskovit wrote:
I've done a little research, and it looks like I might be able to wirelessly daisy chain the two routers, using WDS (wireless distribution system), assuming my landlord's router supports it, but that this would drop the speed of the internet significantly: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2623802?start=0&tstart=0
It works extremely poorly and the landlord would need to agree to it.. plus it would require use of WEP security which is hackable by children with internet hack kits in about 2min flat. Don't go there. Apple have made their products incompatible with most other routers. So any suggestion of a workaround will involve spending some money on your part.
You could buy a airport express and plug that into the main router by ethernet.. again if allowed. Your TC can do wireless bridge to another apple product very well. Messy but could work. It is not that expensive to get a second hand AEBS and use that. You don't need the latest products but wireless range would be better in the AEBS than AE.
So I'm still wondering: Is there another workaround? Is there a way to get my mac to connect to my time capsule (for backup) and another router (for internet) simultaneously, or is that just technologically impossible? If it's impossible, is there another solution?
You cannot wirelessly connect to two different wireless devices at once on one client. You need to either have a second wireless client in the laptop.. for instance a USB stick which can be fairly tiny nowadays. It is just you need to find one with Mac drivers. Or the TC must have internet connectivity. You could get that by buying a wireless bridge, and using that in your room, with the TC plugged into it. Universal wireless bridge devices are fairly cheap, but can be a pain to setup. Look for products that work with the main router and use as fast a speed as possible. It can be a tricky setup as you need the wireless bridge working on one channel and the TC working on another. What I am suggesting is the WDS solution you found but using two different boxes to do it. And not using WDS at all, unless the main router is suitable, but rather universal bridge.
The hassle of all that suggests to me,, I would go for the wireless stick, so your Mac laptop has two wireless clients.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/iMAC-MAC-Apple-Airport-G3-G4-G5-OS-X-USB-WIRELESS-CAR D-/290538112833?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43a56bc741
I have no idea if this works just to show you what I mean. Please do research it yourself.
An ethernet connection to the TC is far superior solution albeit would require you to plug and unplug it.

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My new 3TB Time Capsule is hooked by Ethernet to my Mac Pro. It backed up everything for the first time (1.65 TB) but the incremental backups never get completed. The progress bar has been stuck at 'Backing up 0MB of 465MB' for a whole day. I'm thinking maybe Time Capsule can't handle large backup files well. Any ideas? Thank you.

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See A5 here. http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
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Eventually, the backups fail altogether and the SB cannot be mounted ("This volume is corrupted. Please backup your data and reformat").
This behavior renders this software/hardware nearly useless, since every month or so you need to wipe the old backup file and start over again.
If I could make the following suggestions to apple (or perhaps there are ways to accomplish this already?):
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2. Provide a mechanism for compressing or compacting an exiting SB.
Can anyone suggest any ideas (other than going back to Super Duper, which actually seemed to work) to fix this?

Read C13 in Pondini's troubleshooting. http://www.pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Have a nice day.

First Backup with Ethernet but Second.....?????

As advised, I did my first backup via ethernet connection.
So I went to airport utility and configured everything for the ethernet cable.
However, when I want my subsequent backups to be done wirelessly.
How do I do this?
I tried just removing the ethernet cable but of course the time capsule couldn't be read. So I plugged it back in and I went back to airport utility and tried to change the setting so that it would join my current wireless connection. I got a green light on both the airport utility window and on my tc, however airport utility was unable to read the new configuration. I got the error "error occurred while reading the configuration" and can't get past that.
Can someone please tell me how they switched from ethernet to wireless? Am I doing something wrong?
Thank you.

I found a tip from the boards. Never mind, thank you all.

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