Time Capsule not found as base station, but green light?

When plugging in my time capsule, the green light appeared. However, Airport utility said it could no devices could be found. I did a hard reset so that the flashing amber light was flashing, but to no avail. Thoughts?

How close is the AirPort Utility to the TC? What is blocking it if you drew a straight-line from the TC to the computer the Utility is on?

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How can I set up my time capsule as the primary base station with a centurylink router? I'm trying to extend my coverage, increase signal strength, and be able to connect a printer.

I recently moved and now I'm trying to set up my Time Capsule as the primary base station or router with an existing network that has a Centurylink modem/router. The TC still has the settings for my old network. I also have backups on it. I have the data backed up to another HD so it's not an issue to return it to factory settings if doing so deletes the back ups. Do I need to restore it to the factory settings to set it up? Also, what settings would I select on the TC (and the Centurylink modem/router) in order for the TC to serve as the router, instead of the Centurylink router? I want to be able to use the TC to back up my Mac's, print wirelessly, and improve overall performance. I tried setting the TC up and ended with 2 different networks. Can anyone please help me with this?

The TC has to plug into the existing modem router by ethernet.. you cannot use wireless.
You have a choice of which is router.. only if Centurylink agree to bridge their modem router.. this has to be done by the ISP and often they do not allow it.
Is your broadband cable or adsl or fibre or ???
If it is cable and you are allowed to purchase your own cable modem pick a pure modem version with no router in it.. plug the TC into it by ethernet.
Setup the TC in DHCP and NAT mode.. (depending on broadband type).
You must reset the TC to factory to do the setup.. no files are lost at all.
Here is my current recommended setup.. with Yosemite life has become harder than ever.
Factory reset universal
Power off the TC.. 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 TC 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.
N.B. None of your files on the hard disk of the TC are deleted.. this simply clears out the router settings of the TC.
Setup the TC again.
ie Start from a factory reset. No files are lost on the hard disk doing this.
Then redo the setup from the computer with Yosemite.
1. Use very short names.. NOT APPLE RECOMMENDED names. No spaces and pure alphanumerics.
eg TCgen5 and TCwifi for basestation and wireless respectively.
Even better if the issue is more wireless use TC24ghz and TC5ghz with fixed channels as this also seems to help stop the nonsense. But this can be tried in the second round.
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 TC always takes the same IP address.. you will need to do this on the main router using dhcp reservation.. or a bit more complex setup using static IP in the TC. But this is important.. having IP drift all over the place when Yosemite cannot remember its own name for 5 min after a reboot makes for poor networking. If the TC is main router it will not be an issue.
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.. but this change will mess up your TM backup.. so be prepared to do a new full backup. Sorry.. keep this one for second round if you want to avoid a new backup.
5. Mount the TC disk in the computer manually.
In Finder, Go, Connect to server from the top menu,
Type in SMB://192.168.0.254 (or whatever the TC ip is which you have now made static. As a router by default it is 10.0.1.1 and I encourage people to stick with that unless you know what you are doing).
You can use name.. SMB://TCgen5.local where you replace TCgen5 with your TC name.. local is the default domain of the TC and doesn't change.
However names are not so easy as IP address.. nor as reliable. At least not in Yosemite they aren't. The domain can also be an issue if you are not plugged or wireless directly to the TC.
6. 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.
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.
You might need to do some more work on the laptop itself. eg Reset the PRAM.. has helped some people. Clean install of the OS is also helpful if you upgrade installed.
Tell us how you go.
Someone posted a solution.. See this thread.
Macbook can't find Time Capsule anymore
Start from the bottom and work up.. I have a list of good network practice changes but I have avoided Yosemites bug heaven.
This user has had success and a few others as well.
RáNdÓm GéÉzÁ
Here is why Yosemite has fundamental issues.
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 Disappears from Radius Base Stations List after adding

I'm running a Mac Mini with 10.7, Lion Server, and Server Admin Tools along with a Time Capsule 802.11n (1st Generation).
After I add the base station (you can see my steps below) the base station restarts and then disappears from the list. The base station is then ignored:
Sat Jul 23 11:47:41 2011 : Error: Ignoring request to authentication address * port 1812 from unknown client 10.0.1.1 port 65530
This is because it's not listed as a known base station in the radius config (as far as I can tell). No other errors (than the one above) listed in either radiusconfig Log or radiusd Log. I cannot figure out how to add the base station to the list! Do I need to just manually add it to the clients.conf? If I do that, I feel like I probably won't get any of the special features that come with the Server managing the base station. Has anyone else experience this?
The base station does get the configuration from the server when I set it up, it switches from WPA 2 Personal to WPA 2 Enterprise with a shared secret, the correct IP and port 1812.
The server does not have a firewall configured or enabled (for simplicity while configuring this...)
Here's how I set up Radius:
Selected the Time Capsule from the Hardware list in Server.app
Checked the box for "Allow user name and password login over wi-fi"
Opened up the Server Admin.app and selected my server
Expanded to choose RADIUS
Chose Configure RADIUS Service
Allowed all users
Selected my Base Station and entered the password
Used my default certificate
Accepted the default options
Let the Time Capsule restart
After the Time Capsule was back online, Base Stations lists 0 base stations.
Clicked on the Base Stations Tab and Chose Browse, selected the base station, entered the password, let the Time Capsule Restart, it shows up in the list, but when the list is refreshed, the Time Capsule no longer appears in the list.
Clicked on the add button ("+") and Added the information manually, set a shared secret, and let the Time Capsule restart, it shows up in the list, but when the list is refreshed, the Time Capsule no longer appears in the list.
Using Terminal, manually tried to add the Base Station: radiusconfig --capture-base-station 10.0.1.1 10.0.1.254
Entered a shared secret
Time Capsule restarted, was never listed in the radius config

Hello, I am having the same exact problem. Have you figured out a solution?
Please let me know!

HT1175 how do you set the airport time capsule as the primary base station rather than as a network client?

how do you set the airport time capsule as the primary base station rather than as a network client?

The Time Capsule needs to connect to a simple modem......not a modem/router or gateway type of device that is often furnished by Internet Service Providers.
So, the first logical question here would be......
What is the make and model number of the device that you call your "modem"?

Airport time capsule not found error message

HI,
My time capsule is blinking orange.
I open aiport, sometimes airport finds the TC, sometimes not.
When not, get message:
"airport time capsule not found"
When TC is found, aiport utitily shows an error with the extended network I am setting up. I press 'edit', the settings all seem good. Re-type passwords etc and update.
The problem remains.
I have updated the firmware. An apple shop near me has reset TC using the recessed button on back of TC, and then I have re-configured at home.
BTW, TC was working fine in my old house with same laptop, so prob not simply a basic user issue...
4 other devices on my wifi network all have reliable connection, visitors' phones and laptops too, so shouln't be a wifi netowrk issue, ie network outside TC.
Any thoughts out there?
HOpe so!
mana

yes, running airport 6.1, OS 10.7.5
OK.. I failed to ask enough questions.. I think your comment it all used to work threw me.
1. You are trying to extend wireless network of what router. This will only work with another Apple router.. the way apple built it is in the family only. So please spell out what is the primary router??
If you did have it working to extend the wireless of a non-apple router in your previous house I simply don't know how.. according to Apple it isn't possible. You can use WDS.. that is slow and reduces everything to G wireless.. that is the only way.
2. When you say in the first post..
4 other devices on my wifi network all have reliable connection, visitors' phones and laptops too, so shouln't be a wifi netowrk issue, ie network outside TC.
I presume if you turn off the TC, these devices still have wireless network because they are connected to the primary router.. not the TC.. again my bad reading.. I assumed they are connected to the TC.
So please spell out the whole network..
Broadband modem.. type, model, make.
Main router.. type model make
Any other network devices.
And how was it setup in your old place and how is it different now.

Have connection to base station, solid green light but no internet ??

Hello,
At my wits end. I have a a brand new Airport Express, a brand new Dell laptop running Vista Home Premium and an older model Westell Wirespeed DSL modem. Although I have a solid green light on the Airport base station, and have no problem communicating and printing wirelessly, I cannot connect to the internet. All indications from the Airport Utility show a normal connection with a signal strength of 'very good' to 'excellent'. I configured Airport to DHCP, which is what my ISP (Verizon) provides. Sometimes upon startup, my computer first tries to connect to an 'unknown network' and I have to manually switch to the Airport network I created. I've been through this at least half a dozen times, resetting the modem, the base station and re-setting up the network but no luck getting on the internet so far. What am I missing here? Thank you!

If anyone happens to stumble on this, I solved the issue on my own. The TC/IPv4 protocol on the PC's wireless network properties was set to a static IP address. Once I reset it to dynamic, it worked fine.

Time capsule not found by airport but ethernet cable was working

So I turned time machine off some time ago,( got fed up with it constantly saving whilst recording music and slowing down stuff), now although i was happy (ish) as it was before, i can no longer find in preferences a drive to use as backup.
the alert box tells me that airport cannot locate, when i previously, and still do, have ethernet cabling connected .
The time capsule green light shows, but not backing up.
Can i find back up drives without airport utility being used?

Thanks for th response, i have upgraded to lion some time back and as i recall i've had this prob before and had to do a verification of some kind using the clean up disc utility.
I have already done...
the verification again without success, I did a repair disc permission on the Mac HDD,i did a restart of TC by unplugging and replugging without success.
I use TC for backup only, using ethernet and my router is wireless.
i'm reluctant to reset although I would if I could be sure.
What is the 5.6 utility?
My version 11.5.2, should i install the 5.6? if this is indeed an upgrade?
thanks for your time and patients
steve

Time Capsule not found ... and yet I know exactly where it is.

I've installed ML on both my MBPro and my iMac, both recent models (late 2010 iMac; late 2011 MBPro). I use my Time Capsule as my WiFi hub as well. Since the upgrade, two things that I know of are not working properly: Time Capsule backups and Home Sharing in iTunes. I'll save the Home Sharing for another thread.
I frequently look up at the menu bar and see an exclamation point in the center of the Time Capsule backup indicator, and when I click on it, I get a message saying that the backup disc can't be found. This will happen throughout the day, and then, though I've done nothing, not even unplugging and re-plugging the router, it'll be back and ready for back up. When I select Back Up Now, it will, but it takes several minutes. The latest 10.8.1 update doesn't even address this.
Any insight from anyone? Does it have to do with 5ghz v.s 2.4ghz? Have my walls gotten thicker in my apartment? And, by the way, the network itself is fine - I never lose connection to the internet, and even when home sharing isn't working, I can still pick up other shared libraries.

I don't know how it got there, but dwarvenhut is correct—it's an extension that doesn't seem to do anything, and it uses a non-existent component (components/f8bd48d8.dll in my case).
To delete it from the extensions list, delete the folder in the Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\extensions directory; mine was called "{39fdc2ab-b323-a8a8-a497-763ced813cae}".

Time capsule not found by airport after new router

I have a time capsule that I do not use as a router, just for time machine. It worked fine for a year wirelessly backing up my macs but then I moved and have a new router. Airport no longer finds the time capsule and it says I can't back it up my macs because the backup disk cannot be found. I tried plugging the TC in to my modem but no luck.
Thoughts?
Thank you!
Beth

Plug the TC into a computer by ethernet directly.. press and hold the reset until it starts to flash rapidly.. about 10sec. Then the utility should be able to find it and simply set it up in bridge mode..
You should download the 5.6 airport utility for lion as v6 is a toy. You can run both side by side and keep 6 for pretty network pictures.

Airport Time capsule not found on mac when using AirPort Utility

I just purchased an AirPort Time Capsule to back up my files from my Mac. I have been able to set up the wireless portion, but when trying to access the backup portion through TimeMachine I cannot select my base. I am able to see it on my iPhone, but not on Mac. I have updated everything. Is this a known problem with the transition to Yosemite? Any suggestions?

Dead spot on.. Yosemite is pain plus..
I recommend you start over in your TC setup..
Factory reset universal
Power off the TC.. 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 TC 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.
N.B. None of your files on the hard disk of the TC are deleted.. this simply clears out the router settings of the TC.
Setup the TC again.
ie Start from a factory reset. No files are lost on the hard disk doing this.
Then redo the setup from the computer with Yosemite.
1. Use very short names.. NOT APPLE RECOMMENDED names. No spaces and pure alphanumerics.
eg TCgen5 and TCwifi for basestation and wireless respectively.
Even better if the issue is more wireless use TC24ghz and TC5ghz with fixed channels as this also seems to help stop the nonsense. But this can be tried in the second round.
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 TC always takes the same IP address.. you will need to do this on the main router using dhcp reservation.. or a bit more complex setup using static IP in the TC. But this is important.. having IP drift all over the place when Yosemite cannot remember its own name for 5 min after a reboot makes for poor networking. If the TC is main router it will not be an issue.
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.. but this change will mess up your TM backup.. so be prepared to do a new full backup. Sorry.. keep this one for second round if you want to avoid a new backup.
5. Mount the TC disk in the computer manually.
In Finder, Go, Connect to server from the top menu,
Type in SMB://192.168.0.254 (or whatever the TC ip is which you have now made static. As a router by default it is 10.0.1.1 and I encourage people to stick with that unless you know what you are doing).
You can use name.. SMB://TCgen5.local where you replace TCgen5 with your TC name.. local is the default domain of the TC and doesn't change.
However names are not so easy as IP address.. nor as reliable. At least not in Yosemite they aren't. The domain can also be an issue if you are not plugged or wireless directly to the TC.
6. 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.
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.
You might need to do some more work on the laptop itself. eg Reset the PRAM.. has helped some people. Clean install of the OS is also helpful if you upgrade installed.
Tell us how you go.

Lion Upgrade Complete... Time Capsule Not Found?

Just upgraded to Lion on my MacBook Pro. No longer able to see my Time Capsule (which I only use as a backup device)? Any Ideas... I tried the thread in a message below to adjust the name of the device, but my MacBook no longer recognizes or can find on rescan the Time Capsule. It is on, and plugged in, with a slow yellow blinking light.

My time capsule is reporting normal operation. It is connected directly to ethernet, not wireless and it is not an access point. here is the message
There is a problem connecting to the server " Dean-Nebrigs-Time-Capsule.local".
Any words of wisdom to get this Apple device to work with Apple Lion?

HT3275 The Green light is on my time capsule the air port also has a green light but it will not back up all i get is the following message.The backup disk image "/Volumes/Data/iMac-D49A20D0AE94.sparsebundle" is already in use.

The Green Light is on, on my time capsule and airport but it will not back up all i get is the following message below please help.
The backup disk image “/Volumes/Data/iMac-D49A20D0AE94.sparsebundle” is already in use.

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
First, restart your iMac and your Time Capsule. In most of the cases, this should solve the problem.
If it doesn't work, read > http://pondini.org/TM/C12.html

Airport Time Capsule not found

Hi,
I'm tying to setup Time Machine backup on a new Macbook Pro (well, the laptop is Mid 2010 but I got it new ;-) ).
I have an existing Airport Time Capsule which I already use for another Mac as a backup device which is working fine.
In Time Machine setup I can't select the Time Capsule volume, neither can I see it in the Airport Utility although I am actully connected over WLAN to this Airport TC.I can use Airport Utility just fine on my other Mac and also on iPad without problem.
MacBook is running 10.8.4, Airport Utility is 6.3.1 TC has newest firmware as well.
Any hints?
Regards
Chris

Manually mount the hard disk of the TC.
In Finder, use the top menu.. Go, Connect to server.
AFP://TCname or TCIPaddress eg AFP://10.0.1.1 if the TC is at default.. you obviously substitute the actual name.. and that is network name.. not as it appears but as apple reads it.. much easier therefore to use names that already conform.. so short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
Reset TM and see if you can find the hard disk you now have mounted.
See A4 here. http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html

Just got a time capsule with my airport base station.

I am trying to use it as a backup but keep getting an error message, i have other backups using time machine on my imac, but on different hard disks that are all dis-mounted. I want to use the Time-capsule as my main backup for our different mac's. not sure what to do?

Is the TC available as a TM target?
You sometimes need to reset the TM to allow a new network destination to be chosen.. but it will usually work with multiple destinations .. you just need to select where you want the backup.
Is the TC plugged into the airport extreme by ethernet? If not, I would certainly do that.
Reset it and run the airport utility 5.6 from Lion to do the setup.. v6 in lion does make a mess of this often enough we recommend don't use it.
Apple made a version of the utility from previous versions available to Lion since v6 was featureless.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
Ignore what it says .. just load it into the computer and use that instead.

Time Capsule not found on New PC

I have had a time capsule for while now and I just got a new PC. This is my first PC in years. I am having trouble connecting to the internet. But more so, I am having trouble even connecting to the time capsule. Windows does not even find it.
I am using a wired connection. Not wireless. I just do not understand why it does not even show up with a wired connection.
Please, can anyone help me!?
Thank you

PC has to use SMB with the TC..
SMB has rules which Apple default configuration breaks.. one would hope NOT deliberately.
Change the TC name and wireless names, to short, no spaces, especially no apostrophe .. just pure alphanumeric.. ie mix of upper and lower case letters and numbers.
Set 5ghz to a different name to 2.4ghz.. this also helps things.
Now go to the disk / file sharing page.
Turn on the guest account.. give it read and write permissions.. at least to start with.
Put the workgroup name in correctly .. generally WORKGROUP
Now on windows download and install the airport utility for windows and bonjour.. it should be part of the package.
You might find as soon as bonjour is loaded the disk will be available and ask for username and password.. username just use admin.. it is not used on the Mac side.. for password use public which is the default.
If no disk shows up, go to windows explorer and type the address of the TC into the address bar.
\\TCName.. or \\TCIPaddress

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