Time Capsule not registering correct IP Address

I had no issue when I was on DSL service and when I switched to a Cable modem I am getting the wrong IP Address on my TC. It should be getting a 173 address but instead is assigning to a 169. I have tried power cycling and to no avail. When I hook up the modem directly my MacBook gets the correct address and internet works. But when the TC is in between nothing.

Even though you have tried power recycling, I would suggest that you try the following to get everyone communicating again:
o Power-down the modem, TC, and computer(s).
o While all the devices are powered-down, perform a "hard" reset on the TC. When completed, power-down the TC.
o Power-up the modem; wait at least 10-15 minutes.
o Power-up the TC; wait at least 5-10 minutes.
o Power-up the computer(s).
All devices, whether connected by wire or wireless, to the TC should now be able to access the Internet. Please post back your results.

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Time Capsule not detected in Finder

My Time Capsule is networked using an ethernet cable to the router with the wireless mode disabled. AirPort Utility does not show any problems with the connections and I previously did not have any problems. However, Time Capsule is now not detected in the Shared locations in the Finder window.
This problem began spontaneously while I was working on some files saved on the TC and I noticed that I was no longer able to save the file due to the loss of connection to the Time Capsule. I checked the connections to the TC using other computers and all seemed to be unable to detect the Time Capsule.
I unplugged the ISP, the router as well as the Time Capsule to renew the IP addresses, but there was no change. I also performed a hard reset on the Time Capsule but it was still undetected by the Finder window, even though AirPort Utility says that it is configured properly and that its status is normal.
Is there any way to obtain my files previously saved on the Time Capsule?

This sounds like it may be related to my issue. We have 5 macs and one new time capsule. Everyone but me is able to backup to the time capsule wirelessly. For me, the TC doesn't show up in my finder as a hard drive - only as a server - (nor is it recognized as in Disk Utility).
Although I can go in and see files that are already on it, I can't back up to it. It keeps asking me for the password over and over. I checked the password in Keychain - and found it listed in there three times - all with the correct password. I'm stumped.
The only difference between my computer and the other four (that I can think of) is that I have backed up my computer to a My Book previously. The others never backed anything up anywhere.
The My Book is not currently hooked up...but I have tried, and found that it still works fine.
Anyone have ideas?

Time Capsule Not connecting to internet

Hello. So recently I received a new iMac for Christmas and knowing that my wireless network is setup with MAC address filtering, I used my working laptop to connect to both the Airport Extreme and Time Capsule to add the iMac to the network. That worked and my iMac has been able to connect to the network no problem.
Let me explain what my network setup is before I tell about the problem:
I have the latest generation Airport Extreme (Dual Band II) and a first generation Time Capsule (1TB).
The Airport Extreme is connected to the internet by cable modem and the Airport is the main router sharing a single IP address.
I connected the Time Capsule to the Airport Extreme through Ethernet and set it up automatically with Airport Utility to extend over ethernet.
Now up untill now, I had no problems but since I got my iMac, I haven't been able to ever get a list of the Airport devices connected to the network, while connected to the Time Capsule, however, when connected to the Airport Extreme 5GHz network, I'm having no problems.
And today, the Time Capsule wouldn't connect to the internet over wifi, and all other devices wouldn't either. Of course, I tried to connect to the base station, but Airport Utility wouldn't display any devices connected. This happened with my MacBook as well.
Since connecting to the 5GHz network from the Airport Extreme, I have no problems with internet or Airport Utility. After a while though, the Time Capsule connected to the internet again.
Would someone shed some light on the situation?

I normally use the manual setup mode so I'm not sure what exactly is the end-state when choosing to extend a wireless network with the Time Capsule (TC) connected to the AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn) by Ethernet.
I am guessing that the AirPort Utility configured the TC as a bridge to allow the AEBSn to still provide both NAT & DHCP services for all wired or wireless clients connected to either router.
Let's start by double-checking some settings on your TC. Please provide the following TC settings from the AirPort Utility:
AirPort Utility > Select the TC > Manual Setup > Time Capsule > Wireless
o Wireless Mode = ?
o Allow this network to be extended = checked or unchecked?
o Radio Mode = ?
o Radio Channel Selection = ?
Time Capsule > Access Control
o MAC Address Access Control = ?
Internet > Internet Connection
o Connect Using = ?
o Connection Sharing = ?
Internet > TCP/IP
o Configure IPv4 = ?

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.

Time Capsule, DHCP not providing correct gateway address

I have gone back and forth between my AP Extreme and Time Capsule and have determined that Time Capsule is not providing the proper gateway address to my wireless clients. Instead of providing the correct gw address it provides the address I assigned the base station. This is contrary to my Airport Extreme which provides the proper gw address to my wireless clients. Sounds like a bug in the DHCP base station software. Any thoughts?

I have a very similar problem. I originally had cable broadband and a Airport Extreme (AE) upgraded to 7.3.1 all worked fine. The AE was being used as a DHCP server to distribute the dynamic IP address provided by the ISP. I then replaced the AE for a Time Capsule (TC) and installed a new 802.11n Airport Express. I upgraded the TC and AExpress to 7.3.1. The TC was setup identically to the now replaced (disconnected and switched off) AE.
Unfortunately the TC failed to work as a DHCP server. It did not recognize the ISP provided dynamic IP address and replaced it with an 'Invalid' IP address which of course meant no internet access. I then replaced the TC with the original AE (identically set up) and all worked fine, including the AExpress.
While I wait for Apple to fix the TC firmware I am running the AE as the DHCP Server and the TC as a wireless bridge to the AExpress. Time Machine is recognizing Time Capsule and backups from two macs are working fine.

Apple Time Capsule Not Assigning IP Addresses

Briefly here is my setup
Internet is supplied to my building by ISP(I have no router) => apple time capsule connected by Ethernet. I have used WIFI to connect all of my devices in the past with no problem until i moved into this place. I have 2 macbooks that can connect without any issues Every single other device in the house cannot connect and does not receive a proper IP Address. The ones being assigned are in the 169.xxxxxx range. Even if i plug my Imac (which cant connect) directly in from the wall via ethernet, it wont connect. The time capsule is setup as a bridge with DCHP set to run automatically. I have reset everything numerous times and restored the router to no avail. I called the ISP and they said it wasnt their problem. I was under the impression they werent assigning the IP Address correctly or something. Im stuck and need some help. Thanks

Since you do not have a router there to assign IP addresses to devices on your network when the Time Capsule is in Bridge Mode, you will need to configure the Time Capsule to "Share a public IP address" so that it will distribute IP addresses to connected devices.
AirPort Utility > Manual Setup > Internet icon> Internet Connection tab
Connection Sharing = Share a public IP address
Update to save settings
This may possibly produce a Double NAT error on the network, so you will need to click to "ignore" if that errror message appears.

Time Capsule "not getting IP Address"

I am a comcast internet customer and I have the RCA cable modem. My network has been up and running fine on a Linksys54g for a year or two.
I disconnected it today, and I plugged in my time capsule (exactly following the instructions. My powerbook pro can connect to the Time Capsule, but I am getting the following message when usng DHCP:
1. Internet Connection - Your Apple wireless device does not have a valid IP. Make sure Apple wireless device is....
When I set up a static address to try to get around this problem, i get two new errors:
1. This Apple wireless device doesn't have any DNS server addresses and might have trouble connecting the the Internet.
2. The value for "Router Address" is invalid
Has anyone seen anything like this? It is very perplexing. I followed instructions very closely. I have restarted both the RCA device and the time capsule...I have pushed the reset buttons (etc).

Yet another Comcast customer with a new Time Capsule running the latest software who suddenly, as of two days ago, cannot get Internet access through TC. IT's been running smoothly for almost two months, and then it got very hinky this week--for some reason it cannot read/translate the IP address coming from the Comcast cable Motorola box (it shows up as a 169 IP in the Airport settings.) So I cannot use the TC for the home network or Internet access. However, if I bypass it and plug the ethernet cable directly from the cable modem box into my computer I get Internet access.
So...Comcast continues to send me access, but as of two days ago my TC cannot read/translate it. Anyone have thoughts on the source of the problem? I've tried all the standard troubleshooting methods of resetting etc.

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 Recognized by PC

I've replaced my old router with a new Time Capsule (TC). The router is connected to a Motorola SB6120 cable modem for internet access via my cable TV company. Set up of the TC seemed to go smoothly, the network still has the same SSID and WEP security code as it did before, picked up automagically from the old router during the set up. My wireless devices are a Macbook Pro (that I used to do the setup), an iMac, an iPad2, two iPhone4s (plural iPhones, not to be confused with the new iPhone4S), an HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One printer, and the problem - a Dell Inspiron N5010 PC running Windows 7 Home Premium SP1.
After completing the set up I had to re-enter the WEP security code on each Apple device and the printer when they first tried to connect to the network, even though the code had not changed, but other than that one-time minor inconvenience they all connect fine.*
The problem is with the Dell PC. It can 'see' the network - the SSID shows in the list of available networks - and it sees excellent signal strength, but it connects with only "Limited Access". Neither disconnecting from the network and reconnecting, nor disabling and re-enabling the network card, changes that. Initially, running the Network Troubleshooting routine produced the following result:
- The 1st (and only) stopping point was a request to confirm the WEP security code. The code shown was correct, but I re-entered it and continued.
- The troubleshooting routine then went through a series of other checks without stopping for user input or confirmation.
- The troubleshooting routine ended by showing 2 Problems Found:
1) the security code confirmation
2) 'IP problem' (not the exact wording, but something about an IP address problem).
After doing some research on the internet, I downloaded and installed Airport Utility on the Dell PC and tried to run it. On launching Airport Utility I got this message on the screen, "Unable to find any Airport wireless device".
Again I tried to run the Windows Network Troubleshooting routine. Again the 1st item is to confirm the WEP security code after which the routine runs to completion without stopping. Now there are 2 different problems found:
1) Problem with wireless adapter of access point - Detected - triangle with ! inside
2) Windows cannot connect to [SSID network name] - Fixed - circle with checkmark inside
Any suggestions for what might be going on? What hardware or settings I ought to check and report back on?
Thanks in advance for and suggestions anyone can offer.
* Aside: my iMac shows that the network security type is WPA2, not WEP, but it connects just fine anyway!

Thanks again for your suggestions and instructions, now wish me luck!
Yes, I do!!
Never mind - Google is my friend!
Sure is.
2. how do I determine which of the two networks to use?
Easy.. pick the best one. ie best signal strength and speed. 5ghz is better speed and poor range. 2.4ghz the opposite. At any point pick the best. Best signal / speed. Close to the router, it will be 5ghz.. further away 2.4ghz will be better. Try both.. it is a 10sec effort.
The reason to do this manually is the TC is designed to swap channels automatically when there is interference.. It is also so the client on the computer (mac only) will auto swap between 2.4ghz and 5ghz for whichever is faster. So you have auto channels on top of auto band.. and even the Mac gets confused .. the PC has no idea.
3. What channel should I set for the 5 ghz network? (If I recall correctly, the TC is presently using channel 6 - does that apply to both networks?)
No.. 2.4ghz uses channels 1-11 in USA.. 1-13 in Europe Australia..
There are 3 non-overlapping channels, 1, 6, 11.. pick one and try it. Better still on the PC download the application inssider.. and you will see which channels are in use.. usually all of them if you live in a city in USA or moderately weathly country. Pick the channel with the lowest signal and use that. Since only those three channels are non-overlapping picking channel 9 for instance because nobody is using it, is pointless. Wireless on both channel 6 and channel 11 will then interfere with it. Use the lowest signal channel, out of the three, 1, 6, 11. (13 in Europe 14 in Japan).
5ghz has a large range of channels, beginning from 36 up to 151 (at least in Australia) .. your country if different will vary. Use the lower channels if possible.. but there is not much interference yet on 5ghz. Usually you can just use 40 which meets lower end equipment. eg early versions of the AEBS and TC do not offer a large range of channels.
4. Can I leave the security as WEP until I get everything working? I understand that WPA2 is better
WEP is equal to a strong door on a tent.. it is next to useless. It keeps out people who are not trying to get in. And offers 1min of difficulty to the guy with the knife. Use no security to do setup.. then use WPA2.. if something doesn't work with wpa2 you can use wpa at a pinch. Throw away any item not compliant with at least WPA. WEP is not a rated security for N wireless.. it could well not work or fall back to G wireless. So for testing just turn off security.. when it is working jump straight to wpa2.
5. Why turn on the Guest account? I don't see that it's used in the subsequent steps.
If you ever want to write to or read the hard disk from PC.. you will have issues with security on Windows not matching the TC.. You do not need to use guest account (this is hard disk access not wireless btw).. if you never want to use hard disk. I added it for completeness. You can also fight your way through the difference in security between a Mac and a PC with win7 in particular.. loads of fun. If the disk is going to be on a private network and the TC has to be really, then use guest network. If anyone wants to break in it is no more difficult than holding down the reset for 1sec and it will reset all the passwords. So what more security do you need. Guest is fine.
6. Will do. I do have a workgroup specified on the 3 computers, but it's one that I created and it's not named <WORKGROUP>
SMB uses workgroup name.. what name you use is irrelevant.. again this is for hard disk access. If you just want internet it is not necessary to worry about. Put into the workgroup name the name of YOUR workgroup. But it makes it appear in the windows networking as a network drive and that can be helpful.
Somewhere on the Dell PC I've seen that both ipv6 and ipv4 show as not used, don't recall where I saw it though, and there did not appear to be any way to change it.
You have internet connection it MUST use TCP/IP which has to be either ipv4 or ipv6 or both. That is how the internet works.. you cannot have neither. You change the settings in TCP/IP properties box associated with the wireless card.. go to device manager and the wireless device. Click on it and go to properties.. see TCP/IP and go the advanced.
You need to learn to use the networking tools.
The key tool is ping.. that allows you to see if a device is available and responding on the network.
Command window is same as terminal on the Mac.. (well near enough). You do low level commands.. both will do ping.
You can also get all the settings in the network.
Simple one is ipconfig in windows.. ifconfig in the mac.. that will show the IP address of all the network clients. In windows there is a full description if you do ipconfig /all
These commands are very important to use and learn about.

Time Capsule not on same network?

I've been backing up to a 2TB Time Capsule using Time Machine for months now. Had to get a new router, and went with a dual-band Netgear (N750). I've set up both my Macbook Pro and the Time Capsule to use the 5GHz band, and confirmed both are on it. However, my backups seem to keep failing even after the progress indicates several GB have been backed up. I receive two messages each time:
"Another device on the network is using your computer's IP address (192.168.1.4). Try connecting again later. If you continue to have problems, change the IP address of this computer or the IP address of the other device. Contact..."
"Time Machine couldn't complete the backup due to a network problem. Make sure your computer and the backup disk are on the same network, and that the backup disk is turned on. Then try again to back up."
This is all very funky and a little new to me. It's my first dual band router. I set up both a 2.4GHz and 5GHz private and guest network, using WPA2-PSK [AES]. I've made sure that both my Macbook and the Time Capsule are using the 5GHz private network. I first started off with my Time Capsule using it's same static IP (192.168.1.42), and have tried it in DHCP mode in case static IPs were the problem. I also tried giving my Macbook Pro a static IP, but it didn't seem happy with that. So, from what I can tell, I've got everything set up correctly. Except for the fact that it consistently fails to backup since I switched routers.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!

As far as I know, the TC is not in either router or bridge mode, it's just another device on the network. There's a "Wireless Mode" option within the Airport Utility that I have set to "Join a wireless network." That sounded like it'd just be on the same network as the other devices. I figured "Create a wireless network" would be TC as WAP, and "Extend a wireless network" would be TC as a bridge.
The MBP and all other devices also get their IPs from the Netgear router. I'd double-checked the settings. I have basically two different networks "Network" and "Network5" ... mainly because it looked like that's how the Netgear was set up to operate and I thought it better to avoid confusion. I thought it may help me to make sure I'm using the right connection for the devices that can see the 5GHz to avoid interference. I've got an Apple TV and a Sony Bravia with Internet apps on the same network, as well as iPads and iPhones. Both the MBP and the TC are on the 5GHz network, which is set to use channel 153. The Netgear router is set to auto for the channel of the 2.4GHz network.
I did try to set up the MBP with a static IP, but couldn't get a valid network connection at that time. Thought I had it using the same subnet and gateway information as the TC, but maybe not.
Presently Time Machine says it's backed up 23.74GB of 43.1GB. I'll have to see if this one completes.
Thanks!

Time Capsule not working as a router

I've done a search, but can't find anything that jumps out to me as the same issue.
I've recently ditched all my PC gear. Now have the following:
Mac Mini
2TB Time Capsule
MacBook Air
iPad
My issue is with the internet connectivity of the Time Capsule. I have the mac mini connected via Ethernet. It can get on the internet no problem. None of my wifi devices can at all. My ISP only allows two devices to ping out, and they need to be registered via MAC address. No big deal, except my Time Capsule isn't functioning like a router. So, the MAC address of my Mac Mini is registered, and it's working, but I can't register the Time Capsule. I'm pretty sure I'm missing something easy, but can't for the life of me figure out what it is. Figured instead of banging my head against the wall, I'd see if anyone had something similar happen to them?

Register by MAC address to the first device is generally used by cable companies. But the Modem acts as the first port of call and whatever device first is turned on, picks up the public IP address and the MAC is registered. It just works.
Your issue might be that the first device to register has a very long lease. Since you cannot power cycle you should ask the IT admin of the building who controls this setup to release and renew the IP after you plug in the TC otherwise it will not be recognised.. for days or weeks or however long the lease is set to.
But it could be 24hours.
Plainly you got the Mac Mini working.. how did you do that??
Sometimes you can just try overnight.. remove the Mac and plug in the TC.. but it is far easier to talk to the admin and get him/her to simply renew the lease.
The other method we use is spoof the MAC address of the device currently plugged in. ie grab the MAC address of the Mini and use it in the router.. to pretend it is really the Mini.. the router on the other end is none the wiser.
TC AFAIK, has no ability to spoof, but almost every other broadband router made can do it. Apple designed it for lowest common denominator in terms of networking ability.. to put it mildly.
Note your internet might be already behind a NAT.. if you use the TC or any other router in NAT mode there is an issue of double NAT with every site that requires interactive connection because there is no possible link from the site to your PC by forwarding the port. Double NAT effectively blocks it.
Check the IP you have on the Mini now.. if it is a private address.. ensure it is not 10.0.x.x by the way otherwise the TC will not work due to routing considerations. But any of the private IP address ranges are not routable over the internet and will give you issues.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network

Time Capsule not visible to my iMac (Yosemite 10.10)

Having given up on trying to access my TC via a BT HomeHub4 router, I've plugged it in via Ethernet to my iMac. No other devices on the iMac. iMac is connecting fine to internet via the HH4. Despite this, I still can't access the TC. Here's what I've tried:
TC is flashing amber status.
Open the Time Machine tab in System Preferences. Made sure it is set to 'On'. Pressed 'Select Backup Disk'. Get a 'Other AirPort Time Capsule' icon, which I select.
Click 'Setup".
New window with a globe icon for the internet with a green status light. Top left there is an 'Other Wifi Devices (1)' button, which I press - no other option.
This gives me a new list, the only not-greyed out option is my TC (I know it's mine because the name is right).
Select it and get a 'Gathering Information about your network' message, icon for the TC and a spinning wheel saying 'joining Airport TC....'.
Eventually it gives up and shows an error message 'An unexpected error occurred. Try again.'
Trying again doesn't help.
I've reset the TC with a biro - pressing for one second, pressing for 5 seconds (for a fast flashing amber) and pressing while powering the TC on.
None of the above works.
Any ideas? I don't know if it is connected to Yosemite?

I do not have yosemite installed on any computer.. I am getting old you see and spent my youth on the bleeding edge.. so that I have now too little blood left for installing latest greatest OS until you beta testers are finished.
So here are the lessons from Mavericks.. and all the ones that go before.. Take it if you wish.
Do the setup in full internet isolation.. turn off wireless and use only ethernet to the TC LAN port.
1. Factory reset the TC. (Again).
2. Make sure IPv6 is set to link-local only in the ethernet settings on the computer.. I am guessing this option is still available.
Note that the IP addresses must all be as shown.. The TC reset is 10.0.1.1 and the computer should be 10.0.1.2 although that is not a major one.. but if you use dhcp that should be correct.
3. Open the airport utility and do a manual setup.
Again I am making assumptions that the airport is there. And these options but I doubt it will have changed much.
4. Type in the IP address and proceed.. password should not be needed but is public.
5. Should now get the full summary page.. and you can do a full clean setup without the wizard bothering you.
Go to the base station tab and name it.. TCgen4 (for example) all names should be short no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
Go to the wireless and create a wireless network.. eg TCwifi
Set security to WPA2 personal with all alphanumeric password..
Go to network tab and make sure it is set to bridge.
Now update the TC.
Plug it into the HH by ethernet to its WAN port.
5. In finder use top menu, go, connect to server and force it to AFP.
AFP://TCgen4.local (or use whatever name you have in place of my suggestion).
You should be asked for a password.. we did not change it so it is still public. For now stick to default.
Does it mount?
Do any of the functions i have listed no longer exist in Yosemite?
I hope that all the pictures display as we have issues with apple site dropping the pictures out.. tell me if you cannot see them.

Time Capsule not passing wifi dhcp requests on the b/g network

Here's a weird one. Got two 1GB Time Capsules setup in bridge/extend mode. The Win2003 server is serving up DHCP on capsule 1 and I have wifi devices on capsule 2. Both laptops are using the N wifi spec and are getting an IP address from the Win2003 dhcp server. However, the iPhone is on the b/g network and it cannot get a dhcp request. I haven't tried the b/g network on capsule 1 yet but will. Has anyone seen this behaviour before? Would be annoying if I have to setup a 2nd dhcp server on the capsule 2 system. Essentially one capsule is in my basement and the other in my office upstairs. Any ideas?
Thanks, Joe

The reason you see conflicting conclusions is because we have to speculate about a lot of the details since Apple has not yet posted detailed specs, a user manual, or application tips.
Most of us are assuming the the wireless networking features of the Time Capsule will be similar if not identical to the existing Airport Extreme N base station. If that assumption is correct, your questions would be answered as follows:
1. yes, the TC could be used as an access point. It would have to be configured as a remote base station in a wireless distribution system (WDS).
2. and 3. yes, other clients on the network would be able to access the TC hard drive and printer
4. you could set things up the other way around - TC as the base station, and the older Airport Extreme as the remote base station.
5. for 802.11g connections, the older base station and its external antenna should give the older base station better range than the TC since power output for both models at the 802.11g standard should be similar.

Time Capsule not recognized if repeated

Hey
I have a Time Capsule (1st Gen). It acts as AP for my Wireless users.
I use a repeater for my room, and theres the problem:
If I repeat the TC, and somebody (my MacBook 6,1) uses the repeated signal, I cannot reach the TC anymore!
TimeMachine: Backup drive not found
Airport Utilities: No Time Capsule found
oO
My TC is pingable from the repeated signal.
Is this a bug or a network-issue?
All firmwares (both Repeater (TP-Link) and TC) are up-to-date
Hope someone can help

LaPastenague wrote:
That is an interesting one.
That the TC is pingable but not discovered by airport.. stranger and stranger.
But I am guessing that internet is still working?? Just the TC has now disappeared off the scene.
Internet is working very well
Try opening the TC share directly. ie in Finder, on the top menu, go, go to server,
Then try using AFP://IPoftheTC
If that fails, try using SMB://IPoftheTC
Works, both...
If that doesn't get anywhere, you need to really work through the whole network and obviously the TP-Link is the point of issue. This would all work properly using an airport device to extend the network. Since it is not apple and not able to actually work as MacBook requires, to give things like country code correctly.
Your other big issue here is MAC address of the MacBook (don't mix up MAC and Mac),
I know what a Mac is and what a MAC is
can be hidden behind the TP-Link due to repeater.. ie universal repeater has an issue that from the main router, all clients connected to the TP-Link repeater are in fact the TP-Link itself. That may end up making internet available but not the TC.
TP-Link is working as Uni-Repeater, cause Repeater needs a AP with WDS enabled. TC is working as 802.11b/g and WDS seems to not working here.
Describe the whole network..
Main router?
I use a Fritz!Box 7112, this one shares its internet to the "main"-switch. This switch is connected to the TC, and the TC shares the connection (bridge) to all users.
What is its IP and what is connected?
I'm working with 172.31.30.x network.
Router: 172.31.30.1
TC: 172.31.30.4
TP-Link: 172.31.30.2
TC as AP in bridge? What is its IP?
yep ; see above
TP-Link repeater, what model? What is its IP?
Model: WA-801ND - up-to-date
Experiment.
If you plug the Macbook by ethernet directly into the TC by ethernet, does it get IP address.. what IP?
Not tested, but an XBox is connected to my TC via LAN, it get an IP from the DHCP over the FritzBox.
Gateway and DNS address?
Gate: FritzBox, DNS: FritzBox (both 172.31.30.1)
open terminal and type arp -a.. you might need to ping the TC to populate the arp table.. what does it list the TC as and its MAC address. Check that airport can find the TC.
Ouput:
fritz.box (172.31.30.1) at bc:5:43:12:40:57 on en1 ifscope [ethernet]
time-capsule.fritz.box (172.31.30.4) at 0:1f:f3:3d:99:ff on en1 ifscope [ethernet]
Do a shutdown and restart of the MacBook and connect back in your room via the repeater.
When you are connected by wireless via the repeater what address do you get, with gateway and dns?
Got IP/DNS from FritzBox, always the same (repeater or not, the FritzBox know my MacBook MAC and give me my IP, cause the lease is not timedout.)
If you open a terminal and go arp -a is the TC listed or not..
Connected via repeater: visible, see above.
I think it will have disappeared. And even if you attempt to open it, or some other device connects via the repeater it will get lost.
The answer is to replace the TP-Link with an airport extreme or express .. even another second hand TC.. only remember the ethernet doesn't work when it is in this mode except the express.
Edit..
Another way around the problem.. buy a pair of EOP adapters.. or even better run ethernet, but I am guessing the whole reason you have the repeater is difficult to do that. The EOP adapters are available around $100 or so.. then you can run the TP link also in AP mode. You can set the same wireless settings but different channels to enable roaming. It will also work far better than repeater mode which halves the speed immediately.
Another expense, sorry, but if you want it to work that is the best way.
Sorry for the long post. I often figure these things out half way through.
I'm not an beginner about networking, of course, I'm learning this currently. And it seems logical that this issue above should work. TC is pingable and accessible over repeater, but not for Airport or TimeMachine.
Dont worry about your long post

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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