Time capsule "Security Key"
According to Netflix, I need a "Security Key" for Time capsule so it can connect to my internet ready TV. What is that and how can I find it? I could communicate with the TV until I had to do a hard reset on the router to make the network work. My network is working fine otherwise. Thanks for any help.
You should not change the password on a wireless network unless you also change the name of the wireless network. Various devices store the network name and password information and if you change the password, the device still sees the same network name and thinks that it should use the old password.
Try changing both the name of the wireless network and the password on the Time Capsule.
Access the settings for the wireless network as follows:
Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click Manual Setup
Click the Wireless tab below the row of icons
Change the settings for both the Wireless Network Name and Password
Write those down
Click Update to save your new settings
Then look for the name of the new wireless network and enter the new password to connect on all wireless devices
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I've just had my time capsule for a couple of days now, and ignoring problems with the fan being on constantly which I am tackling seperately, I have a questions about security and how I wish to use the shared HD.
I wish to have the drive set up so that various users can back up with time machine to the drive, as well as using some of the space as extended storage for my computer (I'm out of HD space), so I would like this space to be only accessible by me. I would also like to have a section of the drive to be used as a shared storage space for music and general files that everyone can access. If the accounts option on the TC has a shared account then that would probably suffice.
The other option is perhaps partitions? Can i set the access up separately on different partitions so that one partition is shared and then each user has a folder on the other partition?No, Setting up user accounts just sets permissions to a folder in the name of the account created. It does not create accounts in exactly the same way OSX creates them. e.g. with drop box, shared, public etc..
TC sets up a 'virtual' partition.. i.e. does not divide up the drive in a conventional sense with partition mapping, but sets rules to folders. This a is more flexible way of managing users and files as it does not automatically restrict users to a particular amount of data (disk quota), it just allows all users to use the amount of space available until the physical drive is full.
Setting up an account with the name John Doe (for example) will create a folder on the TC with that name. When you mount the folder it appears like a Hard Disk on the desktop. You can set permissions on accounts to allow everyone to access. Worth setting up a new account and calling it 'Shared Items' or 'Exchange' or something like that, then allowing everyone to read & write to it. This will give folks the option to mount that virtual partition when they log into their own account. -
I have been using Time Capsule in combination with Time Machine for a while now, but recently found out that the data on it, is not protected with the same security level as it is on the Mac itself.
Let me try to explain myself:
Our home config consists out of one main Imac with 4 user profiles, and two macbooks all running 10.6.5 and a time capsule at 7.4.2
Time capsule is used to backup the data ( User dataset and subsets ) of the iMac and the two macbooks.
When I access the sparsebundle of the Imac on TimeCapsule through the Finder on the Imac, one gets access to Backups.backupdb and finally can browse through the different versions of the backup. Drilling down further to the individual file is possible, however if one is logged on as user1 on the Imac he will only have access rights to the files of user1, Files of all other users are blocked with the typical 'no access' sign. This is as expected.
The problem occurs if I access the same sparsebundle of the iMac, but this time through Finder on one of the Macbooks. To our big surprise any user on the Macbook has full access to all files of all four iMac users when drilling down up to the file level. The typical 'no access' sign never appears.
Same happens when iMac is used to access a sparsebundle from one of the Macbooks, which will give full visibility to all files on the Macbook.
I can't find any configuration options to remedy this.
All suggestion are welcome as I am very uncomfortable with this situation.Hmm... The time capsule is a generic 'disk pool' however have you tried to access the data from within a different mac's sparse bundle directly?
I would expect the unix file permissions to kick in and at least prevent you from opening those files such as documents etc.
If you want something more secure, you're going to have to go for a dedicated NAS box or look at a PC solution such as FreeNAS to share out disk to servers/users and locked down, or use OpenSolaris and use iSCSI sparse bundles, I have a friend who does this and the security is such that he has four different disks shared out via iscsi to 3 macs and a PC, which use Time machine to backup to the 'chunk' of disk shared out via open Solaris's iscsi initiator.. A more elegant solution but one which requires some technical know how. The Mac's see that disk via the iSCSI connection on his lan using iscsi mac software-
this is basically how to do it : http://www.kamiogi.net/Kamiogi/FrameDragging/Entries/2009/5/25_OpenSolaris_ZFS_iSCSI_Time_Machine_in_20_Minutes_orLess.html
hth
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Time Capsule Security: which one?
I seem to remember reading that there are certain problems one may encounter when using the Time Capsule's security levels, but I can't remember which security levels and what the issues were.
I know the security levels are:
1. password on a per disk basis, or
2. password on an account basis on Time CapsuleHmm... The time capsule is a generic 'disk pool' however have you tried to access the data from within a different mac's sparse bundle directly?
I would expect the unix file permissions to kick in and at least prevent you from opening those files such as documents etc.
If you want something more secure, you're going to have to go for a dedicated NAS box or look at a PC solution such as FreeNAS to share out disk to servers/users and locked down, or use OpenSolaris and use iSCSI sparse bundles, I have a friend who does this and the security is such that he has four different disks shared out via iscsi to 3 macs and a PC, which use Time machine to backup to the 'chunk' of disk shared out via open Solaris's iscsi initiator.. A more elegant solution but one which requires some technical know how. The Mac's see that disk via the iSCSI connection on his lan using iscsi mac software-
this is basically how to do it : http://www.kamiogi.net/Kamiogi/FrameDragging/Entries/2009/5/25_OpenSolaris_ZFS_iSCSI_Time_Machine_in_20_Minutes_orLess.html
hth
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I have a 1T Time Capsule and love it. It works just as advertised. But I have what is likely a rookie question. Since my cable modem is plugged directly into the time capsule, can others reach that drive over the internet? OS X has a firewall, I know, but it would seem to me that the time capsule is 'upstream' of my laptop; that the drive in the time capsule is on the other side of the firewall.
Please lay my mind to rest: there is some security to keep outsiders out of my backup data. Right?All,
I agree that "No one asked for it..." isn't a very compelling reason and that the average or even above average user isn't going know what SPI is or why they would want or need it. Someone in a NetGear forum did point out however that, unless you’re running commercial websites from your location behind this router, you probably don’t need SPI, which is used to defeat DOS attacks like PING and SYN floods.
I just purchased a NetGear WNR3500 router. It has SPI and 2 levels of NAT firewall security. The problem is that iChat won't connect with SPI enabled. So even though I have it I can't use it. It appears to be specifically an iChat issue with this router’s SPI because with SPI enabled a Windows XP PC with the AIM client connects without problem. I’m certainly not happy disabling a major component of my firewall as a workaround.
The other thing that makes me long for a Time Capsule is that I also just bought an Iomega MiniMax 500GB drive. If you're not familiar with it, it has the same design and footprint as the Mini, so a natural fit, right? The only problem is that it doesn't mount when the Mac boots. I have to power cycle the drive for it to mount. At this point, I'm considering it defective pending a resolution from Iomega.
So the question is - return both the router and the drive and get a Time Capsule? Operationally, how does everyone find the TC? Glitches, reliability, etc? -
Being that Time Capsule can act as a wireless router, I'm interested in knowing more about its security or lack thereof.
Seems like most people would have a similar setup. (Cable) Modem > Time Capsule > Computer.
Being that the Time Capsule is just behind the modem, is it less secure than other drives going out FROM my computer?
Even when my computer is asleep I can hear the Time Capsule working away, sometimes late at night. I'm concerned that even though my computer is sleeping, activity and access can still be made from outside and that without my computer's firewall in the loop. I store important files on the Time Capsule, are they safe?
Does anyone know the vulnerabilities and strengths of the Time Capsule as a secure storage drive in this configuration?Being that Time Capsule can act as a wireless router, I'm interested in knowing more about its security or lack thereof.
Seems like most people would have a similar setup. (Cable) Modem > Time Capsule > Computer.
Being that the Time Capsule is just behind the modem, is it less secure than other drives going out FROM my computer?
Even when my computer is asleep I can hear the Time Capsule working away, sometimes late at night. I'm concerned that even though my computer is sleeping, activity and access can still be made from outside and that without my computer's firewall in the loop. I store important files on the Time Capsule, are they safe?
Does anyone know the vulnerabilities and strengths of the Time Capsule as a secure storage drive in this configuration? -
Macbook Pro
Time Capsule
Apple TV
Ipad
Iphone
Hello all,
I spent quite a lot of time (not a geek but not inexperienced) setting my Time Capsule up as a back up drive and a store for my DVD's so I could access them from my ipad and Iphon via FileBrowser. It all works fine except.....
I fixed my friends Sony Vaio Laptop running Windows 7 (sorry about that but he hasn't seen the light yet!) and after fixing it I happened to be poking around (I was connected to my Sky Router) and clicked Network, this brought up my Time Capsule. When I see it with my Mac and FileBrowser I have to enter a username and password. Well I clicked it and I could browse through the whole of my Time Capsule, photos videos etc without entering a user name or password!! It even plays my movies!
How can this be??
I do not have wireless enabled on the TC, as I said I had connected the Sony to my sky router not via wireless using the TC.
File sharing is enabled on my TC but "With TC Password" and as I say from my Mac I cant access it without a password so please help as as it stands anyone else can see my files?
Many thanks in advance to anyone who can help
Regards
Richard
(AppleMad)By guest, I mean the guest access to the hard disk.. not wireless..
In your setup the TC is able to be accessed because it is bridged.. the connection to the sky router is fine as that gives an ip address that allows access to the TC.
Did you happen to load airport utility or bonjour for windows.. or was it already there?
Give us screen shot of the file sharing page in the disk utility.
With the guest access to read or read and write anybody can access the TC. Even if you have a disk password set. -
Time Capsule - Secured Shared Disk anomaly
Hi,
Something quite worrying just happened and I'm unsure whether I can trust the TC to continue using it or whether I should just replace it. The TC is almost 2 years old and until now has reliably served as my DHCP router and Shared Disk with account. From Finder I attempted to mount my private shared folder as normal but the login details were refused. "Connect As" was showing in Finder which shouldn't appear when the account details are stored in Keychain. But sure enough in Keychain the connection details had vanished too. In Airport Utility the Shared Disk Account was nowhere to be found either with only the usual Data folder for Time Machine still visible. I mounted the Data folder and found inside a Users folder containing my missing files - around 400GB of my life's treasure! Thank the lord I seem to be able to access my files and am presently copying everything over to an internal disk on the Mac pro. Oddly enough what was once a restricted access folder requiring username and password now seems to be totally unsecured.
I share the TC over MobileMe so I can access it on the move. Could there have been a MobileMe event which caused this anomaly? I can't understand how the account data could have been lost, indeed moved inside the Data folder and the keychains appear to have been deleted on all the Macs in the house which use the same MobileMe account.ibosie wrote:
containing my missing files - around 400GB of my life's treasure!
Are you saying that was the only copy you have?
If so, count yourself as extremely lucky. Do yourself a favor and begin doing regular backups immediately. At the very least, back up your important, irreplaceable stuff. But do yourself another favor and back up your entire system.
That may be a bit tricky, as many backup apps (including Time Machine) won't back up a network drive, such as a Time Capsule. See Kappy's post on Basic Backup, complete with links to the web sites of each product. One or more of those will likely work for that.
While you're at it, make another set of backups, of the important stuff at least, and get it off-site, so you're also protected against fire, flood, theft, and direct lightning strike on your power lines. A portable hard drive is good for that, as are CDs/DVDs. Any of them can be taken to your safe deposit box, workplace, relative's house, etc. And there are services that let you do backups over the internet; since you're a MobileMe subscriber, you can use Apple's Backup app to back up some things to your iDisk automatically. -
Airpot Time Capsule - Security Backup Postponed
I bought the 2Tb ATC less than a week ago. One of the purposes of acquiring it was for backing up two macs i've got at home. It all went smoothly at first: i managed to create a backup for the first one (not a big deal) and the next day when i started the backup for the second mac the next message appeared beneath the icon of time machine: "Security Backup Postponed".
When clicking on it, another message shows up: "The security backup disc is not available". Now, the second mac does backup every hour, but the first doesn't.
I'd really appreciate a solution. Thanks.
Note: you'll have to forgive my english since it's a foreign language to me. I've done the translation of the OS's messages myself so they're likely to be unaccurate.Reset the TC and start over..
Use all names that are short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric.. ie do not use the suggested Apple names.
So for example.. name of the TC.
MarcosTC
Wireless name. TC24ghz
and give a different name to 5ghz.. TC5ghz
Make sure the disk share name is .. data
With all names conforming to the standard.. try again with the second Mac. -
Time Capsule security with multiple computers
I am considering buying a time capsule. I will be using it with my mac book air for backup and storage purposes (also as a router obviously). Is there a way to prevent other machines from accessing my documents on time capsule, i.e. guests with PCs or MACs or ipads and so on?
See what IP you are getting.. with cable modem the TC should be in router mode..
You need to turn off the cable modem for 5min or sometimes 15min to allow the MAC address to reset. -
Win 7 PC cannot connect to Time Capsule - despite flawless I'net connection
Hi, strange thing and I'd appreciate if someone knew a trick to solve it:
Although my Windows notebook can connect to the internet via our Time Capsule (WPA2 key, AES encryption) without any problems for a long time now, I cannot connect to it via AirPort even with the correct WPA key.
When running the AirPort utility I can see our TC with its name and IP address (10.0.1.1 as usual, I think) in the main view. After clicking "Manual Setup" or "Continue" in the main view, AirPort asks for the password.
After entering the password (same as the one that is in my settings for the WLAN connection via TC, of course), *TC REFUSES TO CONNECT* and the *"Enter password" window will appear over and over again*. No specific error message given.
The WLAN connection has been set up using the MacBook (I once read this could be a problem). Working proberly
all the time, though.
Tried deactivating both firewall and virus protection of my Norton security package on my Lenovo - no effect.
Background:
We intend to use an external USB hard drive which is connected to our Time Capsule. After TC has moaned that the drive had to be "repaired", we created partitions for Mac (OS X) and Windows (FAT) partition from the MacBook.
The MacBook can access the drive and partitions. Fine.
The Windows 7 notebook won't show the hard drive nor the Time Capsule. Thus, I have installed AirPort utility (V 5.5.1) to get access to the USB hard drive. And there I am - kinda stuck halfway...
Hardware setup:
Lenovo ThinkPad X61, Windows 7 Pro
MacBook, OS X 10.5.8
Time Capsule
1.0TB Buffalo Drive Station USB 3.0 plugged into Time Capsule
Help would be very much appreciated!
Thanks a lot,
MarkI found something that worked for me. I got Error Number 53 when trying to connect to my time capsule using Airport Base Station Agent with windows vista. I think the issue is allowing your time capsule to be accessed over Bonjour; I think this feature is disabled by default. Well, here is what I did (also, this may answer the question for those of you who are confused to why it asks for a username/password when you attempted to map the time capsule's hdd) -
In Airport Utility: Airport >> Time Capsule
- Click "Edit..." and check the "Use dynamic global hostname" box.
- Enter in the info (for hostname, I used the same name as the local Hostname (at the top of that window, for user/password -- The info you enter here is the same info you must enter when you are prompted to, that is if you try to map the time capsule's hdd)
- Click "OK"
In Airport Utility: Disks >> Files Sharing
- Make sure "Share disks over WAN" is checked AND make sure "Share disks over the Internet using Bonjour" is checked as well.
- Click OK.
In Airport Utility: Click "Update", let it reset, and try accessing the Time Capsule via Airport Base Station Agent as you usually would/or mapping the harddrive"
In summary, since vista uses Bonjour, you must make sure your time capsule is 'Bonjour-accessible'
I Hope this solution alleviates a lot of people's problems!!!
Oh yea, this solution worked with firmware 7.4.1
AND...prior to trying this method, I did enable NETBIOS. It was enabled while I did this solution (and still is). I haven't tried it with it disabled (well maybe not disabled - it's on automatic by default). -
Access To Time Capsule Over Internet
Like a personal "Dropbox" I would like to access the files on my Time Capsule securely over the internet with my iphone, mac or pc.. is this possible? I really appreciate your help
The only secure method is vpn.. all the products listed.. iphone, mac and pc offer vpn clients.
TC is vpn-less .. at least from your point of view. (I think BTMM uses ipsec but it is unavailable to end user).
You should buy a vpn router or modem router which matches your broadband type. These are readily available but you need to balance expensive professional series and over cheap domestic stuff that offers vpn but doesn't deliver.. I find draytek for instance makes stuff that works.. is reliable and whilst expensive is not Cisco prices.. and still uses standard gui to setup. Better level netgear and linksys-cisco also have some good models. (what happens to linksys now sold to belkin I don't know).
Some of the third party firmware are also very good.. Not sure what is available for pogoplug but you can probably get something.. I would tend to go for standard brand and go for pptp vpn in the first instance as it is easiest if not the most secure.
How important is doing this? Remember your speed is limited by upload in both directions.. most of us have downloads at least 5-10x the speed of upload.. but you get are caught running home network to mobile by upload in both direction.. That is why cloud storage is so much better.. faster and just as secure.. and a lot less hassle setting up.
The other thing is to scrap the TC (use it for TM only) and use a NAS.. most NAS offer decent remote access. HTTPS or SFTP.. often they have several options. The limitation of the TC is Apple wants to control access remotely to it.. and so only allow you access via them. That is why there is no DDNS client available to you.. without static public ip it is really painful to use. -
Apple TV and Time Capsule 802.11n -- idle timeout and group key stuff...
I've been having some wireless issues since moving to a Time Capsule to provide my 802.11n service.
I have my time capsule setup as an 802.11n only router, on a 5 ghz band only, with WPA2 security (AES-CCMP.) My reception is great -- but I've noticed in the logs that there's an idle disconnect that seems to occur about every 10 minutes.
What seems to be happening is that when the idle disconnect occurs, the AppleTV renews its connection. The problem, at least 90% of the time, is that if the "group key timeout" value in the Airport Admin Utility has been passed AND the idle timeout occurs, the unit appears to be unable to connect to the network unless you reboot OR reenter the network password.
The Time Capsule is setup strictly from a networking standpoint as a wireless bridge -- I have an existing network DHCP server, and during the disconnects, a DHCP renewal is not occurring.
Another observation when this issue is occurring: on the "Network" settings page, instead of selecting wireless network, you can select TCP/IP, and select "DHCP" and the unit will state that it has successfully connected to the network, and states the network name. The Time Capsule though doesn't show an active client; I have to assume this is some sort of bug.
Since the unit works fine after a reboot, I have to assume something isn't quite right with the way it is attempting to reconnect to grab an update group key after an idle timeout occurs.
I'd like to test this further, but I can't find anyway in the Airport Admin Utility to change the idle timeout value. There's a place to enter the group key timeout, but not the idle timeout.
Has anyone else noticed this behavior and found a way around it?
Message was edited by: Matt Domenici
Message was edited by: Matt DomeniciJust one more follow-up post to say that I continue to have the same problem. (Just picked up my TC and aTV on Tuesday and didn't get a chance to do too much with it until this weekend.
I have the TC running in bridge mode to my FIOS Actiontec router. The Actiontec does DHCP for the home network (has to because of paculiarities with FIOS on MOCA with a cable TV set-top box) and runs an 802.11 g network for all my non-N hardware (iPhone, older computers, etc.). The TC runs 5 GHz N-only, and the aTV connects to that. I set things up this way because I wanted to keep the aTV and my N-capable computers on a dedicated wireless channel for speed.
Alas, I'm afraid I'm going to have to use the aTV on the G network, or perhaps ethernet, until this problem gets sorted out. -
WPA security with both time capsule and airport express not working together
I want to set WPA security on my time capsule so that my teenager can not access wireless with out permission but when I add a security key my airport express disappears from list.
I have tried setting a password then the time capsule restarts and when it does the aiport express is gone from list and can not be found when rescanned.
Do I need to set time capsule and then reset airport express by pluggin it directly into desktop and resetting its software?
ThanksI would suggest, reconnecting the Express to the TC again. Use the AirPort Utility to make ALL configuration changes including the network extending settings. Then restart both base stations and check that the settings are still good. Then disconnect the Express and give it a few minutes to initialize. It should connect. If not, then the issue may be either the distance or obstructions (like walls, ceilings, floors, etc.) that is preventing the Express from getting a signal from the TC that is adequate enough to extend.
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Having trouble securing my Time Capsule wireless network
Hi everyone,
I purchased the Time Capsule to use as my main source of wireless connection in my living room some few months back. Recently, I have noticed that my wireless network has been acting slower than usual, especially during peak hours. Popping open up system preferences showed me that my Apple wireless network was unsecured.
Several attempts of changing the WEP password and locking it proved unsuccessful, as I was able to detect the network on my mobile phone and on several laptops I have at home. Changing it to WPA and WPA2 also didn't fix this problem.
I just wanted to quickly ask if I am doing something wrong? Why am I still able to see my own wireless connection even if I am not using my own computer? (I tested the connectivity by using a seperate laptop I have and I STILL found the network as being unsecured on this laptop and both on my mobile).
Any help would be greatly appreciated!Why am I still able to see my own wireless connection even if I am not using my own computer?
By default, all wireless routers will broadcast their Network Names (SSID). However, in order to connect to ones that are secured, you would either have to enter the encryption key manually or it can be done automatically if stored in your Mac's Keychain.
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