Time Capsule set-up

Hi, I tried the following steps
1. Plugged in TC (no other connections, Ethernet, etc, only mains connection
2. My IMac finds TC thru Airport, I click it and go through the TC set-up screens, passwords, join my existing network etc
3. Then it says my wireless network is to be temp. unavailable while the TC restarts, fine
4. It never restarts. It starts to flash amber and after a while I get an error saying it didn't work.
I have tried a factory reset on the TC three times and each time it is the same thing.
Any ideas?
Thanks
S

lapoon wrote:
Hi, ok, well I tried setting up with an Ethernet cable running from the back of my router to the Internet WAN port at the back of the TC. For good measure I tried another factory reset before starting. So here is what happened
1. I go thru the set-up screens, say I want to join my network, set password, etc
2. I then get a message saying fine, your network will be temporaily unavailable, I say fine
3. Then I wait and wait and wait while looking at a message saying the TC is restarting and I can close the window if I want. I leave it open.
4. Then I get an error message
what's the error message ?
This is pretty frustrating now. It must be a problem with the TC that whenever I restart it, my airport cannot find it, and I need to do a factory reset, right?
it could be a problem with the TC but i'm not yet convinced
okay, so you have an ethernet cable from one of the LAN ports of the router to the WAN port of the TC. leave that cable. now run another ethernet from one of the LAN ports of the TC to you machine (temporarily, for setting it up)
when the TC shows up in AU, instead of clicking continue, click +manual setup+. you will need to make sure that the setting for Connection Sharing on the TC is set to *off (bridge mode)*. in this constellation, the TC would provide a second wireless network and you should also be able to use the backup feature. a drawback to this would be that you will not be able to use the +guest network+ feature.
my preference would be to do away with your other router and make the TC your main router. you'd get all the benefits of the TC plus there will be less chance of your other Apple devices being incompatible
...sorry, one more question. This is my second TC. My first one conked out after 18 months, and it was not connected to my router by cable. It used to just back up wirelessly from my mac to the TC, I thought. Maybe I am mistaken but I am pretty sure it was just the TC, plugged into the wall, and backing up my Mac which was using the router for internet access. Is that not right?
yes, you can do that. but you had to switch networks all the time, correct ? you needed to join the other router's network to get online, then switch to the TC's network for backing up, right ?
again, if you would make the TC your main router, you would have all this combine in one device

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A PC can have more issues connecting than a Mac.
But it really should not matter.. so just try it in situ.. press and hold the reset.. once it starts up, it will return to default IP, 10.0.1.1 the PC should then be able to find it via the airport utility.
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yannick chastang wrote:
I am having problem with my time capsule setting up. I have followed all the instructions, and have hopefully installed it correctly. The green light is on. Last thing to do is to turn it "on" by slidding the bar to on. Unfortunately, at this point, I get the message: You haven’t selected a location for Time Machine backups., a list of possible locations appears and the only option available for back up is Bootcamp, which obviously is not the right location, in particular as bootcamp apparently would need to be formatted....
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Ldbenney wrote:
Is it possible to use the Time Machine as my wireless router without downloading AirPort?
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I see that it is possible to connect the Time Capsule into an existing network. Is this done by just connecting a ethernet cable between the Time Capsule and current Router.
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By setting up this way, does it slow down the transfer rate?
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I see no direct connection.. a printer and the computer setup for internet are not related.
But it sounds like the router in the wife's office is now in the wrong mode..
If you have an existing main router replace the second router for a switch .. that is the easy way.
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Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1589
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