Time Capsule setup with older (G band) AirPort Express

I have a new dual band TC and have some setup questions for Airtunes.
1. I want to setup my Airport Express (older version w G) for Airtunes. I have it connected to the TC via Ethernet. I set it up to join the network, but I think it's doing it wirelessly, not via the ethernet, but don't know how to check. I recall seeing posts in the past that connecting an AX to a TC wirelessly would reduce the wireless performance. Is this true, should I be concerned about that?
2. I want to connect a second AX wireless for printer sharing. Again I'm not sure if I need to worry about hurting the performance of the network.
3. Not related to Airtunes, but I have a MBP that I'd like to run on N and an iPhone that will need the G band. Is there anything special I need to configure for this to work, or does it take care of it automatically?
4. Should I setup the 5ghz network option? I don't know what that will get me, or if that inhibit what I'm trying to do above.
Help on any of these questions is much appreciated!

1. You should not select "join the network." That is only for wireless connections. The express unit should be set to bridge mode. You can then either turn the wireless off on the express or you can set it to the same or even a different SSID. The channel needs to be different from your main network if you do this though. However...
The whole point of the dual band Airports is to eliminate the performance decrease due to connecting slower hardware. With the old Airport (n) routers, if you connected to it with a (g) router, it would switch to (g) mode. Since the express would be constantly connected you would always have a (g) connection. Now, the (g) routers get their own wireless radio so this does not happen.
2. See above.
3. Automatic, however if you look in your TC settings, you will notice that you have the option for your two networks to have unique names or to have the same name. If they have the same name, your devices will automatically be routed to the best connection, if they have different names, you can select which connection they have. This would also be a good time to look at the options for a guest network. The guest network uses the same wireless connections, works over both radios, however isolates users of this network from your own network while still allowing them access to the internet.
4. 5ghz is not compatible with (g) connections, however this is no longer a problem because of the dual radios. Only one of the connections will be using this setting and it should provide better performance.
The following is based on my experience with setting up my own network:
DO NOT use extend wireless network or a WDS unless you really need to and I'm not referring to the performance hit you get from running either of these though there is also that to consider. The real problem is that you end up with two connecting points that are both within a reasonable range of your computer. This will not cause any noticeable decrease in performance while browsing, however it can cause music to pause and skip while your computer switches between the two connections that are both in range.
The best option to extending a network is to use a wired ethernet connection with the airport set to bridge mode and the wireless set to the same SSID but different wireless channel.
Only use extend network if this is not an option, and again, only if you really need it.

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Did you follow what I said.. use ethernet only in full isolation?
Does the ethernet port get the correct IP from the TC? ie 10.0.1.2
If not the TC could actually be faulty.
If you do get the correct IP and it is just a setup issue.. make sure you have ipv6 set to local-link for the ethernet connection.. this is essential to get it to work.
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Also if you have an iOS product with the latest airport utility .. that seems to often work better to get over the line than the Mac utility.
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Long time reader, first-time poster.
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Hi all,
I've searched through quite some topics though i did nog find an answer to this probably easy question. Either it was to technical for me or i just did'n look that good...
Can i connect a time capsule through an existing wireless network (newly bought airport express) and use all functionality from the TC? For example the dual network possibility. (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz), connecting the TC to a printer via USB, connecting desktop computer through an ethernet connection. etc, etc,
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grt Walter, (from the netherlands)

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Check your settings as follows:
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Click the Wireless tab below the row of icons
Wireless Mode = Create a wireless network
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Seeking confirmation on Time Capsule setup

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To that configuration I’ve added a Time Capsule, Ethernet connected to my Express (LAN on the Express to LAN port on the Time Capsule). Setup with Time Capsule is with Wireless turned Off, and Network Off (Bridge Mode). I choose to use the TC only for Time Machine backups.
My confirmation questions are:
1. I can only get the TC to work by using one of its LAN ports for the Ethernet connection. If I try connecting using the TC WAN port, Time Machine can’t    find it. And Airport Utility yellow flags the TC, i.e., no longer available. Is this normal? Using the LAN port?
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2. My second question has to do with backup speed. My first (full) backup of a MBPro took a little less than 2 hours, 32.8 GB’s total. Then again, the first backup of a MBAir (26.4GB’s) took about 1 ½ hours. Are those times fast, or slow? I really have nothing to compare it to.
You do not indicate whether you are backing up using wireless, or using a direct Ethernet connection for the MacBook Pro, but I assume that you are talking about wireless here, correct?
I also assume that you are backing up using wireless on the MacBook Air, although it is certainly possible to connect directly using an USB to Ethernet adapter or Thunderbolt to USB adapter with the MacBook Air.
Using a direct, wired Ethernet cable connection for backups, I normally see about 50-60 GB of data transferred per hour.
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There is nothing bad or sinister going on.. but you certainly need to ensure your own wireless network is secure..
That is otherwise all fine.
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The Time Capsule is not providing a wireless connection.
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Which model TC is this? The A1xxx number from the base please.
Try the setup in full isolation from the network.. so unplug the TC from the network.. and turn off wireless in the mini.. so you have mini--ethernet--lan port TC.. and nothing else.
Do the factory reset.
Now check if TC comes up in airport utility..
If it fails, turn on ipv6 local link.. if you are using 6.3 utility this could be necessary.
Still fails, try loading the v5 utility.. you will need to plug the computer back into the FIOS to get internet. Then depending on OS.. Lion according to your profile.. you can just down the utility.. ML takes more steps.
See below.
Do you have an iphone or ipad.. download the airport utility app and use those for the setup.. that can sometimes work better.
How to load 5.6 into ML.
1. Download 5.6 for Lion.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
Click to open the dmg but do not attempt to install the pkg.. it won't work anyway.
2. Download and install unpkg.
http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
Run unpkg on the desktop.. it is very simple.. drag the AirPortUtility56.pkg file over to unpkg.. and it will create a new directory of the same name on the desktop.. drill down.. applications utilities .. there lo and behold is Airport utility 5.6 .. drag it to your main utilities directory or just run it from current location.
You cannot uninstall 6.1 (now 6.2 if you updated) so don't try.. and you cannot or should not run them both at the same time.. so just ignore the toyland version.. the plastic hammer.. and start using 5.6.. a real tool.
For screen shots see this post.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4668746?tstart=0

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I changed the name of my Time Capsule using airport. However, Time Machine still shows the old Time Capsule name, with the new name underneath. When I try to back up using this disk, it shows the following error message:
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After manually changing the name of the Time Capsule Disk as above, Time Machine was still not able to back up. I kept getting the error message
"Time Machine could not complete the backup. The backup disk image "/Volumes/Old Time Capsule name/My laptop name.sparsebundle" could not be accessed (error -1)."
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Anyone with a working TC - Airport Express setup (wireless) out there?
My setup is super slow and has dropouts all the time!

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Hello,
I'm using a Time Capsule 2T with a MacBook pro 2.0Ghz Intel Core i7, 8GB ram, OSX 10.9.2.
I have a 10mbps internet plan and it works perfectly with my iphone or ipad mini using the wireless signal.
But with my macbook pro, the speed goes down to 1mbps, at maximum...
I've reseted my modem, the Time Capsule, macbook and nothing changed...
Does anyone know what could be happening?? Tks!!!

Have you tested with ethernet? From the specs of your machine it should still have ethernet port.
That is the first test.. with wireless off.. as it helps to establish if the issue is just wireless or is some network problem. If it is still slow post back without doing anything else.
Next test.. copy a file to the TC.. use a big file, a system update or some such.. copy it from the computer to the TC.. and TC to the computer. What speed do you get??
That establishes if the problem is wireless overall or is it wrongly setup somehow.
Test with wireless should be about 3-5M from the TC.. no need to be right next to it.
Make sure ipv6 is set to link-local in wireless setting on the computer.
Do the wireless diagnostics, which is built into the OS. See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5606
Follow all the wifi best practice.
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Cannot get Time Capsule to Work as anything but Airport

I have had this problem off and on for months and have never been able to resolve it. I have already reviewed all of the threads addressing this issue and none of them solved my problem.
My time capsule will not show up on my finder OR through airport. If I restart it 2 or 3 times, airport will find it at which point I will again reconfigure it to act as my back-up drive with time machine. However, immediately after the forced restart, my computer again fails to recognize it.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
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http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
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