Using Apple Time Capsule as wireless with ActionTech AGT784WNV

I have just began to use Verizon high speed dsl as my ISP. I had an Apple Time Capsule that I had been using to establish my wireless network. I wanted to continue to use it for various reasons. I tried to find a way to use the ActionTech as a bridge, but didn't find clear instructions. As I looked at the setting options on both devices i found I could set the timecapsule to act as a bridge only. Open airport utility. Select edit time capsule and on the network tab select bridge only. Then connect to the ethernet cable from the ActionTech.
So far that seems to work fine.

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It should work just fine. You can see user reviews on Apple's web site, here is the URL:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD032LL/A/Time-Capsule-2TB?fnode=MTY1NDA0Mg

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Can i use my time capsule to wirelessly backup my macbook and its external hard drive, which up until now was it's time machine and storage? How?

The external drive must be connected to the Mac using either USB or FireWire
You must remove the external hard drive from the list of items that are "excluded" from backups in Time Machine Preferences.
Here's how:
Open System Preferences (gear icon on the dock)
Open Time Machine
Click Options
Look for the name of the hard drive in the list of "excluded" items and click on it to highlight it
Click the -- (minus) button at the bottom of the list to remove the hard drive from the list of "excluded" items....so it will now be backed up
Strongly recommend that you do the first backup using Ethenret from your computer to the Time Capsule since the entire contents of the external drive will be copied on the first pass. Ethernet will be 3-5 faster than wireless.
Once you have the first backup done, you can use wireless for subsequent backups since they will nornally be much smaller....unless you add large files to the external drive.

Is the apple time capsule a wireless router

is the apple time capsule a wireless router

Yes, it's a 802.11 a/b/g/n (pretty much all the popular wireless standards). If you get the latest generation, it will also give you TWO wireless networks - the main one for you and a guest network. It has dual bands so that your guests can connect outside of your network.
It also has 4 Ethernet ports on the back to connect non-wireless devices.

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If the TC is not the main router just bridge it.
Have you tried it with the TC bridged??
You need to describe the full network because we have no idea how all this is setup.

Wrt320n with Apple Time Capsule in Wireless sharing mode

Hi!
I try to connect my LinkSys wrt320n with Apple Time Capsule with mode "sahring existing wireless network" and so Time capsule doesn't work. It gets IP, but writes "isn't internet connection, WiFi network don't find" and also in the admipage of my wrt320 I can't see Time Capsule as client.
Is it possible to make this mode with these two?
Thanks for your advice and solutions.

AlexFedy wrote:
I want to use TC as wireless station to share my wrt320n signal and also as backup. But, the first needs doesn't work properly
For setting up the Time Capsule to work as a wireless station, the WAN port should be connected to a modem. In your case, the WAN port should be connected to the to the ethernet port of the router since the modem is already connected to the Linksys. By the way, you don't need to setup a wireless station anymore since you already have a router, unless it serves as another purpose. In addition to that, if you want to setup the TC to do backup then you cannot use it as a wireless station anymore. It can only serve one purpose at a time, depending on the type of settings being set.

Help ReadyNAS NV+ as FTP server using Apple Time Capsule

I am setting this up for somebody else. I followed http://www.readynas.com/?p=1682 to configure the ReadyNAS RND4000 NV+ and then followed http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Designing_AirPort_Networks_10.5-Windows.pdf starting on page 54 to limited success. At times I could log into the FTP server and it would Auth, but then timeout. Swapped it out with my Netgear WNR2000 and configured it and it works great. What am I missing on the Apple Time Capsule that only took me 5min to do on the WNR2000? Called Apple Care and they said they could not help since they do not provide phone support for FTP. I have spent nearly 6hrs on this and all I know is that I had it working within 5min using my WNR2000, but they really want to use their Time Capsule and I just can not get it to work.

FTP is a lot trickier than it looks and unfortunately opening ports even in a fixed range as you are doing on the readynas, (following that post you referenced). Did you open 5000-5020 for FTP?
As an odd co-incidence.. the apple utility uses port 5009 to access the TC.. when you forwarded ports in the area of the Apple Utility you may well have wreaked something. Try using different port range above 10,000.
I can understand why the Apple people would not talk to you.. they have deliberately left out ftp as a method of access to the TC.. but I have a suspicion that something else even inside it might be running ftp.. in which case when you port forward you might be messing up the internals. Or the internals are messing with you. To say nothing of the access to the internal server which could be blocked from remote access.. even if you forward the port. Apple phone support workers will have no idea about this stuff.
My recommendation for a windows network.. use a router that has normal http access. Keep the TC in the network bridged. You can get Netgear router cheap.
My other comment is, ftp has no security other than password.. it is open to man in middle attacks because passwords are sent in the clear. It is not really a great method of remote access unless you have a walled off ftp store that you don't care if others access. If you want to buy another router, get something that does vpn and use vpn to access the network.
BTW Apple do break things like vpn, ftp, telnet in some versions of their firmware.. this is a well known issue and happens across all the apple routers.. since Apple does not use those ports themselves they don't seem to give any great deal of attention to bug catching.. if you run apple network with apple products you won't need it.
eg
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1435270?start=0&tstart=0
Do a google search for time capsule or airport (fundamentally the same thing).
I stick to my recommendation.. keep the TC as a bridged device... just buy another router.

What is best method to discard a used Apple Time Capsule

I have a Time Capsule which became defective. How should I discard this piece of equipment? Is there any security issue regarding data on the hard drive?

The files on the hard disk are sadly still accessible to a knowledge person..
I would open the TC.. remove the hard disk. See https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Apple_Time_Capsule
Then you can plug the hard disk into a USB hard drive cradle you can obtain from any large computer store for a few dollars or millions on ebay.. and plug it into your computer and wipe it. You can then put the HDD back into the TC and sell it as broken on ebay.. there is plenty of demand for broken ones for parts.
If all of that seems over the top.. take it to your apple store and ask for it to be disposed of. Apple should be able to offer a secure disposal service. Since the failure of the device is their fault.. and the lack of ability to remove the hard disk is also a design flaw.. well it is easy enough for them to dispose of properly.
If it is a Gen1 or Gen2 .. you can buy a replacement power supply on ebay for $40 or so and fix it up .. then you can sell it off working.
See my website for more info on how to repair.
https://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modem s/apple-time-capsule-repair

Can i use my time capsule as wireless storage and not as a router too?

hi there i just bought my self a time capsule its a 500gb one as i do not need the 1tb+ storage.
i play a lot of online games and have a fast router so i do not want the time capsule for its router capabilitys i only want to use it as a wireless storage unit is this possible to do?
if not i can connect a usb storage to my current router and use that as my wireless storage if so where is the best place to sell this time capsule?

You simply bridge the TC and plug it into the existing router.. it will then provide network storage..
Can connect either via the existing router or the TC.. if you set up wireless correctly.. if it is a gen1 you can set to 5ghz only.. that will keep it from interferring with the existing router.

Can you use a time capsule to wirelessly back up computers without being connected to the internet?

I have a 2TB time capsule that was connected to a DSL internet connection and was used to back up my Apple laptop and my iMac. I switched to a cable internet provider to get faster speed. I was unable to get the time capsule to connect to the new cable wi-fi network. Since I dont really need the time capsule to provide an internet connection, can I ust set it up as a local network just to back up my computers wirelessly?
Thanks for any help.

When I plugeed the time capsule into the new routerI purchased, the time capsule worked perfectly. I am stilll puzzled as to why the time time capsule didn't work when I plugged it directly into the modem. In summary it works perfectly when plugged into the netgear router which I connected to the cable modem, but I couldn't plug it directly in to the cable modem and have it be my primary router.

Getting slower speeds if using Apple Time Capsule?...

Hi. Have had Infinity2 for a couple of weeks and am happy with the sevice - much faster than my old Virgin cable. When the engineer came he installed the white modem box and connected it to a Home Hub 4. With Virgin I used the Superhub in "modem" mode and connected it to my Time Capsule which handled all the wireless stuff. I was planning on doing the same kind of thing with the BT connection as I was very happy with the Time Capsules wireless performance. The Time Capsule is around 3 years old so it's not the newest one out but I was getting good speeds from the virgin service. After a search around the internet I found a forum instructing me to connect the white modem box directly to the Capsule and set the capsule up in PPPoE mode. This all worked really well but I was suprised at how slow the wireless connection was compared to the HomeHub. The HH4 got me around 71Mb bits per sec and the Capsule got me around 43Mb per sec. Can anyone give any guidence? I am happy with the wireless speed the HH4 is giving me but wite wifi signal can be erratic at times - some mornings a power cycle is needed to reset the wireless signal. Also, when my wife uses her hair dryer, this also sometimes knocks out the wireless signal and I have to reset. Any help would be great. Thank you

My time capsule bust recently but before that I had it connected via. powerline adapters directly to the HH3 rather than to the modem.
I know I only have infinity 1 but I used to get download speeds via. wifi of 37.6 - 37.8 from my 38.72 connection from the time capsules wifi.
I now use an even older original Airport Express to create a WifFi network in the same manner and get exactly the same download results.
I would recommend steering clear of the OpenReach Modem and connect the Time capsule to the HH4 and see if you get better results that way.
I would also set your WiFi to 802.11n only (5GHz) to keep away from interferring signals.

Can you use a time capsule's wireless hard drive capabilities without plugging it into a wireless router?

I recently used it as a bridge router from another router but then turn that function off. But now if I just have the time capsule set up on its own I can't even find it on airport utility. It seems funny as it itself is a wireless router...
Thanks for your help

A "hard reset" will not erase the Time Capsule's hard disk. That would require a separate procedure. Your backup data will not be affected.
You can connect it to a router if you wish, but a "hard reset" is more likely to result in less confusion.
Read to be sure you perform it correctly: Resetting an AirPort Base Station or Time Capsule FAQ

Can I use Apple Time Capsule both as a back up as well as an external hard drive simultaneously ?

My new IMAC has 500 GB SSD. I want to create a back up for it in a 2 or 3TB Time capsule. Is it possible to have data other than my backup data in the time capsule? And can I access it like an external hard drive?
Thanks
cpsharma

1. If you're using Time Machine, you should allow it at least 1TB of space, but see #2.
2. Yes, but it isn't possible to partition a Time Capsule in the normal fashion, and the Time Machine backup will eventually take up all the free space on the volume containing it. If desired, create a disk image on it.
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Can apple time capsule act as a wireless hard drive storage by Samsung smart tv?

Can apple time capsule act as a wireless hard drive storage by Samsung smart tv? Samsung smart tv is connected to apple time capsule through wireless as a modem at the moment

If you look on the right side there pops up similar questions.. which works better than search btw..
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16432256#16432256
The Samsung.. may not be able to see the Time Capsule hard disk..
because it does not contain any files it can read.
because it is not conformed to standard SMB file system.. the TC name is often illegal.. remove all spaces and special characters and keep it short.
Same for wireless name and all passwords.
There is no media player in the TC so it is useless for your TV even if it can see the hard drive .. the TC is a dumb backup device.

AirPort Utility allows changing Time Capsule disk password with a device password only

Hello!
I just noticed that changing disk password is allowed for anyone who has a Time Capsule device password. (AirPort Utility WIndows version)
I find that illogical.
Is it a kind of bug or it is intended to be this way?

Well, lets say that you had friends or other family members that use the Time Capsule for wireless connections.
And, you have files on the Time Capsule drive that you only want to share with one other person. If you use a disk password, only the person with the disk password will be able to see the files on the drive.
If you don't set up a disk password, then anyone who is using the Time Capsule wireless will be able to see the files on the drive.
So, if you want everyone to have access to the files on the drive, then use the device password.
If you do not want everyone to have access to the files on the drive, then use a disk password

Using Apple Time Capsule as wireless with ActionTech AGT784WNV

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