Why is InDesign CS6 so slow accessing files on NAS?

Using InDesign CS6 on Mac OSX 10.6, accessing files on an Apple Airport Time Capsule.
Here is my workflow:
- Access indd files on Time Capsule.
- Package file with links and fonts.
- Move Packages to other computer (for image processing).
- Move Packages back to Time Capsule.
Problem:
- When working on the files initially, everything is fine.
- Once packaged, everything works fine on either computer, before and after image processing.
- Once the packages are moved back to Time Capsule, there are long delays & beach balls any time you move the view, zoom in/out, etc.
Things I have already tried:
- turning off Preflight (no effect)
- changing view to fast display (no effect)
- live screen redraw is delayed.
- happens on multiple computers, all with adequate RAM
Any ideas on what this could be, or where to start troubleshooting?

If ID needs to go back to the network to load something else into memory, that's going to slow things down. I'm not a network expert, nor do I really know what gets loaded into memory (the total amount of RAM is actually irrelvant once you get to the point where ID is using the adressable limit, just under 4 gb for CS6 which is still 32-bit) or how big your file is, so I don't know how much swapping is going on. The speed of the drive in the NAS is also going to be a factor.

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