Why won't my Apple Time Capsule Let Me Transfer files over?

Ok so I'm using Vista and wanting to back up my data but my Apple Time Capsule won't allow me to transfer anything more than 4Gb at a time and Windows keeps displaying an error message saying there isn't enough space when there is clearly 990Gb left!
I have to press "skip" just to get rid of the message or else it keeps coming popping back up. But when I go to view the files the folders are there but not the files and if there is any files in there they are all corrupted and won't play/view properly.
Although I can save files to it directly if downloading something and choosing a location although it does tell me it may not be able to save anything larger than 4Gb although there isn't an option to format it to NTFS??
Please help

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Time capsule slow when transferring files over wifi - please help!

Well - the problem started after the insallation of Lion. It takes around 1 min to transferre 8 mb. So if i want to see a film from the TC i need to cable it and thats not realy the point of having a wireless harddisk.
I have turn spotlight off
I have reset the disk - default settings
I have made a clean Lion instal.
I have called apple support, that wanted 40€ to fix the product they made - in a bad way.
Hop some one knows a way to speed up my TC
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Apple Time Capsule Won't Stay Connected

After Verizon upgraded my router to the 9100EM my Apple Time Capsule Connects to the router but won't stay connected all the time. I have to go into router management console a couple of times a day and reboot it the restore connection. Time Capsule is connected to router by lan cable into port 1 of router. Time capsule set in bridge mode I believe. Just from time to time when I run Air Port Utility Time Capsule has green light but internet goes orange once i reboot I'm good for several hours then loses connection and have to reboot again. Tried looking for other settings to adjust but haven't found anything to help. If any body has any suggestions please help, it just gets old having to reset all the time

If you are using a Mac, which OS is installed?
Use Software Update to make sure you have all the latest updates.
Repair permissions.
Change your router (Airport) channel. Most times this all you have to do!

Why Does My Apple Time Capsule , not share ethernet when connected to my current network?

Hello
Thank You for taking the time to look at this , my apple time capsule will not share ethernet when joined to my current network , the only way i can get the ethernet ports working is connecting a ethernet port from my airport express to my time capsule and that enables the ethernet ports (which is fine)
So I'm Wondering Why This Works
My Current Set up is
Netgear Router Downstairs (Main Router)
Apple Airport Express upstairs (set to join existing network)
Belkin 8 Port Network Switch ( Ethernet cable from express to switch) (3 other devices connected to switch as well)
Time Capsule upstairs (cable running from switch to time capsules wan port)
Hey Presto
So I'm wondering why i have to go around the houses to allow these 3 ethernet ports on the time capsule to work

Because Apple decided it should be so.. and it was!
The Airport Express can join a wireless network (non-apple) and still keep the ethernet port alive.
When Airport Extreme or TC join a non-apple wireless network, they shut off the ethernet ports.
It was a decree from on high.. there is some technical stuff about MAC addresses hidden behind the router.. but it also makes people have to buy another router they don't actually need.. hence good for the Apple bottom line. And what Apple deems is good for it.. is plainly good for you.. !!
The solution is to use the airport express downstairs.. plugged into your netgear router.. and tick allow extend network.. and set the TC upstairs to extend a wireless network. In this mode the TC will keep the ethernet active.
Isn't it fun when you have Apple working hard to close the loop.

HT1338 why won't my macbook let me transfer files to a SD card after the first time i plug it in?

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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.

Apple Time Capsule Keeps Dropping Internet

My Apple Time Capsule keeps dropping internet or having extremely slow internet. If I run a speed test I am getting 90+mbs. What occurs is if I try to load a page, there will be a very long delay and sometimes the page will eventually load, other times it won't. When I try to stream something from youtube, If I can get to the page of the video, it won't have an issue. When I hard wire to my modem, I don't have an issue at all. Only hardwired through the router or using wireless through the router does this occur. The light on the router never has turned amber and the link light on my modem is constantly flashing. The only thing that will occur is that the Apple Airport utility keeps connecting and disconnecting from my modem.
I've reset the router and modem. I've restored the router to factory settings and reset up my network, all to no success.
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Thinking I'll replace the motorola with a Cisco DPC3010
You may find it is not much better..
I do think the problem is more on the Apple side..
If you are a tech.. let me suggest you make yourself up a 100 mbit (ie use only the two pairs) crossover cable..
If that does not work.. try reverse polarity..ie in the ethernet on one end swap + and - .. It is an issue that has cropped up before where ethernet is just wired wrongly.. and it doesn't fail completely but becomes unreliable.
BTW the hardware reliability of the new AC version apple routers.. is definitely on the bottom of the apple list.
I bought an AC TC and the first one had this WAN port issue from day one.. when I replaced it after a week (it died completely which was convenient).. the second one has been much better).
The modems I have heard that works well is the zoom or ubee..
Using another router doesn't need to be expensive.. you can still stick to the apple in bridge.. you only need a router that does routing..
And the TP-Link can be flashed to gargoyle.. a hugely superior firmware btw.. solid .. reliable and it will track usage and do a lot of stuff well beyond Apple's keen.

My Time Capsule has stopped backing up. I have an Apple Time Capsule which backs up by wireless. For the last 3 days it has not backed up. I get this message: "The backup was not performed because an error occurred while copying files to the backup disk.

My Time Capsule has stopped backing up.
I have an Apple Time Capsule which backs up by wireless. For the last 3 days it has not backed up. I get this message:
"The backup was not performed because an error occurred while copying files to the backup disk."
I have gone into Mac Help and followed this down to stage 4:
under shared it lists my time capsule and my husband's iMac - both use the time machine but we have switched his off temporarily. Clicking on my Time capsule I get "Connected" and "Sharepoint" - I didn't have to enter connect or password
I don't understand stage 5: how and where do I select the disk or volume that contains Time Machine backups ? How do I know which it is? My disk utility lists 160.04 TOSHIBA MK... with sub-heading Macintosh HD. It also lists (with a "CD" icon) HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS22N
Under stage 6, how and where do I Locate your backup ? I try dragging my Time capsule from Finder to the Disk Utility side panel but it won't go. What is my computer's name?
Please someone help! I'm completely stumped.
Thanks,
Maggie
Mac Help says:
If you back up to a Time Capsule or network disk:
Open the Time Machine pane of System Preferences, and slide the switch to Off.
Open Time Machine preferences
Open Disk Utility, which is in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder.
Open Disk Utility
Make sure the Time Capsule or network disk is turned on and available.
Open a Finder window, select your Time Capsule or network disk in the Shared section of the sidebar, and click Connect. If necessary, enter your user name and password.
On the Time Capsule or network disk, select the disk or volume that contains Time Machine backups. Depending on how your Time Capsule is set up, there may be one or more disks or volumes.
Locate your backup, and drag it to the Disk Utility sidebar.You can identify your backup by looking for your computer’s name in the backup’s filename.

Hello,
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How to re-initialise an Apple time capsule to a different WiFi network

Upgraded the Netcom WiFi hub to a Netgear Wfi hub and the nether won’t recognise the time capsule to perform backups as and when prompted.

Lapastenaque
I have been on the chat line with Apple Tech.
I have realised that the only way the Time Capsule was made to work the initial setup, was the the Netcomm wifi hub had 1 ethernet jack.
An ethernet cable was connected from the wifi hub to the net port of the Time Capsule.
With the Netgear mobile wifi broadband modem hub, no ethernet outlet is provided for this model.
It then remained to simply connect a hard wired ethernet cable from the MBP to the Time Capsule ethernet port.
This then re-established the wifi network, “without the wifi” but a hard connected ethernet cable.
The Apple time capsule cannot be utilised to engage wifi direct to the internet via a third party mobile wifi hub.
It defies common sense to call it a wifi hub that cannot connect via the 802.11 mode to the internet.
It is a deliberate by negative inbuilt design flaw that Apple are of no mind to remedy.
For now the Time Machine backups are taking place on regulated times set by the software.
I thank you for your endeavour to lend assistance to the resolution of this query I had about the Time Capsule and use of Time Machine protocol.
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Apple Time Capsule and Comcast Internet.. a Relationship from HE77

Hello,
I cannot believe I have waited this long to ask for help from you guys, but here I am pleading for advice..
I have Comcast Internet, and Direct TV television service. I've been experiencing major issues with both but I think that I've realized the issue. My wifi signal with Comcast All in One or the seperate modem.router they tried SUCKED!!! But I'm pretty sure that the issue is the fact that I have 2 digital baby monitors that run on a 2.4ghz frequency, which is exactly the frequency that Comcast wifi runs on.
The reason why I brought up the Direct TV thing is bc I've had them at my house several times because my Whole Home Media Center simply would not stay online, and when it did, its speeds were so slow downloading on demand content. But, everything in my house is slow, not just Direct Tv. This week the Direct Tv people hardwired their equipment directly to the Arris All in One Comcast router so that shoule alleviate that issue.
My thoughts are this. I know that my Apple Time Capsule can put off 2.4 as well as 5ghz frequency. So my questions are:
Can i have both the all in one AND the time capsule putting off their own wifi signals.. The all in one using their standard 2.4ghz for some things, and the Time Capsule putting of the 5.0ghz for others.. If so, how do I do this and not have any issues such as double NAT, and things like that?
Should I just put the All in One in Bridge mode, and simply use the 2.4ghz and 5.0ghz from the Time Capsule to address this issue? How do i do that? Also, would having the direct tv equipment plugged into one of the 4 ehternet ports on the All in One still allow it to pull internet from it, or should I just plug that into the time capsule as well?
Are there devices that for whatever reason will NOT be able to log onto the 5ghz frequency?
I keep hearing about bandwith this, and bandwith that.. I know I have a lot of devices pulling internet at once including, 5 direct tv recievers that somehow always need to be online, 3 iphones, 2 ipads, imac, apple tv, smart tv, laptop, xbox 360 (which really isnt ever even plugged in) Is there any reason to be fearful that the bandwith the Time Capsule puts out may not be able to handle this load any better or worse than the all in one?
I will but lunch and/or dinner for anyone that can help me get this working, i swear!!

But I'm pretty sure that the issue is the fact that I have 2 digital baby monitors that run on a 2.4ghz frequency, which is exactly the frequency that Comcast wifi runs on.
That will sure as anything mess up your wifi.
This week the Direct Tv people hardwired their equipment directly to the Arris All in One Comcast router so that shoule alleviate that issue.
Ah.. hard wired.. that is the solution. Do not use wireless for media streaming.. it is destined to fail.
Can i have both the all in one AND the time capsule putting off their own wifi signals.. The all in one using their standard 2.4ghz for some things, and the Time Capsule putting of the 5.0ghz for others.. If so, how do I do this and not have any issues such as double NAT, and things like that?
You cannot turn off 2.4ghz in the TC.. but that is unlikely to be an issue.
Bridge the TC.
Setup wireless to create a wireless network.. Use the same SSID as the Comcast all in one. Same security.. but use a different channel.. how you will do that with baby monitors x 2 I am not sure.. you may have to accept some overlap. There are only three non-overlapping channels, 1, 6, 11 .. pick the least signal one where you setup the TC.
Should I just put the All in One in Bridge mode
No you cannot do that. You can turn the wireless off though.
Also, would having the direct tv equipment plugged into one of the 4 ehternet ports on the All in One still allow it to pull internet from it, or should I just plug that into the time capsule as well?
That is why the unit cannot be bridged.. you will mess up the TV.
Are there devices that for whatever reason will NOT be able to log onto the 5ghz frequency?
Most old stuff.. only the most recent iphone and ipad are 5ghz. Most stuff requires 2.4ghz.
And there is an issue.. range of the 5ghz is poor.. you need high power wireless devices.. and none of the apple routers rate above mediocre. Even high power ones suffer dropoffs.
I keep hearing about bandwith this, and bandwith that.. I know I have a lot of devices pulling internet at once including, 5 direct tv recievers that somehow always need to be online, 3 iphones, 2 ipads, imac, apple tv, smart tv, laptop, xbox 360 (which really isnt ever even plugged in) Is there any reason to be fearful that the bandwith the Time Capsule puts out may not be able to handle this load any better or worse than the all in one?
To be honest it is not going to fix the basic problem.. you probably do not have enough internet bandwidth share.. but the more devices connected the lower time slice each one gets .. that isn't the main trouble though.. it is the efficiency also drops off. Apple routers have no QoS.. this is important.. some things need real time connections.. streaming media, voip, etc.
Other stuff doesn't .. uploading or downloading email or updates. It is important that a choked system has a way of getting the best out of limited resources.. and that is QoS Quality of Service.
Look at a better router.. I recommend Asus RT-N66U as having far superior range and handling QoS.
You should also do a proper site survey to see how much wireless signal you really have.. but again you run into trouble.. the baby monitors are not going to show up unless they are wifi based, which is unlikely.
Sorry but until you can finish with the baby stuff you are going to have to live with non-ideal world.

Will an apple time capsule have enough range for a 2 floored house?

I am willing to buy an apple time capsule of 2TB, my house has 2 floors and my purpose of buying this router is that i have a good connection downstairs. So I wanted to ask you if you know about that or your personal experience with one of these routers: will the range of this router will be enough to cover my 2 floored house?
Thank You!

will the range of this router will be enough to cover my 2 floored house?
Questions like this always boil down to the the same answer......you will not know how the wireless device will perform in your home until your try it out there.
For that reason, you should understand the store's return policy in advance before you buy.
As a very rough guide......
A typical wall constructed of sheetrock and 2 by 4s will absorb....on average....about 15-20% of the wireless signal.
A typical ceiling will absorb 25-35% of the signal because of its more dense construction.
So, after 3-4 walls, or a ceiling and several walls, there won't be much of the wireless signal left.
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Home Hub 4 with Apple Time Capsule

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New to BT and, so far, all OK and really impressed with the speed. Trying to use with an Apple Time Capsule though and an Airport Express (for wireless printer) but no so easy. I have read so many posts about using bridge mode and setting us as follows but it will not work for me!
1 : 'Connect Using' select PPPoE
2 : 'Account Name' enter '[email protected]'
3 : 'Password' and 'verify password' enter a single space (as in press the space bar once).
The only way I can get this to work is to choose 'Connect Using' and choosing DHCP instead of PPPoE.
Is there a reason why the usual 'Connect Using' PPPoE is not working with my setup - is there something else I am doing wrong?
Thanks in advance

Try using BT or anything else rather than just pressing space bar for your password.

Apple Time Capsule 3TB firmware upgrade 7.7.2 will not accept "&" in wifi password.

Recently bought 2 Apple Time Capsules to backup my laptops, macs and so on. Installation was easy, I could easily connect them to my existing wifi router in 5 minutes.
But, they stopped working 3 days ago and I was surprised why I could not see both of them on network.
My Seagate's GoFlex Home works beautifully in every aspect. So, I thought there is no reason that both the capsules are not working any more.
I spent whole evening to find the problem. And, the problem was that my router's wifi password had "&" in password characters. While, "&" worked perfectly in firmware 7.7.1, both capsules could not connect anymore because they upgraded themselves to 7.7.2. So, I removed "&" from my router password and reconfigured both the capsules and they worked like a charm.
I love them because I can put them anywhere in the house and connect to them wirelessly from any device, watch movies and so on.
Just wanted to tell my "&" experience and help, just in case someone gets lost with the same problem.
Long live Apple! Miss you Steve.

My continual refrain in these forums is that Apple now is using SMB networking.. Mavericks is SMB by default.
See http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/06/11/apple-shifts-from-afp-file-sharing-to- smb2-in-os-x-109-mavericks
The rules for SMB are much tighter and people are continuing to have issues because the Apple Setup is allowing and indeed defaulting still to names with spaces and non-alphanumeric characters.
Although the rules are not as tight as this.. my rule of thumb is short.. no more than 20 characters.. 10 even better.. no spaces and pure alphanumeric. For the least issues with networks.
Passwords should be 10-20 character mix of upper and lower case with numbers.. ie still pure alphanumeric.
All names and passwords should follow.. except if you are really paranoid you can use passwords longer than 20 characters.

Nas raid connected to my Apple Time Capsule Router

Hi,
I have the Apple Time Capsule 2TB router. I am looking into getting a Sans Digital USB 3 SATA 6 5 bay RAID enclosure and adding at first 3 2TB WD RED HDDs. Configured as RAID 5.
my question is this...
Can I hook the Sands Digital to the Apple Router? Does the Apple Router support this configuration? I emailed Sans Digital but they did not know the answer.
Right not I am using my ipad3 to connect to the Time Capsule router and it works great I tried connecting a single HDD formated as Fat32 to test and that works great. The streaming from the apple router to the ipad is a little slow. this is streaming my Canon 60D mov files. The bit rate is just a little to fast for the 100mb wireless. Somebody like Apple needs to develop a Gb wireless technology. I can't believe the industry is not working on this. If Apple and others want the ipad to be a completely wireless device then this needs to happen, IMHO.
John

Can I hook the Sands Digital to the Apple Router? Does the Apple Router support this configuration? I emailed Sans Digital but they did not know the answer.
It probably won't work. I have gone through this with someone else.. unless the raid presents to the TC as if it is a single plain drive it will fail.
Use a proper NAS via ethernet. not USB.. ever.. even USB3. The amount of stuff involved in raid. just make it hard for the computer to handle. The NAS is self contained with full OS. It presents to the computer as network drive which is what you want.
he streaming from the apple router to the ipad is a little slow. this is streaming my Canon 60D mov files. The bit rate is just a little to fast for the 100mb wireless. Somebody like Apple needs to develop a Gb wireless technology. I can't believe the industry is not working on this. If Apple and others want the ipad to be a completely wireless device then this needs to happen, IMHO.
John
Apple have released the new AC version TC a few months back.. the AC version iPad will doubtless come out in the next revision or maybe the one after.. it depends on power consumption which is probably a lot higher than standard N wireless. If this has a big impact on battery life. For now the new AC version (which is supposedly gigabit wireless.. no wireless is ever half of its claimed speed of course).. will do you no good since the wireless at both ends must match.

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