Hardware :: Can Two Time Capsules Use In One Network?
Apr 22, 2008
I'm getting ready to split my household for a year, (wife's going to school 1,000 miles away) and I want to give her a good backup solution for her MacBook. Right now I've got a 500GB Time Capsule running our network with her MacBook, my MacBook Air, and an old 12" Powerbook sharing the TC drive.I can cobble together an AEBS and a 500GB USB drive to make a homegrown Time Capsule for $291.97 shipped. Or I can buy another 500GB TC for $299, knowing it will work as planned. (We had some initial problems, but sorted them out and now the TC is awesome.)My question is, in a year when we're living together again, am I going to have a use for two Time Capsules? Can one be set up as a bridge and just share the drive, as sort of a NAS? If not, then I might as well just get the AEBS and USB drive, then I'll have those two components later.
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Jan 17, 2010
I have the original Time Capsule, so I can't try this out. I have a Nintendo DS which cannot access WPA encrypted networks, so I wondered if I could get a newer Time Capsule and create a guest network for the DS which would be encrypted by WEP.I saw something that said guest networks could only use WPA or WPA2, so that is why I am wondering.
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Jul 27, 2010
I'd been planning on getting a 2TB Time Capsule to replace my old 1TB one, but kept putting it off. I was at Best Buy today and happened to walk over by the Mac section, and saw a sign saying that the 2TB Time Capsule was only $249.99. Needless to say, I bit the bullet. When I got up to the register, one of the girls rang me up, and the guy next to her was sort of in awe at how much the discount was, so it seems like this was pretty brand new. I asked them if this was happening in all Best Buy stores, and they said that they believed that this was the case. Oddly, only the 2TB ones were discounted, and not the 1TB. So this made the 2TB about $85 cheaper than the 1TB, since at Best Buy, the 1TB sells for $334.00
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Mar 31, 2010
I know the early Time Capsules had high failure rates at 18 months due to bad power supplies. Has the design been corrected? I have looked all over but all I can find is about failures. I am considering a new 1TB Time Capsule but obviously don't want to buy a product that will fail.
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Aug 25, 2009
I got my Time Capsule with the original batch in February '08 A few hiccups which needed the plug/unplug technique, but overall OK until this am that is.I noted that TC had no light showing.On turning power off and on there is a sudden glimpse of the green light, followed by about 20 secs of a steady amber light, then no light no power .Dead.I tried resetting during the steady amber phase , got the rapid flashing, but it ended with no light again.No sound of any attempt by the drive to start.
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Nov 14, 2010
I'm thinking of migrating from win xp to mac soon with a mac mini puchasePossibly also a Time Capsule 1Tb purchaseI've read the "time capule died" threadSo is a new Time Capsule a good purchase with all the failed machines I've read about?It sounds like a good pruduct with N router and 1TB wireless backup capabilitiesOr should I go the AirPort route using my own Western Digital external usb drives for back up Just looking for a good hassle free backup solution once I purchase my new Mac Mini
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May 20, 2009
is it possible to maintain backups one computer on 2 time capsules?i would like to keep one TC at work and one at home, as i do alot of work at both places.
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Oct 27, 2009
I'm buying a 2nd gen 1tb Time Capsule for 175.But what is the difference between the 2nd gen and the 3rd - 4th?Is it worth paying extra for the later?Or do they all pretty much do the same thing?
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Jan 3, 2011
I have two Time Capsules, TC1 and TC2. TC1 is the base unit, connected to the modem and broadcasting a wireless network from my bedroom. I want to set up the second Time Capsule, TC2, to pick up the in the living room. In that way, I can connect my TV through an Ethernet cable directly to TC2.I keep screwing this up. TC1 is set up to "create a wireless network," which it does. The security I'm using is WEP transitional, for 802.11a/n - 802.11b/g/n.Currently TC2 is set up as a bridge, but it only works when it's tethered directly through an Ethernet cable coming from one of the LAN ports on TC1 into the the singular WAN port on TC2. And it only works when TC2's wireless mode is "Create a wireless network." I've tried various bridge/wireless configurations but nothing quite works. I consulted Apple's pdf on "Designing Airport Networks 10-5" but the information on creating a WDS network doesn't apply. When I try to make TC1 the base unit for the WDS network, I don't get that option.
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Jun 10, 2009
1 Time capsule which acts as a central server with the files shared by the Macs/PCs.
The TC is connected via its WAN port to a SpeedTouch router (with 4 ethernet ports) which gives all the PCs access to the internet.The SpeedTouch handles the DHCP addressing for the Macs/PCs and the Time Capsule.The Macs and PCs connect to the network with a mix of ethernet to the TC, ethernet to the SpeedTouch, wireless to the TC, and wireless to the SpeedTouch.The TC has one wireless network (for one end of the house) and the SpeedTouch has another wireless network (which serves the other end of the house).
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Sep 16, 2009
http://discussions.apple.com/thread....91667&tstart=0It seems as if Time Capsules from the first batch in March 08 are starting to die of the same symptoms... anyone else having issues with this? My Time Capsule was amazing working great then all of a sudden one day it is turned off and cant get it to power on... no lights, no spinning drives, no nothing... so now i have a big expensive paper weight!... I feel like i have been had.
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Aug 19, 2010
I searched the forum and couldn't really find anybody with this same situation. But anyways, me and my roommate both own Time Capsules, and both want to be able to connect to our own capsules, but we are obviously sharing the same internet connection. Is it possible to just plug the modem into one of the capsules, and then just plug the other capsule into that capsule? This way would there be two seperate networks that we could individually connect to and sync with?
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Oct 25, 2009
I just bought the 2TB TC about a month ago. Now that the improved TC is about to be released I'm going to swap out the current one for the newer one.My question is do I have to do anything before I swap them out? Probably just a clean swipe of the data on the current TC, but anything else? How do I erase everything on the current time capsule?
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Apr 10, 2010
just out of interest is it possible to by spare parts for the time capsules? Mine died a miserable death the other week - upon opening it the power supply had bulging caps. Would like to resurrect it if possible.
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Sep 22, 2009
I recently purchased a Time Capsule to use as a wireless hard drive. I connect to the internet both through wifi and ethernet to a educational network that does not allow extra routers, etc, to be added to the network, therefore I can not use the time capsule for this wifi.
I therefore want to connect to my early 2009 MBP17unibody to both the academic internet network for http/pop3/ftp/etc while simultaneously connecting to external hard drive to store data/itunes-library/etc.
I expect this has been asked before but I can't find any threads where it has. If anyone knows it would be highly helpful. I'd prefer to connect to both wirelessly but I could potentially put up with connecting to either or both with ethernet.
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Jan 13, 2011
I have installed and have running a new Time Capsule. I would like to access files through the wireless network between two Apples and two PC's. At present the Apples are working wonderfully, however the PC running Windows 7 sees the network is unable to access it.
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Jan 29, 2010
I've been using a 500gb external usb drive with Time Machine for some time now. I recently bought an Airport Extreme router so I could move all of my external drives onto my network. The idea was to continue using the 500gb drive with TM, just over the network. But TM wanted to start all over like it had never used the drive before now that it was on the network. So I reformatted the drive and let TM do its thing but at the end of the 1st backup it said it had failed. Is there a way to get that 1st huge backup over with? Can I plug the usb drive into my computer and then move it over to the network and get it to pick up where it left off?
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Aug 21, 2010
Is it possible to connect to two different network at the same time.One via wireless and one via cable Ethernet.Currently at my school I need to connect to a private network for my project, this network can only be connected to via cable Ethernet. However this network does not have any internet capabilities.
Hence I need to use the wireless on the mac-book to connect to the schools wireless network which is internet capable. On top of that I have to run an IEnabler app which signs in my user account.The problem is when I connect the two together the wireless always stop working. Is there any settings that I can do, to be able to connect to both network at same time.
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Jan 2, 2011
I have an i7 MBP with the latest updates for Leopard with VMWare and Windows 7 Home. When the MBP is started on the LAN by WiFi it is able to connect to the Internet immediately. However, when I try to connect or see the MBP from another Windows 7 Home computer on the same LAN, it takes approximately 6 to 7 minutes before it shows up in "Network" on the other computer. No "Refresh" will locate it before the time. When I start VMWare and Windows 7 loads, it shows up immediately in "Network".
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Sep 11, 2010
I just purchased a time capsule. I have wireless for free in my building which I do not have to pay for.
Can I just plug the time capsule into the wall and use it as a time machine?
How do I go about this and am I clear on what is going on.
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Mar 7, 2008
I have my time capsule setup (green light and all). I can backup to it. I can access it and its folders from my new MBP. I can run the windows (and/or apple) Airport Utility and see and configure the TC within the utility but I cannot access it like a network drive on the XP box. I thought I saw somewhere to enter a workgroup name for PC networks but can't find it now.
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Jan 29, 2009
So i know if you enable wan sharing you can access your time capsule's drive outside your network by going to finder > GO > and typing in [URL]
But what if i am on a PC using windows which does not have afp, is there any way to access it then?
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Apr 24, 2009
Is it possible to access my time capsule / airport extreme hard drive away from home? Like when Im at work? I do have a mobileme account, but cannot figure this out.
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May 6, 2009
Anyone Uses Time Machine with there terastation network drive. I believe the terastation is. In xts file format or something like that, I found a terminal command to have time machine see the terastation - it wont by default.
1 Has any done this with a terastation. Or other backup device not defaultl seen by time machine.
2 Also lets say if I use the terastation, an I have a folder called enterprise (for all pc's), an one called "back up", if I choose backup, is it possible for time machine to delete enterprise folder? Or somehow mess up the folder, because time machine says "Note: Time Machine works best if you use your backup disk only for Time Machine backups. If you keep files on your backup disk, Time Machine won't back up those files, and the space available for Time Machine backups will be reduced."
3. Can you choose subfolders, like backup > Jons macbook.
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May 21, 2009
I'm trying to connect 2 airport expresses with my Time Capsule to get my music from itunes to reach into my backyard (well over 100' away). I can get the 2 airport expresses to "participate in WDS network" but the Time Capsule setup in airport utility does not give me that option. There is on "create a wireless network" and "extend a wireless network". Why am I not getting "participate in WDS network"
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Jun 2, 2009
Can Time Capsule be used as a repeater on an existing network ? Is there a way to use speakers with it and use airtunes with it ?
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Sep 6, 2009
I have a time capsule (dual band,those introduced in2009 early). I'm trying to find the "allow guest network" but I can't seem to find anywhere this option.
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Sep 24, 2009
I have a 1T time capsule. Right now my time capsule is connected to a modem/router from which i get my internet connection. But i wanted to connect my time capsule with a modem to get rid of the router(waste of space,small apartment). But from what i've read it seems that time capsule is awful when it comes to internet.
So what do you thing? Should i do it or not?Don't know if this is important but i have a 8mbps internet connection.
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May 16, 2010
If I put an SSD in and use the OptiBay to replace the Superdrive with an HDD will Time Machine being able to deal with backing up the SSD and the HDD to a network backup using Time Machine?
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Feb 27, 2012
My issue with time machine is it says another network is using my id. Now amber light is continuous even after restart, and says I have no dns.
Info:
time machine, Mac OS X (10.6.3)
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