12/13/2023 0 Comments Apple airport time capsule 2tb review![]() Password.Type in a password that will be used for the WiFi network and also as a device password for the TC Network Name.Type in a short simple name for a wireless network that will be used temporarily during the processīase Station Name.Type in a short simple name for the Time Capsule The wizard will take a few seconds to analyze the network and then display a screen that looks like the example below, except that you will see a Time Capsule pictured instead of an AirPort Express When you click on AirPort Time Capsule, that will start up the AirPort Utility setup "helper" or "wizard". Look for a listing of New AirPort Base Station This connection must be maintained at all times.Ĭlick on the WiFi menu at the top of the Mac's screen Hold in the reset button on the back of the TC for 7-8 seconds and then releaseĪllow a full minute for the TC to restart to a slow, blinking amber light statusĬonnect an Ethernet cable.that you have tested, to make sure that it is working om one of the LAN ports on the main router to the WAN "O" port on the TC. Power up the TC for a minute or two if it is not already on If the administrator password is required by the Bell router for the TC to connect his way using Ethernet, then we are stuck, and will not be able to proceed until the Bell router can be set up to allow this type of connection. The TC will provide a WiFi network when you do this, but that function can be turned off later if another WiFi network is not needed, so Time Machine backups will occur over the Bell WiFi network. The TC can be located wherever the Ethernet cable will reach, but I will repeat again that the Ethernet cable must be left in place. What the TC can do with a 3rd party router is connect using a permanent, wired Ethernet cable connection. In other words, "join" is a setting that would assume that the TC connects to the Bell network using a wireless connection. It cannot "join" the WiFi network provided by a 3rd party router. Why? the TC can only "join" another WiFi network that has been created by another Apple AirPort router. The TC is not going to "join" the Bell WiFi network no matter what you might try to do. If your boss does not plan to use the TC this way, and thinks that it will perform like a NAS, we are not going to be able to accomplish that goal. We'll repeat again that the TC was designed to store backups of a Mac using Time Machine. What make and model of router will the TC connect to?Īre you using a Mac, PC, or iPhone / iPad to set up the TC?Īre you good at following instructions, even if they might involve using a setting that you might feel is incorrect? ![]() with no brains.that was designed to store Time Machine backups and possibly act as a simple file server. The important thing is to get the TC working as a backup device first.then, we'll make any changes after that has been accomplished.īy the way, the TC was not designed to be a NAS.it is a router with a built in hard drive. Don't worry about the extra WiFi network for now.that can be turned off later if another WiFi network for guests or the kids is not needed. It appears that you are trying to set up things manually or make manual changes, when the AirPort Utility setup "helper" or "wizard" will automatically configure the TC correctly to work with the other router. Even if there was, you would not need to enable this setting to allow the TC to connect to a local network. There is no such thing as WAN in Bridge Mode. Before you save settings, if you go to storage tab the option to share the hard drive over WAN disappears.Įxactly as it should. I notice when you turn off WiFi and set network to bridge mode. I can now access TC hard drive but then cannot print as it’s connected to different network. I reset TC and start process again and keep wireless on this time. On Wireless tab, I turn wireless off (again when this is done the TC is no longer found on existing WiFi and cannot access hard dive unless I either reset TC or connect it directly to Mac.Once setup I change the Network tab to “off and bridge mode”.Use airport utility to setup (the problem I have here is that it always wants to create a new network and not join existing).Connected Time Capsule via Ethernet to WAN on TC and to LAN on router.I have already done research online how to do this but none of them have worked. ![]() Using latest version of OSX on MacBook Pro. The objective is to back to the internal hard drive of TC over his network wirelessly. He doesn’t want it to be the primary router or extend WiFi signal. He already has a network in his house and wants to use Time Capsule’s hard drive only to backup his data. My boss has a Time Capsule which is new from the box.
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