Time Capsule

elevate · 17 Sep 2009 at 22:33

Hi all,

Firstly I'd like to know if this is possible (I imagine so) and secondly how to do it.

I'd like to use time capsule as my wireless network including the internet, but connect the internet to the TC wirelessly (for both visual and performance reasons).

Thanks in advance,
Sam

GraemeUK · 17 Sep 2009 at 23:27

Yeah you can set the time capsule to extend your network if that's what you mean? The set up is pretty easy if you follow the wizard in airport utility.

PardonTheWait · 18 Sep 2009 at 01:35

Yep you can do it, but performance wise, if your router's not N spec, it'll slow down the network. A time capsule can do two networks though so one for all your N kit, and another for the slower stuff. Here, all my macs use a 5ghz N network, and my phone, 360, DS, iPod Touch and so on all connect to a 2.4ghz network so they don't slow up my Macs. I'm not huge on networking so can't really tell you anything further than that, other than mine works just lovely wired to my BT Home Hub for actually connecting to the net. (Well it's an Extreme, but they're the same aside from the hard drive)

If you can do it, wire your router to the TC for speedz.

Feek · 18 Sep 2009 at 06:22

Also, don't expect the Time Machine backup to be fast. I've just replaced my Airport Extreme with a Time Capsule and my initial backup of around 800Gb took nearly 24 hours and that's with a gigabit wired connection.

Combat squirrel · 18 Sep 2009 at 11:30

the 500gb time capsule, are the files stored on it encrypted ?

GraemeUK · 18 Sep 2009 at 12:19

Combat squirrel said:
the 500gb time capsule, are the files stored on it encrypted ?

No they aren't encrypted. You can password protect the disk with a separate password though.