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Time Capsule question

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  • 19-09-2009 7:44pm
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    Josey Wales
    Registered Users Posts: 4,433 ✭✭✭


    I'm considering getting a Time Capsule (TC) and I've been reading up on the setup of it and watching some videos. I'm confused by the relationship between the TC and a router you'd have in your house from BT or Eircom.

    Can you disconnect your router and replace it with the TC?

    Or do you have to connect the TC to your router with an Ethernet cable? So you would be adding the TC to your existing wireless network.
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    Greentree_uk
    Registered Users Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭Greentree_uk


    you can use TC as a router. but the problem I have found with the TC is the range isn't good. that may not matter and may have been improved in a later model. but you still need an ADSL modem. i.e you need to setup your eircom router in bridged mode.


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    Type 17
    Registered Users Posts: 2,730 ✭✭✭Type 17


    As Greentree says, the TC (and Airport Express and Extreme units) are routers, but not modem/routers.

    There are too many modem-types required for different ISP types (DSL, Cable, Satellite, Mobile and variants within all of these) in different markets around the world to make it worthwhile to put various modem circuits into Airport products.

    You can bridge the modem (although not all ISP's modems can be bridged) and do the modem setup and router settings in the Apple unit, or you can bridge the Apple unit and set up the modem/router to do those functions (the Apple unit then only functions as a Wi-Fi access point).

    BTW, rather than a TC (which seems to have coverage issues, according to many reports), I use an Airport Extreme with an external hard drive, and while the coverage around the house is excellent, I also get to choose the hard drive size and how many I want to connect ;)


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    DualFrontDiscs
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    Type 17 wrote: »
    I use an Airport Extreme with an external hard drive, and while the coverage around the house is excellent, I also get to choose the hard drive size and how many I want to connect ;)
    Do you use the external drives for TimeMachine? I remember reading about issues with this.

    DFD.


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    Type 17
    Registered Users Posts: 2,730 ✭✭✭Type 17


    There were issues when Leopard first came out, but it works fine for me now.

    It backs up fine, and I've restored a few files from different times, as a test, without any issues.

    Note that the external HD needs to be correctly formatted for use with Time Machine - more details here


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