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Airport Time Capsule problem

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leopardlady

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Jun 14, 2014
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Hi I have a new router having moved to Sky broadband, and having problems setting the ATC back up. I have soft reset it, hard reset it and restored to original settings but all it will let me do is set up a seperate wifi network.

I bought it because I thought it would extend my existing network as I have a long property and the sky router is at the other end, so was going to locate it in the bedroom, hopefully to serve this side of the house, But was advised on here initially to use it to replace my previous plusnet router.

At the moment I have left it due to frustration!!! but if anyone can advise me what I need to do I would be very grateful.
 
leopardlady said:
Hi I have a new router having moved to Sky broadband, and having problems setting the ATC back up. I have soft reset it, hard reset it and restored to original settings but all it will let me do is set up a seperate wifi network.

I bought it because I thought it would extend my existing network as I have a long property and the sky router is at the other end, so was going to locate it in the bedroom, hopefully to serve this side of the house, But was advised on here initially to use it to replace my previous plusnet router.

At the moment I have left it due to frustration!!! but if anyone can advise me what I need to do I would be very grateful.
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In order to extend a network provided by a third-party router you must connect it via Ethernet. Wireless extension is only supported with two or more AirPorts.
 
So I would need to connect it via ethernet to the sky router? Is that just during set up or permanently, please? (It would be possible to do this if necessary)
 
OK, thanks, I am able to do this, do you think it would be advantageous?

All other advice has been to turn off the wireless on the ATC or on the router, and just have 1 router, in which case I might as well have bought a nas drive for storage.

I had originally intended using half the drive for time machine backups and half as an external storage drive but apparently this is not recommended!!!
 
leopardlady said:
OK, thanks, I am able to do this, do you think it would be advantageous?

All other advice has been to turn off the wireless on the ATC or on the router, and just have 1 router, in which case I might as well have bought a nas drive for storage.

I had originally intended using half the drive for time machine backups and half as an external storage drive but apparently this is not recommended!!!
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There is no issue with using it either way. Personally, I would set the Sky router to bridge mode and simply use the Time Capsule as the sole router. You can use the Time Capsule as a data drive as well but understand that it means that Time Machine backups will have less space.
 
Thanks for the advice, yes, thats what I was told before, is the ATC so much better as a router than the sky router then?
 
Sorry, just another question, if I do that and just use the ATC as a router would I need to do the same and keep them wired together permanently or just for the set up, please?
 
leopardlady said:
Sorry, just another question, if I do that and just use the ATC as a router would I need to do the same and keep them wired together permanently or just for the set up, please?
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Provided that your Sky hub is also the modem then yes you would need to keep them wired together. Is your Sky hub a router/modem combo?
 
OK, thanks for all the advice, will source a cable and get it wired up asap. Might need a hand with the set up though, and setting the sky one to bridge mode. Will do a bit of googling for my sky router model, probably find out the method.
 
leopardlady said:
OK, thanks for all the advice, will source a cable and get it wired up asap. Might need a hand with the set up though, and setting the sky one to bridge mode. Will do a bit of googling for my sky router model, probably find out the method.
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It is possible that you are unable to set the Sky hub to bridge mode. The next best option is IP Passthrough or DMZ if Bridge Mode is unavailable.
 
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