I have three WD Green 2TB HDs and can't stand cables and power adapters. Thinking about getting three older 500GB Time Capsules on eBay and swapping my drives with the 500GB HDs. Purely for convenient wireless media storage. Not concerned about speed.
What makes a Time Capsule wireless? Is there a wireless chip in the drive? How does data travel from a Time Capsule to machines wirelessly? Is there a special WiFi chip that people can buy and make any enclosure a wireless HD? Is there a difference in performance between older TCs and newer ones? i.e. WiFi data rates and/or something else?
If I have two or three TCs how would I connect all of them? For example I'd set one up in the Airport Utility then just have the other two connect to that network? Or would I need to set up all three in the Airport Utility?
I just read a review that said the older TCs are actually slower. Is this the HDs that are slower or the Wifi itself?
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What makes a Time Capsule wireless? Is there a wireless chip in the drive? How does data travel from a Time Capsule to machines wirelessly? Is there a special WiFi chip that people can buy and make any enclosure a wireless HD? Is there a difference in performance between older TCs and newer ones? i.e. WiFi data rates and/or something else?
If I have two or three TCs how would I connect all of them? For example I'd set one up in the Airport Utility then just have the other two connect to that network? Or would I need to set up all three in the Airport Utility?
I just read a review that said the older TCs are actually slower. Is this the HDs that are slower or the Wifi itself?
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