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Time Capsule and xBox 360 and PS3

Hah I bolded it so that it would stand out. PS3 works fine.

Just started a new thread wondering if we can use an access point to get around this problem. If the Xbox 360 is connecting to an access point that it CAN get a signal from, then that access point is grabbing a signal from the time capsule, can we get around this problem?

Also as I asked before, does anyone know if I can use my old Linksys as an access point? And if so do you think doing that, having the 360 grab the signal from that access point (which would be a router that it currently is connected to so it does work) then having the access point connect to the Time Capsule, would work?

Read this thread for complete details:

https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=5081473#post5081473
 
well i bridged the TC with my linksys and it works with 360 wirelessly, but my whole point was to get rid of linksys altogether but i guess for now i have to do it this way. if i get time tomorrow i will try to bridge it reversed tomorrow, where the TC is the primary router and the linksys is the bridge...... i will let u guys know if i get it working
 
vig1116 said:
well i bridged the TC with my linksys and it works with 360 wirelessly, but my whole point was to get rid of linksys altogether but i guess for now i have to do it this way. if i get time tomorrow i will try to bridge it reversed tomorrow, where the TC is the primary router and the linksys is the bridge...... i will let u guys know if i get it working
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How do you bridge them together? Does that just mean you have the Time Capsule running with the Linksys right next to it hooked up wired? Is the xbox wireless?

Do you know anything about having the linksys running on its own away from the TC?
 
all i know is i have the linksys running like it did before TC, then i installed TC with its setup installation and chose, add to existing network... (bla bla bla) in airport utility under internet tab, change connection sharing to off(bridge mode) then i have a ethernet cable from linksys to TC. linksys gives TC a ip address and thats it. i think basically i am not using TC as a router i guess but i can still use the "network" from TC for printer sharing wirelessly. and yes i have xbox downstairs totally wireless with the microsoft wireless adapter. if anyone "technically advanced" has a better idea let me know but at least i have it orking so i'll use it
 
vig1116 said:
all i know is i have the linksys running like it did before TC, then i installed TC with its setup installation and chose, add to existing network... (bla bla bla) in airport utility under internet tab, change connection sharing to off(bridge mode) then i have a ethernet cable from linksys to TC. linksys gives TC a ip address and thats it. i think basically i am not using TC as a router i guess but i can still use the "network" from TC for printer sharing wirelessly. and yes i have xbox downstairs totally wireless with the microsoft wireless adapter. if anyone "technically advanced" has a better idea let me know but at least i have it orking so i'll use it
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Do your computers connect to time capsule or linksys? I want Time Capsule, but I want N speed for my computers, backups, etc. I would run my old wireless g just for xbox 360 if this works.

Thanks!
 
drew0020 said:
Do your computers connect to time capsule or linksys? I want Time Capsule, but I want N speed for my computers, backups, etc. I would run my old wireless g just for xbox 360 if this works.

Thanks!
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This is *exactly* my situation! Unfortunately, my 1TBTC is supposed to arrive tomorrow, so I can't provide hands-on information. That said, I Googled around, and found this thread over on Macoshints. Long story short, it appears that the above described situation is achievable (see page 2 of linked post).

My intended configuration is to keep my Linksys WRT54GS (v1.0) running Tomato v1.17 firmware as my firewall/802.11G wireless router, with the 1TBTC being next in line. Each would serve up its proper clients (either N for fast or G for compatibility), with fast wired devices hung off the 1TBTC, and slow devices (TiVo, PS3, Slingbox) hung off the Linksys. Also, this helps remove the online storage portion of the 1TBTC from a direct internet-facing position - thereby enhancing security.

As soon as mine arrives and I can make it work, I'll post the "how I did it."
 
my imac is plugged into the TC, my PC is plugged into the linksys, and everything else is wilresss
 
Just sayin... said:
This is *exactly* my situation! Unfortunately, my 1TBTC is supposed to arrive tomorrow, so I can't provide hands-on information. That said, I Googled around, and found this thread over on Macoshints. Long story short, it appears that the above described situation is achievable (see page 2 of linked post).

My intended configuration is to keep my Linksys WRT54GS (v1.0) running Tomato v1.17 firmware as my firewall/802.11G wireless router, with the 1TBTC being next in line. Each would serve up its proper clients (either N for fast or G for compatibility), with fast wired devices hung off the 1TBTC, and slow devices (TiVo, PS3, Slingbox) hung off the Linksys. Also, this helps remove the online storage portion of the 1TBTC from a direct internet-facing position - thereby enhancing security.

As soon as mine arrives and I can make it work, I'll post the "how I did it."
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My 1GBTC just arrived. Setting it up was trivially easy and I did enable password access to the disk before I did anything else. I'm now watching Time Machine chug through about 450 GB worth of backups, all machines are connected to the 'net and each other, and life is good! Heck, even my companies' VPN seems to work fine through the 1GBTC (in bridge mode), through the Linksys, and to my company.

I'm cautiously optimistic that everything is stable. Thanks Apple - thus far, this thing Just Works. :apple:
 
vig1116 said:
all i know is i have the linksys running like it did before TC, then i installed TC with its setup installation and chose, add to existing network... (bla bla bla) in airport utility under internet tab, change connection sharing to off(bridge mode) then i have a ethernet cable from linksys to TC. linksys gives TC a ip address and thats it. i think basically i am not using TC as a router i guess but i can still use the "network" from TC for printer sharing wirelessly. and yes i have xbox downstairs totally wireless with the microsoft wireless adapter. if anyone "technically advanced" has a better idea let me know but at least i have it orking so i'll use it
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Ahh, yeah in your setup you just added the hard drive to your network. You get the wireless backup which I could do but honestly if it's just a hard drive all you're getting is a free USB or Firewire port, slower speeds doing data over wireless, and an apple logo. I wanted it to be my router too. It's a fast router. I just don't think it's worth the money if it can't be used as a router and a hard drive both working with all of my devices.

Definitely a bummer.
 
hellodon said:
Ahh, yeah in your setup you just added the hard drive to your network. You get the wireless backup which I could do but honestly if it's just a hard drive all you're getting is a free USB or Firewire port, slower speeds doing data over wireless, and an apple logo. I wanted it to be my router too. It's a fast router. I just don't think it's worth the money if it can't be used as a router and a hard drive both working with all of my devices.

Definitely a bummer.
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There gotta be a way to do it vice versa, TC is the main router, then join the linksys to the network. any ideas how that works ?
 
An idea came across my mind, am not sure if its something that would work. What if, you throw away the xbox 360 wireless adapter, put your old linsys router next to it, hook them up with ether net, then somehow, Time capsule would talk to the linksys router as an access point wirelessly?

any thoughts ????
 
Hi

I'm really interested to know if this works. I know that hellodon said that it works with ps3 but I have read quite a number of conflicting opinions on whether or not this is possible. Most sites say that the time capsule does not have samba or upnp and therefore not compatible for streaming with xbmc or ps3.

I know it would work if i shared the tc hd via my pc...ie connecting to the tc using bonjour on my pc and then sharing that to the xbox as I am doing that with my current ximeta based driver ndas hd., but what I really want to be able to do is share my media files directly off the tc to xbmc and a ps3 without having to have a pc turned on.

Is it really as easy as pointing the ps3 or xbmc at the ip of the tc? Or am I better off buying something like a WD World Edition II Network drive and putting the linux hack on it to run a twonky server? I would prefer to get the time capsule though if it'll work as it has usb to add another hd and is an n router.

Thanks for your help!

cheers
pete
 
as far as i know it still does not work with the microsoft 360 wireless adapter....... but i bought the linksys gaming adapter ($99) and it works great with TC..... so it depends on if you want to spend the money for a new xbox adapter
 
Thanks for the reply. I'm not too worried about the way of connecting to the tc as I have an airport express I can bridge the xbox with or could even run an ethernet cable if I needed to. I am actually trying to work out if the ps3 or xbox could stream files off the time capsule even though it seems they don't share any common protocols ie PS3 uses UPnP, the Xbox1 running xbmc is usually samba and the TC is NAT-PMP or mDNS with bonjour. I am sure I could get it to work if I shared it via a pc but I want to be able to stream it directly from the TC to the consoles. Any one had any experience if it is possible or not? Thanks
 
well I think that the best answer for me would be the TC and an airport express so that I could hook up the airport express to the 350 and have it talk to TC, has anyone else tried this? please advice.
 
got a fix to the problem

I have an old Microsoft wireless gaming adapter that runs on G. I noticed that the security interface was the problem. It was real easy to fix, all i had to to do was go into my time capsules preferences in airport utility and selecting manual set up for the time capsule. Under wireless changed the security to WEP which will prompt a new 13 character password. I then reconnected to the network and the bridge worked right away with my 360 connected to the TC. Hope this helps.
 
icapricorn said:
Well, there's always this.

It's important to be clear about this: This is an Xbox problem, not a Time Capsule problem. Several posters have written that other n-class routers are unrecognized by Xbox. I was hoping with the December Xbox system update Xbox had gotten its act together.

For me the Time Capsule is too good a deal. And I was even thinking of switching out my routers when I wanted to go on Xbox. This is annoying, but not that annoying. For me, gaming is an occasional pastime. Sometimes I'll get into it for a few days and leave off gaming for a week or two. The 50 foot Ethernet cable will more than cover the distance between my home office (also known as "the bedroom") and the xbox in my living room.

Eventually, Xbox will have to get with it, as more people upgrade to the speed improvements of n-class routers.
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Not sure what everyone elses setup is but mine goes as this; ATT Uverse to 2wire wireless modem/router bridged to time capsule. 360 and PS3 are hardwired to 2wire while laptop is connected wirelessly via time capsule (2wire wireless is disabled). Even before the time capsule my 360 would not connect wirelessly to my 2wire wireless router (B\G only). Seems I would have to agree with Icapricorn that it is all xbox fault here. I love my xbox hence it being wired for the fastest speed possible straight through the 2wire. Looks like until microsoft gets their crap together with an update we are all out of luck on having a cool time capsule AND a WIRELESS 360. I see the solution to this coming in the form of a new console :(. Not sure if this helps anyone, but i would say in my opinion, unless you're just playing local, hardwire is the way to go anyway for LIVE. This coming from a guy that HATES showing wires.
 
kenrobin said:
I extended my Airport wireless network with an Airport Express. Then I connected my 360 to the Express via ethernet. This prevents me from having to run wire all over the house.
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I can't back this up since i have mine running fine the way it is, but this would make the most sense as a solution. Also would cost you about 100 bucks :).

Make Apple talk to Apple and have the 360 along for the ride.

Anyone else tried just pluggin an express into the wall and ethernet the 360 to it?
 
Just fired up my 360 as she's been sitting dusty in a toy/tech drawer I long forgot about until we moved. Surely I figured this would have been solved by now and real bummed to come here right away and see it still isn't. This may just keep me from buying Win 7 damn you Microsoft! Get with it we want our 360's to work with our capsules...welcome to the 2000's Redmond. :mad:
 
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