Time Capsule

[still in school]

I currently already have a router and have to use it because it is also my land line (T-mobile @ home), but I am very interested in the idea of TC wirelessly and automatically backing up my laptop. Can I use TC just as a backup device and only plug it into the wall?

 

[tempusfugit]

well, you could but you would have to manually connect to it through wifi every time you want to do a backup, kind of taking the "automated" out of automated backups....


My advice would be to get an ISP that isn't total crap.

 

[aristobrat]

I currently already have a router and have to use it because it is also my land line (T-mobile @ home), but I am very interested in the idea of TC wirelessly and automatically backing up my laptop. Can I use TC just as a backup device and only plug it into the wall?

Yes. The TC can join your existing wireless network, and your Mac can backup to it wirelessly.

 

[skorpien]

Or you can connect your TC to your current router via Ethernet, run it in bridge mode, and have it act as a separate wireless gateway to your network in the process. You can connect to either network created by either router and still back up to your TC.