do i have to keep time machine and modem on all the time

i am using wireless time capsule hooked to modem for internet connection with mac notebook pro. I want to turn off modem and capsule when laptop is not in use. It that ok?

• Asked by Terra M from Pittsburgh
• Nov 12, 2010
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I am in the Air Force and stationed in Germany at the moment. I am currently using my landlord's wireless. How can I extend it with my Time Capsule?

They only have dial-up out here, so my landlord got satellite internet. I have tried to ask them to give me a ethernet hook-up but they won't because it would be too much installation, so I have to use their internet using there wireless. I would like to pick up their wireless and rebroadcast it with my time capsule so my home network will still function without having to switch everything to their network and be able to get a stronger network and also be able to backup my iMac.

• Asked by Robb L from Broken Arrow
• Sep 19, 2010
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Can I us the Time Capsule with an existing public, wireless connection?

I live in a dormitory on a college campus, I use the public internet that the university. Since the Time Capsule is a router as well as an external hardrive, would I be able to use the wireless functions within the wireless network that I have now?

• Asked by Jamie W from Paducah
• Oct 29, 2011
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Time Capsule vs my campus wireless?

I'm wondering about the automatic backup feature, primarily.

I live on a college campus with a wireless network that works just fine. In order to use the automatic backup feature of Time Capsule, would I have to disconnect from my campus wireless and connect to the time capsule (thus disabling my internet)? I'm not allowed to set up my own wireless networks, so using the Time Capsule as my wireless router point wouldn't work.

• Asked by Robert S from Columbia
• Sep 6, 2010
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I wont be connecting to any internet. Can I still use the time capsule without internet connection and use it as a wireless hardrive?

• Asked by Lyndelle G from Hanalei
• Feb 6, 2010
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can i use time capsule with sky m/router

i have to use sky equipment to connect to the internet .can i disable the wireless part and use time capsule for wireless how do set this up?

• Asked by Trevor A
• Mar 14, 2010
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Did the Xbox 360 work with the Time Capsule?

I want to play xbox live but my TV and the xbox 360 is to far of the DSL Modem and I want that the TC take the internet wirelessly and then connect it to the Xbox 360.

• Asked by Hector E from Mexicali
• Apr 18, 2010
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Can I connect computers to each-other through a time capsule to share files?.

I have an Imac connected to a Time capsule via an ethernet cable for internet, slingbox and backups and have a Macbook pro that uses the TC wireless network to connect to the internet. Both macs see the time capsule no problem, but cannot see each other. Is there a way of setting up my home network so my two computers can see each other as well as the TC?.

• Asked by Matthew N
• Dec 29, 2010
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Can you set up Time Capsule wirelessly?

I want to use this in my bedroom upstairs from my wireless router. So I was wondering if you can set it up without connecting it to a cable modem or DSL?

• Asked by Mason M
• Nov 28, 2012
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If using the time capsule as a router, can I limit who on the network has access to the hard drive portion of it?

I am interested in getting the Time Capsule to use as a wireless router in my house to replace the piece of junk one I have and to have large storage capacity. My problem is I have roommates who would also be using the same network, but I wouldnt want them to have access to the data I would store on it. Is there any way I can configure it to work as a router for all roommates but limit access to its hard drive/storage capabilities to just myself?

Furthermore, if instead I were to continue to use my old router (a linksys), is there any way to set up the Time Capsule as a wireless repeater to strengthen the signal in my bedroom on the other side of the house?

One more thing....does anyone have any experience using this router outside of the US? Ive got decent/normal internet connectivity from my ISP but I wouldnt want to get a time capsule if it could potentially not be compatible with a non-US service provider. Thanks.

• Asked by Tim W from Chester
• Nov 8, 2010
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