Airport Time Capsule

[ChrisCM]

In order to rationalise the backups on my wife's iMac and my soon to arrive Macbook pro I have decided to purchase a 3Tb Airport Time Capsule. My question is, can the time capsule be configured to extend a wireless network based on a non Apple router. I appreciate that I could replace the existing router with the Time Capsule but I am happy with the wifi operation of the existing router which is configured for a large number of devices. If necessary I could connect the Time Capsule to the existing router via my wired LAN.
Thanks,
Chris

 

[SODworks]

Hello ChrisCM,

Extend your wireless? Yes
Still use it as a TimeCapsule? I don't see why not.

Which time Capsule is it? 2011 or 2013?
If your happy with the wifi you have now, why would you need to extend it?
If it is the 2013 Time Capsule, then are you sure you don't want to use it as your main wifi in your house? I only ask as the new 2013 Time Capsule has A/C wifi which is new and super and even if the devices in your house only support b.g.n then they all will still get a much better reception from this new wifi.
I have recently set up my new Airport Extreme 2013 and my old devices surf the internet now at a much faster rate which I am very happy with.
What I did was deactivated the the wifi from my router and via LAN cable, connected it to the Airport Extrene 2013. By doing this, I have reduced the flow of interference from both wifi devices subjecting it only to the powerful Airport Extreme with it's new wifi capability. Granted my router is about 3 years old but it is running on the old wifi which is b.g.n and the new a/c really makes the difference. But like I also asked, which Time Capsule? because if it is the old flat one like the one I have then yes, I would use it to extend my wifi if need be. But if it's the new tall one, I would deactivate the old wifi, connect the apple time capsule to it via lan and then use that as my main wifi because of the 6 antennas in it.

I hope this helps,

regards,

Robin

 

[ChrisCM]

Hello ChrisCM,

Extend your wireless? Yes
Still use it as a TimeCapsule? I don't see why not.

Which time Capsule is it? 2011 or 2013?
If your happy with the wifi you have now, why would you need to extend it?
If it is the 2013 Time Capsule, then are you sure you don't want to use it as your main wifi in your house? I only ask as the new 2013 Time Capsule has A/C wifi which is new and super and even if the devices in your house only support b.g.n then they all will still get a much better reception from this new wifi.
I have recently set up my new Airport Extreme 2013 and my old devices surf the internet now at a much faster rate which I am very happy with.
What I did was deactivated the the wifi from my router and via LAN cable, connected it to the Airport Extrene 2013. By doing this, I have reduced the flow of interference from both wifi devices subjecting it only to the powerful Airport Extreme with it's new wifi capability. Granted my router is about 3 years old but it is running on the old wifi which is b.g.n and the new a/c really makes the difference. But like I also asked, which Time Capsule? because if it is the old flat one like the one I have then yes, I would use it to extend my wifi if need be. But if it's the new tall one, I would deactivate the old wifi, connect the apple time capsule to it via lan and then use that as my main wifi because of the 6 antennas in it.

I hope this helps,

regards,

Robin

Hi Robin,

It is a 2013 model, Amazon UK, are doing it at a very good price at the moment!

My thinking was to extend the range of my wifi signal, as I said, where it works it works well but there are areas in my property where the signal drops off and it is there that I have cabled for LAN and connected the iMac, hence the thought of locating the Time Capsule there and making it easier to use the MacBook Pro (though I have got a LAN adapter just in case!). I have a large number of devices on the wireless network, some of my security is MAC number based and I didn't fancy inputting al those details again.

But having read your reply I will try swopping out the old router and try a few of my devices with the Time Capsule.

Thanks for your reply,

Chris

 

[bobtomay]

I do exactly that - the TC is set up in bridge mode and have it running a 2nd wifi network instead of extending the primary network.

My primary router and my TC are about 100' apart in the house and have hardwired the TC to the router. The router does all DHCP. I have wifi everywhere on my property now.

(I am running 2 networks in lieu of extending because I still have a couple 'g' devices. The router runs a combo 'g/n' network while the TC runs a 'n' only network.)

If I had one of the new 'a/c' routers, would def experiment with SODworks suggestion.
As far as I am aware, even if you have a 'a/c' router, the entire network is going to slow down to the speed of the slowest device using it.