Hey folks,
I have a situation with access to Time Capsule drives through Time Machine.
Here's the schematic of the important bits of my setup:
In short, two Time Capsules are attached with LAN (WAN port) to router. There's WiFi node hooked to router as well, and multiple mesh nodes through the house. And at the other side of the house there is iMac connected to WiFi network. Time Capsules have WiFi shut down, are bridged, have fixed IP ( 192.168.0.101 & 102), are sharing disks, have Back to Mac turned off. They are basically expensive network drives.
THINGS THAT WORK:
- iMac can mount remote drives through SMB and direct IP address
- iMac can access those drives through Finder, read & write
- Mounted drives are set to remount on reboot (Users > Log in Items > added those drives)
- On iMac I can manage Time Capsules through Airport Utility if I go File > Configure Other and give it the IP of them, but Airport Utility does not see them otherwise (it just gives me the Internet globe, that's it)
THINGS THAT DO NOT WORK:
- Airport Utility does not clearly see those Time Capsules, I have to do Configure Other
- Even when disks are clearly mounted, Time Machine software does not see those drives as available backup drives, they simply do not appear
THINGS THAT WORK #2:
- if I plug my iMac with LAN cable into the router, then everything works, Time Machine can see Time Capsules, all is fine
So, it would seem that something in the WiFi setup is blocking certain protocol, not purely data transfer. I can see those drives, and have access to them, but Time Machine it would seem is accessing those drives through different means (not just brute force file system access), and that might be blocked.
Where would I even start looking for the solution? ISP modem is not set to block any specific things, likewise Velop Mesh is not set to block anything specific.
Of course, everything is updated to the latest firmware/software.
Any ideas?
I have a situation with access to Time Capsule drives through Time Machine.
Here's the schematic of the important bits of my setup:
In short, two Time Capsules are attached with LAN (WAN port) to router. There's WiFi node hooked to router as well, and multiple mesh nodes through the house. And at the other side of the house there is iMac connected to WiFi network. Time Capsules have WiFi shut down, are bridged, have fixed IP ( 192.168.0.101 & 102), are sharing disks, have Back to Mac turned off. They are basically expensive network drives.
THINGS THAT WORK:
- iMac can mount remote drives through SMB and direct IP address
- iMac can access those drives through Finder, read & write
- Mounted drives are set to remount on reboot (Users > Log in Items > added those drives)
- On iMac I can manage Time Capsules through Airport Utility if I go File > Configure Other and give it the IP of them, but Airport Utility does not see them otherwise (it just gives me the Internet globe, that's it)
THINGS THAT DO NOT WORK:
- Airport Utility does not clearly see those Time Capsules, I have to do Configure Other
- Even when disks are clearly mounted, Time Machine software does not see those drives as available backup drives, they simply do not appear
THINGS THAT WORK #2:
- if I plug my iMac with LAN cable into the router, then everything works, Time Machine can see Time Capsules, all is fine
So, it would seem that something in the WiFi setup is blocking certain protocol, not purely data transfer. I can see those drives, and have access to them, but Time Machine it would seem is accessing those drives through different means (not just brute force file system access), and that might be blocked.
Where would I even start looking for the solution? ISP modem is not set to block any specific things, likewise Velop Mesh is not set to block anything specific.
Of course, everything is updated to the latest firmware/software.
Any ideas?