Time Capsule + Belkin Wireless router, same network to separate slower devi

+I want to be able to see the TC disk from the "slower" devices.+

+Is this possible?+ Yes

+Any ideas on how to configure?+

We're going to need know how you have things configured now. Is the Belkin router the "main" router at this time?

+I want to use my Time Capsule to connect all my wireless n devices using the 5,0GHz band and use the Belkin router using the 2.4GHz band to connect the g devices thus simulating a simultaneous dual-band Wi-Fi, of course all in the same network+

Using the same wireless network name for both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, as is done on the Apple "dual band" routers, there will be no guarantee that faster computers will connect to the 5 GHz network if they happen to see a stronger signal from the 2.4 GHz network...which is likely as 5 GHz signals are absorbed much more quickly than 2.4 GHz signals.

Your computer will always connect to the stronger signal...not necessarily the faster signal first, unless you tell it otherwise.

Message was edited by: Bob Timmons

+I understand that using the same SSID and password for both will give me trouble so I named them different.+

You shouldn't have trouble using the same SSID if you assign each router to a channel that's at least 5 settings away from the other. The other rules are that the security settings for both routers must match exactly and the same password must be used.

This may not help you, as computers will connect to the strongest signal, not necessarily the faster 5 GHz network. Using separate SSIDs is really the only way to "force" a given computer to connect to a given band.



Sorry, I don't have a Belkin to test here, but can verify that when I use my AirPort Extreme as the main router, and setup my Time Capsule in bridge mode to create a wireless network, I can "see" all of my devices on the network. This is true whether I have the TC setup with the same SSID or a different SSID.

Have you tried a complete power cycle on your network?

Message was edited by: Bob Timmons

What about using the TC as my main unit to connect to the net and the Belkin as my secondary and turning DHCP off on the Belkin to let TC do the IP distibution. Maybe? I'm not sure this is possible with my Belkin but I'll check.

If you can locate setting for the Belkin to turn DHCP and NAT off, then that is the same as having a dedicated "bridge mode" setting for the router. Sorry, I can't help on Belkin products. Sounds like you may have MAC Address filtering or something similar enabled on the Belkin. If that were the case, then you would not be able to "see" other devices or connect through the Belkin unless the MAC addresses of those devices were entered into the Belkin.

Might be worth a try to swap places for the devices as you propose, but I would also look for a way to reset the Belkin in case you do have MAC Address filtering or something similar enabled.