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using time capsule with pc??

Ok

my brother gave me a 4th gen time capsule

so i've set up the basics

router works fine. i connected my external hdd and it streams movies fine within the network(from iphone app)

but I'm not sure how to access time capsule's hdd.

or something in that range.

basically what i want to do is;

im a photographer and i edit photos on my pc

then save in on my icloud so i can grab it from my iphone and post it and etc

I'm basically trying to use time capsule or even external hdd plugged into time capsule

as a cloud


How can i set it up so i can see either time capsule or external hdd

under network? right now only access i have is a video player app on my iphone

and it only shows video files.

(i've enabled filed sharing also enabled share disks over WAN with airport utility)


Posted on Feb 11, 2019 8:41 AM

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Posted on Feb 11, 2019 12:54 PM

To be able to access the Time Capsule's (TC) internal HDD, or an external drive attached to the TC's USB port, at least two things will be required:

  1. You will need to enable file sharing on the drive(s) on the TC. To do so, run the AirPort Utility for Windows > Select the TC > Manual Setup > Disks > File Sharing > Enable file sharing > Update (Note: The version of the AirPort Utility has not been updated since Windows 7 and was not designed to work with the newer 802.11ac (tower) AirPort base station ... so this may not work for you at all. I definitely recommend that you DO NOT enable the "Share disks over WAN" option, as this would pose a serious security risk.)
  2. As Bob has already mentioned, the TC only supports SMBv1. On the other hand, Microsoft does not want you to use this early version of SMB due to security risks and defaults a Windows 10 device to using SMBv2/SMBv3. You can re-configure your PC to use SMBv1 (also as Bob has mentioned), but it's not recommended. One of those articles that can provide you with the means is available from WindowsCentral.


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Feb 11, 2019 12:54 PM in response to Jayfromeast

To be able to access the Time Capsule's (TC) internal HDD, or an external drive attached to the TC's USB port, at least two things will be required:

  1. You will need to enable file sharing on the drive(s) on the TC. To do so, run the AirPort Utility for Windows > Select the TC > Manual Setup > Disks > File Sharing > Enable file sharing > Update (Note: The version of the AirPort Utility has not been updated since Windows 7 and was not designed to work with the newer 802.11ac (tower) AirPort base station ... so this may not work for you at all. I definitely recommend that you DO NOT enable the "Share disks over WAN" option, as this would pose a serious security risk.)
  2. As Bob has already mentioned, the TC only supports SMBv1. On the other hand, Microsoft does not want you to use this early version of SMB due to security risks and defaults a Windows 10 device to using SMBv2/SMBv3. You can re-configure your PC to use SMBv1 (also as Bob has mentioned), but it's not recommended. One of those articles that can provide you with the means is available from WindowsCentral.


Feb 12, 2019 1:25 PM in response to Jayfromeast

...now i only need time capsule to back up my files onto itself.

The Time Capsule was designed to work in conjunction with Time Machine. The latter being the incremental backup app for Mac computers. You might be able to backup your PC to it, but this would require a Windows-based backup app that supports backing up to network drives. In this case, the Time Capsule would be performing as a network drive.


i really couldnt understand even after reading whole threads under smb123
so what i need to do is enable smb1 on my windows 10 pc?

The steps necessary to do so are provided in the following article:


However, if you're not comfortable around computers, you may want to elicit help from a friend that does. The steps in the article are not difficult, but if you don't understand them you can cause more "harm" than good to your PC.


and is it possible to hard wire between time capsule and my pc?

Yes. Just connect an Ethernet cable between one of the LAN (opposing arrows) ports on the Time Capsule to the Ethernet port on your PC.


also this is not a right thread nor a platform to ask pc questions but maybe someone can help me
i connected an external hdd to my modem (instead of time capsule)
but i can not find it under network on my pc
i can access it with file browing app on my phone.
how can i access it from my pc??

Yes, this probably can be better addressed if you post PC questions to the appropriate Windows forum, but let me see if I can help answer this for you.


Your modem must be more than a simple modem as modems only have a single Ethernet port. Most likely, you have a combination modem & router, also known as a gateway device. To connect a HDD to this device it would have to connect to either an Ethernet or a USB port. Which do you have this HDD connected to?


Feb 11, 2019 9:12 AM in response to Jayfromeast

If your PC is running Windows 10, then you will not be able to access the Time Capsule hard drive because the security built into Win 10 will not permit the SMB1 connection that the Time Capsule requires.


Definitely not recommended, but you might consider temporarily enabling SMB1 on the PC. Google for suggestions in that regard.

Feb 11, 2019 7:57 PM in response to Tesserax

thansk for the reply!

ive actually found an app to access "data" folder in my time capsule

its called filebrowserGO

now i only need time capsule to back up my files onto itself.


im not very good with computers..

i really couldnt understand even after reading whole threads under smb123

so what i need to do is enable smb1 on my windows 10 pc?


and is it possible to hard wire between time capsule and my pc?



also this is not a right thread nor a platform to ask pc questions but maybe someone can help me

i connected an external hdd to my modem (instead of time capsule)

but i can not find it under network on my pc

i can access it with file browing app on my phone.

how can i access it from my pc??


thank you.

Feb 12, 2019 3:20 PM in response to Jayfromeast

Since Tesserax had a crack I will too.


also this is not a right thread nor a platform to ask pc questions but maybe someone can help me
i connected an external hdd to my modem (instead of time capsule)
but i can not find it under network on my pc
i can access it with file browing app on my phone.
how can i access it from my pc??

(The color highlight is not from me. )

Lets say your modem router is a bit older and is doing the exact same thing the TC is doing.. ie using SMB1.. but your iPhone?? running file browser app?? has no problem seeing it because it is still happily using SMB1.. but your PC is now not able to see the hard disk because it no longer running SMB1 protocol.


In a windows explorer (not internet explorer) in the address bar type \\192.168.1.1 (replace with the actual IP address of your modem router). Any network shares available on the modem should show up on the PC.. if nothing shows then what you need to do is go back to the modem router and check if the setup has other protocols available.. FTP being the main one. Read carefully the manual for your modem router because sharing disks is often tricky.. eg one very common brand here will use a different IP address.. eg 192.168.1.200 for the share instead of the main router IP.


Performance can be exceedingly disappointing. USB2 over barely adequate processor in the modem router can be struggling to give you 10MByte/s performance.. where any modern NAS and even some higher end routers can now saturate gigabit giving you 100MByte/s performance.

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