How to remotely access Time Capsule using iCloud and firmware 7.6.1?

Hello Everyone,

By going through this thread, I realized that although not so easy, it is possible by a number of ways to access Time Capsule through the internet (outside home). This is important for me.

However, I was wondering, if it is also possible, to have your system backeding up automatically to TC while also outside?

This would be important for me, as I travel considerably, but would still like to have my files automatically backed up to my home system (if I end up buying TC).

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Hello Everyone,

By going through this thread, I realized that although not so easy, it is possible by a number of ways to access Time Capsule through the internet (outside home). This is important for me.

However, I was wondering, if it is also possible, to have your system backeding up automatically to TC while also outside?

This would be important for me, as I travel considerably, but would still like to have my files automatically backed up to my home system (if I end up buying TC).

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Don't do it.. Apple says specifically about BTMM and iCloud.. do NOT backup over the internet.

The reason is the level of information going back and forth for Time Machine to backup will

1. Require maasive amounts of data transfer.. over slow upload links.

2. Is highly likely if communications break off half way to corrupt your existing backup.

Use a 2.5" portable drive or use cloud services.

At least with cloud you only have to deal with one slow upload and not two.

I agrede. Once I had my MacBook configured to make remote backup, but that ended up being a useless method.

My time capsule was connected to a slow DSL connection, and although I was in high-speed fiber, the backup process didn't finished even while leaving the computer on during all day and night.

Just a note about backup corruption. The backup is never lost, but many backup process interruptions will trigger a backup recovery process (that requires even more bandwidth). Very often when I was back at home the computer launched a backup recovery before finishing the normal backup.

I found this instruction posted somewhere, which is ommitted in Apple's Help and this forum (as far as I reckon.... no offense if I missed someone's post) - and solved my own question:

* Once you setup everything and you are trying to access through Internet, almost inevitable you MUST go to Finder -> Go -> Connect to Server and type afp://190. etc acording to the IP address of your TC

** You cant get the TC IP Adreess (PREVIOUSLY!) from AirPort Utility while at the "home" network and clicking on the TimeCapsule icon: a pop-up window will show IP Adress: 190.xxx.xx.xxx

Hope this helps. It took me a while to figure out this last, simple step....

Freddy

Finally it´s working! Thank you VERY much!

Can someone who has Airport Time Capsule at home, please share there experience with accessing the ATC by either using iCloud or Back to my Mac? Can you let us know which ATC model you have? How do you have ATC setup?

I would like to get a ATC for my home and would like to be able to access it from anywhere regardless of router and firewall settings. I would like to be able to access the ATC as if I was at home. Plus I would like to use ATC to access other Macs and possibly PCs in my house.

Again, if anyone has an ATC successfully setup and configured for outside access, please share there experience and the best way to setup an ATC.

i dunno about the others, but for me back to my mac was temperamental - it sometimes

worked and sometimes didn't.

So here's what I did:

1. Setup a dyndns account

2. setup port forwarding for AFP on my router and directed that traffic to my TC

after this, if my laptop couldn't see the TC on the side panel of a finder window, I just go to connect to server and type AFP://myaccount.Dyndns.Org and it would connect.

if you want specifics let me know and I can tell you the exact settings.

Another thought. I have always wondered why Apple didn't come out with a Time Capsule NAS. That would be great. How about two versions of ATC. You have one version of the ATC like it is now and you have a second version without router features. The second version is a NAS with ethernet and wireless feature to it. You can use the Time Capsule NAS as a place to store your data and use it as TM backup. Yes, I am aware that you have a Mac Mini and use that as a NAS. It would be great if Apple came out with a NAS.

You cannot change to 192.168 if the router is using 10.0.1.1 which is the TC default.

Post all the details.. eg summary page when you click it in airport utility.

You also cannot leave one field empty. Although for AFP you do only need TCP not UDP.

And the TC must be the only router in the network.. you should have a public IP on the wan interface .. Do you??

None of your screenshots have displayed.. you might have too many on the page..

But the apple website software is about as reliable as the weather.. !!

Post again with just a few pictures on each post.. or email them directly to me.. my email is shown in my profile.

Ok. that all looks fine..

When I try and access your IP I get no response..

Why are you forwarding to 192.168.1.201?? If you have nothing there.. the packets will go into nothingness.

If you want to access the TC remotely you need to use the TC address.

It is 192.168.1.1 not 192.168.1.201

And you do not even need to do port forwarding.. let me suggest you cancel the port forwarding and just try to connect.

AFP://YourpublicIP

The address translation is not required.. and you have ticked for WAN access to the disk.. that opens AFP protocol to the LAN side automatically.

I am also not sure why you are also then using BTMM .. You stated you wanted to use port forwarding.. the traceroute to icloud is pointless. You need it to go to your Router.

Hello Mini-Mac. for accessing home surveillance cameras (the dvr connected to the 4th. gen. TC) via internet or vMeye iOS app, do I have to do the same procedure with back to mac or no? I would like to avoid the payment for dyndns or fix IP address. Is there any solution for checking my cameras from distance?

Thanks in advance! Tizso

Hi,

in my Airport Utility I do not see "Share disk over WAN" to check. I use a TimeCapsule with firmware version 7.6.7 and MacBook Pro with OS X El Capitan ver 10.11.16.

How do I get the "Share disk over WAN" possibility?

Best regards

Peder

Your AirPort Extreme or Time Capsule or whatever AirPort you have is not acting as the main router for your network. If it were your real router, then you would see the "Share Disks over WAN" option.

The real router for your network is probably the device that you call your "modem".....but it is much more than that.....it is very likely a modem/router, also called a gateway. Or stated another way, the device is both a modem and router in one package. And, it is this router that is really controlling your network, not your AirPort.

Post back with the make and model number of the device that you call your "modem" to confirm.