How can I Access TC outside of my home network?

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How can I Access TC outside of my home network?

Hi everyone:

I am new to the MAC World. We just bought my daughter a Mac Book Pro to use in University then added the time capsule at home so she would be able to back up her work over the internet and we would be able to use the WIFI and TC here at home. We get to the University, set everythin up and Airport goes into a loop searching for the TC; it appears it cant see the TC. We are using the wired internet through the school then go to a wireless router in my daughters dorm to allow her to access the internet both with her phone and computer.

Is there a simple fix for this? I also have three other PC's other laptops and several cell phones accessing the home network at any given time but only need access outside my home to the TC for the MAC Book Pro. The sales rep at Future Shop said it would be easy to hook up and access.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Martin

Time Capsule-OTHER

Posted on Sep 4, 2012 8:44 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 4, 2012 9:07 PM in response to Corvette Martin

The school or college network has likely blocked the required ports.. did you ask??

If the router in the room is double NAT then it sure won't work.

How are you connecting to home IP address? Do you have a static public IP at home.. if not there is no way the computer will find the address unless you use btmm.. have you looked up btmm with icloud?? Did you google following terms..

Remote Access Time Capsule

There are many many sites that explain how to do it.. but expect difficult when you do not control the network, like the school one.

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Answer 2

Sep 4, 2012 9:39 PM in response to LaPastenague

Thank you for your reply. I dont understand the terminology double NAT. I set up my home network using standard settings - or so I thought with .

The internet person at the University said that I could create a VPN - now I do know what that means Virtual Private Network.

About 15 years ago I was an electronics technical specialist with Xerox, they were just starting to use networking with copiers however that was a long time ago. I feel I have the basics of networking and have set up several home networks so feel with a bit of help I might be able to set this up.

Thanks again,

Martin

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Answer 3

Sep 4, 2012 10:04 PM in response to Corvette Martin

Ok.. you have to work out the way you are going to access the TC..

There are basically three methods..

1. Direct access using AFP.. you need a static public IP and the TC as the main internet router.. then you need to turn on internet access and password the hard disk. The college has to have port 548 open.

If you do not have a static public IP then you can use ddns service but there is no client in the TC.. so you will have to figure out a way to update the service.

2. Use BTMM with icloud. This is the Apple method. It actually uses vpn..(the vpn is locked to apple use only but it is not available to end user).. The requirements are 7.6.1 firmware and lion or ML on a Mac computer. I am not sure of the ports because the link to the Apple cloud is separate from the vpn to your home system.

3. VPN.. that means you need to bridge the TC and use a decent quality vpn modem / router or combo thereof.

VPN are not for the faint of heart.. it can take a lot of work to get running but offers the best security.. you will need to change the network equipment in your house more than likely.. using a pc / mac as a vpn server is possible.. but messy.

There are also easy ways to at least access the home computer.. teamviewer for example. This is likely blocked by the college though.

Double NAT is where you put a router on a private IP behind another router on a private IP.. that makes port forwarding close to impossible.

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