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Time Capsule Connection Drops After New Modem

The internet connection on my Time Capsule ran perfectly for almost a year, then this morning Time Warner replaced my cable modem with a new one and now all of a sudden my internet connection is having frequent drop-outs. The signal from the Time Capsule itself stays connected to all my devices, but the internet drops in and out at random times. Time Warner says the modem is working fine, I've tried power cycling both the modem and Time Capsule and it seems to work at first then the same problem starts popping up again. Is there some setting on the Time Capsule itself I should be checking or is it possible that it just doesn't like this new modem for some reason?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5), iPhone4, ATV2, Nano6, Time Capsule

Posted on Dec 10, 2012 11:35 PM

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Dec 11, 2012 12:18 AM in response to Tsac77

Although there is no good reason for it, the change of modem seems to always wreak havov.


Is the modem different?? Is it by any chance a modem router instead of pure modem??


I would always recommend doing a factory reset and start over.


That will do nothing to your backups but you will need to do the setup from scratch.. I recommend using new names.. as that helps things adjust to new environment.


Use short names, no spaces pure alphanumeric.


If the new box is a router bridge the TC.

Dec 11, 2012 11:48 AM in response to Tsac77

How do I do a factory reset? Is my backup data 100% safe when doing so? Are there any other settings I shoukd be lookng at? Thanks for your help.

From the horses' mouth. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3728


In simple terms.. hold in reset before you power on the TC.. power on with your third arm.. or get a friend to switch on at the wall.. keep holding until the TC LED flashes rapidly..


You can also reset via the airport utility.


You data on the hard disk is 100% untouched. To erase data you must choose that option from airport utility and confirm the action.


This should fix it.

Time Capsule Connection Drops After New Modem

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