Airport Time Capsule and Netgear N600

You have it backwards, google for the instructions

Factory reset both netgear and apple boxes

Turn off wifi on netgear

Connect netgear to apple with an ETH cord in the apple wan port

Open airport utility and setup apple to create a new network, double check under network tab that Apple is in bridge mode

Edit the steps, just realized the netgear isn't your ISP box. Totally unplug the netgear for now and in step 3, connect your ISP box (not netgear) to the apple box

My Netgear is currently my (ADSL+) modem+router, I want to move to it being my modem only and my Airport as router.

If you configure the Netgear as a modem, then you will not be able to access the Netgear administration interface unless you then reset the Netgear back to default settings.

Also, if you configure the Netgear as a modem, then the Time Capsule must be configured to Connect Using = PPPoE using your ISP user name and password.

Complicated.....but it can be done if the Netgear really can be configured to act as a simple modem.

Life would be tons easier if you set up the Netgear normally as a modem/router and then configured the Time Capsule to connect in Bridge Mode to the Netgear.

If you do not want to use the wirelss capability of the Netgear, it will be a simple matter to turn off the wireless function on the Netgear and use the Time Capsule wireless. But....you may not need to do this unless the Time Capsule network and Netgear network are creating interference issues with each other.

Why not try the simple setup for a few days to see if it will do what you want? It does not really matter whether the Netgear or Time Capsule is acting as the router for the network.....unless there is some special setup that requires that the Time Capsule be configured to act as the network router.

If you want to try the simple setup, get the Netgear back up and running normally as a modem/router and make sure that the network is running correctly. Then, post back and we will set up the Time Capsule to work with the Netgear.

echoing bob's comments, assuming you want the apple to do everything simply because it will be 'better' - even the most basic routers can route very well. what is hard is the wireless aspect so you won't notice a difference at all if the netgear or apple is doing the actual routing

one of the things confusing me was BRIDGE MODE as I thought it was the Netgear I had to put into Bridge mode.

The Netgear would be in bridge mode, or more correctly modem mode....IF....the Time Capsule was setup to be the network router.

Since you have the Netgear set up to be the router, then it is the Time Capsule that should be in bridge mode.

Here is how to set up the Time Capsule (TC).....

Power off the TC for a minute or two

Hold in the reset button first, and keep holding it in for an additional 10 seconds while you simultaneously plug the power back into the TC

Release the reset button on the TC after the hold period, and allow a full minute for the TC to restart to a slow, blinking amber light

Connect an Ethernet cable from one of the LAN <--> ports on the Netgear to the WAN "O" port on the TC

On your Mac.....open up Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility

Click on Other WiFi Devices

Click on Time Capsule

The setup utility will open up automatically and take a minute to analyze the network. Then it will display a screen that looks like the shot below, except you will see a Time Capsule icon

Network Name......Enter a simple name that you want to call your wireless network

Base Station Name....Enter a simple name that you want to assign to your Time Capsule device

Password....Enter a password that will be used both as the wireless network password and the device password

Verify.....Verify the password

Click Next

The utility will take a minute to configure things for you. The Time Capsule will automatically be set up correctly in bridge mode during this process.

When you see the message of setup complete, click Done

Now log on to the new network that you created and test things out.