I just moved and wireless internet is now provided for me. I am not using my Time Capsule as a router anymore but can I still use it as my storage device wirelessly? So far I cannot get it to work. Please help.

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I just moved and wireless internet is now provided for me. I am not using my Time Capsule as a router anymore but can I still use it as my storage device wirelessly? So far I cannot get it to work. Please help.

Hi,

I just moved to a new place. I used to have my own internet setup and used my Airport Time Capsule as my router. Now that I don't need to use it as a router I would still like to use it as a storage device for my pictures. Can I still do that wirelessly or do I have to plug it into my computer? And if I do (which would really be crumby) do I just use a USB cable?

Please help. I have a lot of work stored on it and I am feeling pretty stuck at the moment.

Thank you,

Charlie

Airport Time Capsule 802.11ac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on May 6, 2014 6:54 PM

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Tesserax

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May 7, 2014 9:25 AM in response to Charlie.West

You can use your Time Capsule in your new network in a number of ways. One would be as a NAS device which I believe you are looking to do.

To do so, you would connect the TC to the new router by Ethernet. You would also want to reconfigure the TC as a bridge and disable its wireless radios.

You can do both of these using the AirPort Utility, as follows:

Run the AirPort Utility.
Select the TC, and then, select Edit.
Select the Network tab.
Change Router Mode to: Off (Bridge Mode)
Select the Wireless tab.
Change Network Mode to: Off
Select Update and allow the TC to restart.

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