Settings for airport time capsule (1st Gen)

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Settings for airport time capsule (1st Gen)

I am using Longreach wireless (Netspeed) as my service provider. Speeds are way down on what they should be; is there anything I can do within settings to help speed up the line and download speeds. Running iMac El Capitan 10.11.3 with an Airport time capsule 1st Gen that I've had for about 3 - 4 years as the wireless network. The long reach system has the modem built into he antenna on the roof and the time capsule plugs directly not the wall via a power supply.

iMac (27-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Feb 5, 2016 7:54 PM

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LaPastenague

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Feb 5, 2016 8:12 PM in response to gjf6

Plug your iMac directly by ethernet to the modem.. you might need to go and buy an extra long cable or use a different computer, a laptop is great.

Find out what your speeds are like without wireless.. if it is the same, then nothing you do on the current wireless network will help.

If you get a big improvement.. my recommendation is to simply buy a new router.. the TC is very old, single band.. and its wireless might well be less than 100% now.

The TC can still be used for backups plugged into the new router.

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gjf6 Author

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Feb 5, 2016 10:46 PM in response to LaPastenague

Thanks for your help, that makes perfect sense but I can't fulfil the action as I don't know the DHCP setting when connecting directly to the computer. That was the good thing about the time capsule, it all happened automatically. I'll have to wait to talk with the net speed lads.

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Feb 11, 2016 11:32 AM in response to gjf6

Put the computer on DHCP which is exactly the same setting as the TC..

Or if you setup manual configuration on the TC simply open the TC in the airport utility go to the WAN tab and see how it is setup.. but my bet is DHCP.

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gjf6 Author

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Feb 11, 2016 11:33 AM in response to LaPastenague

Thank you, sufficient evidence for the company to realise it is not my computer or equipment. Cheers.

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