Setting up the 2TB Time Capsule as a NAS. Help needed.

Ok so I'm reading Tesserax's document and some of the options aren't there.

You do not do this on the TC at all.

Is this because at present on the Internet Tab of the TC, the mode is set to Off(Bridge), do I need to change this to DHCP + NAT?

The setup is different.. I did already state you do this on the skyhub NOT THE TC.. the principal is the same.. but you will need to work out how to do the same thing.. on the Skyhub router. The TC is bridged.. and will never change from that. All you do need is a disk password of very decent complexity. NOT DEVICE password.. change over to DISK password.

I do not have a Skyhub.. in fact being outside the UK.. I have never laid eyes on a skyhub router.. so you will need to use your local skyhub resources to do this. You need both to setup dyndns in the skyhub and forward port 548.

eg http://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Archived-Discussions/Remote-Management-on-SkyHub-Rou ter/td-p/2279427

eg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FUcqO8jOHk

I'm a little confused with the whole 'Setup New Network' or using it a router/base station. Why would I need to do this?

You need to plug it into the existing network by ethernet. Otherwise you cannot access it.

Go through the setup and it will (or can be forced) to work in bridge mode.. ie no routing. You can also turn off the wireless so it has no connection other than ethernet and work as a client.

access it at home across the notework from Macbook and PC, and remotely when I'm away from home?

Access it at home is no problem.

Remote access is a big problem. If the TC does not take over as the main network router it is unlikely to allow BTMM to work.

See remote access.

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3413

But remote access from a PC is to be honest difficult in the extreme.. read impossible with major network fiddling. You bought the wrong product.

Return the TC and buy a WD mycloud or the like.

TC is fine for Mac.. it is not usable by PC remotely.. Apple didn't bother about PC access.

People say it can be done.. but it is highly risky. or you need to rebuild your whole network to use VPN router.. which is the right way.

I'll never be accessing remotely using PC.

Ok.. in the first post you never excluded remote access from PC.

If I was to make the TC the main network router, how would I do that

You must eliminate the skyhub and use the TC instead. However to do that you need Sky to give you their login credentials. AFAIK Sky does not hand those out.. people have managed to hack them from the skyhub.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uukSRHzAxk

Sky are typical for UK ISP.. they believe in the mushroom principal.. keep you in the dark and feed you bulls..t; well you know what that is.

Herein lies your problem.. Sky do not want you to remove their router which they can remotely control.

Without replacing the Sky router BTMM will most likely not work.. although you can certainly have a shot at it.

There is however an easier method .. it is listed as method 3 in the earlier document I referenced.. but that was done on an apple router.. it is even easier on a non-apple router.

1. You need a dynamic DNS account. Check the sky router for which ones are supported, sign up to one of them so you can find your IP which is dynamic and is probably changing daily.

2. Tesserax does a fairly good job showing how to port translate but not all routers support it.. for Apple AFP to work you only need to open 548 TCP to the outside world. Don't bother with port translation.. unless you need the small amount of extra security it provides. (not alot.. as long as you use decent password in the TC).

3. Set the TC a static IP in the network. That is important for point 2. above to work.. Usually the router will support some sort of dhcp reservation but make sure it works so the TC never changes IP. Otherwise set it manually on the TC itself.. or do both is a good idea.

4. When you are away from home.. simply type into Finder, Go, Connect to server.

AFP://DynDNSaddress/TCsharename. (obviously replacing what I have put with the actual DynDNS address and the Actual TC sharename).

If you do port translate you need to add that port change with a colon at the end of the line.

AFP://DynDNSaddress/TCsharename:8888 (or whatever port you open)

This is all shown in Tesserax doco.

Only AFP can work this way which is why I said it cannot be done for PC. But on Mac it works as well as BTMM and is more reliable.