Q: How to connect my Time Capsule to a WiFi network?
I am happily using a Time Capsule for years as a WiFi router connected as a bridge to the router delivered by my provider.
I am now moving to a place where internet is already provided by an access point in my new apartment and included in the monthly cost of that village facilities. The access point is hidden behind the ceiling of my apartment and does not have any ethernet port except the only one used to get the internet. The WiFi that will be available to me is set up by an administrator with the name of my apartment.
My TC needs internet which is coming from the ethernet and I am wondering what I could do to bypass this issue. I do not see any option in TC settings in order to connect to an existing WiFi.
While waiting to move to the new apartment, I made a test by trying to create a similar scenario at home, i.e. using my provider wifi router to create a wifi network A, then using a WiFi network extender which is connected to WiFi A, and connecting my TC via an ethernet plugged into the WiFi extender, setting up my TC as a bridge and creating a WiFi B with my TC that I can use again with my devices. This is working fine, but I am wondering if there is something which I am missing or a better solution or possible issues related to this setup.
Tnxs.
Time Capsule
Posted on Sep 8, 2016 7:42 AM
My TC needs internet which is coming from the ethernet and I am wondering what I could do to bypass this issue.
In a word, nothing. The TC must connect to a network using a wired Ethernet cable connection. The only exception to this would be a set up where you already have one Apple router providing a wireless signal, in which case the TC could connect wirelessly to "extend" the network.
While waiting to move to the new apartment, I made a test by trying to create a similar scenario at home, i.e. using my provider wifi router to create a wifi network A, then using a WiFi network extender which is connected to WiFi A, and connecting my TC via an ethernet plugged into the WiFi extender, setting up my TC as a bridge and creating a WiFi B with my TC that I can use again with my devices. This is working fine, but I am wondering if there is something which I am missing or a better solution or possible issues related to this setup.
This is how the TC will need to be connected to the apartment network. If your extender does not work with the apartment network, an AirPort Express could be used to "join" the apartment wireless network, then provide an Ethernet connection to the TC.
Posted on Sep 8, 2016 8:01 AM