[Yontsey]

I've been debating all day, should I get an Time Capsule, or should I just go with an AE and buying my own HDD and hooking up to and picking up something like SuperDuper! and updating that way?

I'm not overly concerned about the cost, but I have read a bunch of things about how the TC's network speeds aren't up to par and I've always been weary about products that are 2-in-1.

Thoughts?

For those that have a Time Capsule, how do you like it? Does it work well? What about the network speeds I've been hearing about????

[mduell]

AirDisk with an Airport Express has the same lousy performance as the Time Capsule since they're the same platform.

[Simon]

Originally Posted by Yontsey 

I'm not overly concerned about the cost, but I have read a bunch of things about how the TC's network speeds aren't up to par and I've always been weary about products that are 2-in-1.

Like every consumer NAS, TC's disk performance is bad. AP Extreme/Express plus USB disk won't change anything about that. The bottleneck isn't the USB connection or the wifi for that matter. It's the paltry CPU (as is the case for every other consumer NAS).

If you want performance you should go for directly attached storage. If you want wireless convenience you will have to put up with low performance.

IMHO there is only one way to get around that. Attach the disk(s) to another client on the network (wired or wifi) that's always on and use AFP or NFS (or SMB) sharing. That will give you performance limited pretty much only by the wifi network. That solution is not as convenient as TC and not cheap either (unless you have an old computer lying around anyway), but it offers far better performance than any consumer NAS.

[msuper69]

I like Time Capsule/Time Machine.

Once the initial full backup is done (and it can take a long time - using a wired connection the first time is wise), the subsequent changes are backed up totally automatically. The simplest backup system ever invented.

And Time Machine is great for finding a deleted file that you want to recover. I've done it a few times for real and also just to make sure that I could actually read the backups.

That's my experience.

[Yontsey]

I got my new Time Capsule and got it all set up and finished the backup. No problem there. I also set it up for 802.11n(draft) 5ghz.

I want to run my other Airport Extreme (UFO) off of it in 802.11b/g for things like my Xbox, PS3, older Macbook, iPhone, ect.

I hooked it up from the TC and set up another Network. It's sending out a signal, but it's not working. I'm not quite sure what my problem is.

The n network shows the TC and the AE and then the other network is only showing the AE.

Anyone wanna help me out?

[Simon]

You have to attach the UFO's Ethernet port to one of the TC's LAN ports. Then put the UFO into bridge mode. Give both networks different names.

It's called a dual-band network. This Apple guide has the details (p.48).

[Yontsey]

Originally Posted by Simon 

You have to attach the UFO's Ethernet port to one of the TC's LAN ports. Then put the UFO into bridge mode. Give both networks different names.

It's called a dual-band network. This Apple guide has the details (p.48).

Awesome, thanks!

I had it all set up right, I just didn't have it in Bridge mode. Instantly kicked in when I switched it.

[Andy8]

Another vote for Time Capsule.

Easy and painless, gives you peace of mind.