In case anyone else has the problem I had with my time capsule indicator light
suddenly turning yellow for no apparent reason, while time capsule kept on
working, there was a firmware update which was not caught by software update.
I found this by following Sam's suggestion, below. Thanks, Sam,
My time capsule has a very strange behaviour.
Every so often (perhaps once a fortnight), the green light turns orange and
flashes.
Yet my network and internet access seem to continue just fine.
Has anyone any idea why this happens, and if I should do anything about it?
(Usually, when I see
Ranulph,
How is your network setup, what connects to what?
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Hi Ranulph
You can find out what the problem is by opening Applications Utilities
Airport Utility when the Time Capsule is flashing orange, it should explain
what the error is.
Regards
Sam
MacAmbulance
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Sam Mullen
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Also, it may be worthwhile connecting and external USB drive with enough
capacity to hold the contents of the TC's disk and using AirPort Utility to
archive its contents. It could be turning up its toes.
Chris Webb . Principal
MacService
Woodside, Brightling Road
Robertsbridge, East Sussex,
Thanks, Chris and Sam.
I'll follow Sam's suggestion.
Chris: I have virgin cable going to a modem, an ethernet cable from the modem
to a router which connects in to my time capsule. I access everything by wifi,
unless there's a problem, when I might use an ethernet cable.
The modem is virgin's
OK, so as your access continues uninterrupted, the TC is not dropping its IP
address, it could just be checking software updates. I'd still archive it.
Chris Webb . Principal
MacService
Woodside, Brightling Road
Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5EL
t: 01580 881212
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m: 07770
Hi Ranulph
You could simplify things somewhat by connecting the TC directly to the Virgin
media cable mode, the netgear router is a bit superfluous unless you have a
specific reason for it being there?
Regards
Sam
MacAmbulance
Providing affordable Apple PC services
Sam Mullen
07747 778022
Hi I wonder if anyone has experienced some of the frustrations I have
had in using Time Machine and Time Capsule? I have a fairly new intel
iMac and, since attaching the time capsule and using time machine, the
mac often runs slowly and sometimes freezes because Time Machine back-
ups
