[SnowStorm86]

My mate is offering me his TC at a knock down price so I'm tempted, but will I be able to use this for a base station with Sky BB? As I understand it I must use sky's router so I guess I will need to somehow connect the TC to the sky router and then disable the wireless on the sky router.

Anyone had experience with this?

[chenks]

i have the same setup.
just switch the TC into bridge mode and connect to any of the ethernet ports on the router.
disable wifi on the sky router and enable wifi on the TC.

[SnowStorm86]

Cheers chenks.

[racey43]

Originally Posted by chenks

i have the same setup.
just switch the TC into bridge mode and connect to any of the ethernet ports on the router.
disable wifi on the sky router and enable wifi on the TC.

does doing this improve performance in any way? I use a USB drive for backups but am tempted to get a Time Capsule. I can't justify the cost, though.
Wifi with the Sky router is rock solid for me.

[chenks]

TC has dualband WIFI so you can run G and N devices at the same time with no degradation on speed.

the sky routers don't offer full dual band (and mine doesn't even have N wifi anyway).

the WIFI range and quality is far superior to that of the sky router i have.

[racey43]

Originally Posted by chenks

TC has dualband WIFI so you can run G and N devices at the same time with no degradation on speed.

the sky routers don't offer full dual band (and mine doesn't even have N wifi anyway).

the WIFI range and quality is far superior to that of the sky router i have.

You've got me tempted now. I have to say, though, I have no problems whatsoever with the Sky wifi - I think I have the latest version of the router.

[chenks]

Originally Posted by racey43

You've got me tempted now. I have to say, though, I have no problems whatsoever with the Sky wifi - I think I have the latest version of the router.

if you have no problems then no reason to change it

[racey43]

Originally Posted by chenks

if you have no problems then no reason to change it

I agree.
I must have lapsed into Apple fanboy mode

[Inkblot]

Originally Posted by chenks

i have the same setup.
just switch the TC into bridge mode and connect to any of the ethernet ports on the router.
disable wifi on the sky router and enable wifi on the TC.

When I got a Time Capsule I switched off wi-fi on my router and connected it by ethernet to the Time Capsule, and that was that. As far as I know bridge mode was never enabled, but the TC still works as a backup disk and I still have normal internet access on all my MacBooks. Is there any need to switch to bridge mode?

[chenks]

Originally Posted by Inkblot

When I got a Time Capsule I switched off wi-fi on my router and connected it by ethernet to the Time Capsule, and that was that. As far as I know bridge mode was never enabled, but the TC still works as a backup disk and I still have normal internet access on all my MacBooks. Is there any need to switch to bridge mode?

well you don't want both the sky router and the TC trying to give out IP addresses or handling NAT etc.

when you first turn on the TC you go thru a config, during that you would have told it not to do those things, thus putting it in bridge mode.

[Quackers]

Originally Posted by chenks

TC has dualband WIFI so you can run G and N devices at the same time with no degradation on speed.
.

I think you mis understand what dualband means, it means the frequency its on, not the wireless standard.

Wireless 'A' is 5Ghz
Wireless 'B' is 2.4Ghz
Wireless 'G' is 2.4Ghz
Wireless 'N' can run on both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz, but i find most consumer products only support the cluttered 2.4Ghz band.

So you will find that even if you are using a 'G' and an 'N' device most the time it will be single band as most 'N' equipment uses only the 2.4Ghz band.

[chenks]

Originally Posted by Quackers

I think you mis understand what dualband means, it means the frequency its on, not the wireless standard.

Wireless 'A' is 5Ghz
Wireless 'B' is 2.4Ghz
Wireless 'G' is 2.4Ghz
Wireless 'N' can run on both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz, but i find most consumer products only support the cluttered 2.4Ghz band.

So you will find that even if you are using a 'G' and an 'N' device most the time it will be single band as most 'N' equipment uses only the 2.4Ghz band.

no i think it's YOU that doesn't understand what dual band means.

dual band means that it keeps G and N devices separate so that if you are running an N network it doesn't drop to G when a G device connects to it.

read up on it and come back once you know what it means.

[Inkblot]

Originally Posted by chenks

well you don't want both the sky router and the TC trying to give out IP addresses or handling NAT etc.

when you first turn on the TC you go thru a config, during that you would have told it not to do those things, thus putting it in bridge mode.

Yes, you're right, I've checked and it is in bridge mode. I remembered putting my previous AirPort base station into bridge mode but not the TC, presumably because the set-up config did it for me. Hence my confusion.