What type of distance does the Time Capsule support, specifically if I want to use it to connect a PC in a different room (in addition to my Mac)?
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Not sure what the technical range is however I live in 1200 sqft apartment, it is in a electronics box in the closet, and it gives me full bars in every room. Hope this helps.
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The distance is going to vary fromHouse to House depending on the location of the time capsule in the house and the materials used to build the house, but you should expect it to cover at least 80-100 feet and possibly much more than that.
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Signal in split level house through 2 walls and about 50 feet drops to one bar on an iPad 2. Often drops signal. Netgear dual band wireless router was much better.
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My husband has ours in an office on one side of our home. Our home is about 50 feet across by 40 feet deep, with a fireplace located in the middle of the home.My Macbook connects to WiFi throughout the home, with the only problems being a storm cellar with reinforced concrete walls and part of the kitchen that has signal blocked by the fireplace. It doesn't matter if I'm connecting to 2.4 or 5 GHz WiFi, both signals drop in those areas.Our iPhones also stay connected around 100 feet from the home when we're outside on the office side of the home, but tend to drop on the opposite side of the home. My husband has ours in an office on one side of our home. Our home is about 50 feet across by 40 feet deep, with a fireplace located in the middle of the home.My Macbook connects to WiFi throughout the home, with the only problems being a storm cellar with reinforced concrete walls and part of the kitchen that has signal blocked by the fireplace. It doesn't matter if I'm connecting to 2.4 or 5 GHz WiFi, both signals drop in those areas.Our iPhones also stay connected around 100 feet from the home when we're outside on the office side of the home, but tend to drop on... » Read More My husband has ours in an office on one side of our home. Our home is about 50 feet across by 40 feet deep, with a fireplace located in the middle of the home.My Macbook connects to WiFi throughout the home, with the only problems being a storm cellar with reinforced concrete walls and part of the kitchen that has signal blocked by the fireplace. It doesn't matter if I'm connecting to 2.4 or 5 GHz WiFi, both signals drop in those areas.Our iPhones also stay connected around 100 feet from the home when we're outside on the office side of the home, but tend to drop on the opposite side of the home. « Show Less
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We have ours connected to a PC on another floor as well as several other devices and they all work beautifully!
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I have a two-story townhome and my time capsule located upstairs in the farthest corner of my bedroom. With the Time, I am able to get Wi-Fi service when I am in my yard outside of the house, as well as in my basement. It's perfect for Wi-Fi & as an external back up.
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My time capsule is about 10m away from my notebook in another bedroom. But it works much better than other routers
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I have my time capsule backing up 6 different Macs all over my house. The furthest is probably a good 60-70 feet a away through many walls. Works great - as does the wifi.
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Sorry, that is an AV setup question that is dependent on your computer and TV capability. Last I checked, USB is not the best AV connection choice when it works. Resolution and bus limitations alone are inferior to pure video output. The cable is excellent for computer to computer data transfer for migration from older Mac to newer Mac.
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I don't have personal experience with that. I never connected mine to a Mac, only a Windows 7 PC.
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I'm thinking hook up a c drive to your pc or try ask Netgear for instructions for your Macbook.
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Sorry, I don't try to use Mac, but honestly I don't recommend this item since I have general connection issue dependent on channel and router.
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If you read all the comments, the general consensus is this is not a good hub if you want to connect external USB drives for extended periods (ie. hours / days). I have tested it in that mode with a 2013 Mac Mini and I can say with certainty is doesn't work well with it. That is true both with MacOS and Windows 7 booted up. If you are talking about other devices (cameras, phones, dongles) I don't have any feedback for you. fyi: I bought a Anker AH232 USB 3.0 13-Port Hub a month ago to replace my Satechi. I have had no issues with it and the Mac Mini, so the problem is not the Mac Mini. Again I have used it with both MacOS and Win7 running on the Mac Mini.
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I use it for my Macbook pro, as I selected Mac cable to connect with it, It works perfectly with me. I can transfer a lot of data in a short time. I know that this device is compatible with Mac and Windows but I prefer it with Mac because it has Time Machine Software to backup your data for double protection of data loss, this feature available only for Mac and supported to all Apple products. For further information contact their support team at www.g-technology.com. Thanks for contacting me and I hope this helped you. Regards.
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No, you can direct connect you machine to the Time Capsule. I use wireless backup though, and it's great!
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I have the asus adapter like you mention, but I don't have an apple router. I do know that this asus adapter lets my pc see g networks on older roughters and should see your time capsule. Without having you style roughter I can't really answer your question with certainty though.
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Sorry but I've only used it with PCs so can't speak from experience but the manual does mention using it with a MAC
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if you have a mac, it will work as an extender or hook up to receiver. I have an ethernet switch connected, to which 3 devices are connected to , and receiver. All work great. Plus another one in my bedroom to old pc running xp.
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I don't know. For me, going longer distances I've used Ethernet and other methods achieving pretty functional and reliable results for extreme distances (e.g., windows remote - a free tool with windows (PC). Good luck,
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i can use it on my windows pc laptop, but it does not work on my mac - weird
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I suspect the answer is it depends on what you mean when you say "connect" - I have mine directly connected to a Mac Mini, however I also have it shared out on my home network so all of the clients on my network (to include non-MACs) are "connected" to my LaCie drive. Hope that helps.
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That was not your original question. You asked if it worked with Time Machine. It does. Any external disk will work with TM as far as I know, the bigger and faster the disk, the better. But Time Capsule, is a different animal, it is an external network device, router/switch that is both wired and wireless that contains a disk to back up to on the network as well as a USB port. In my opinion binding the two together is not a great win. It may be convenient for Apple users who want to stay simple and supported and use Apple for the sake of using Apple. You get more (or equal in some cases) bang for your buck by getting a non-Apple device for back up in most cases.
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Hello David Yes, in my domestic network scenario I use a Mac and my wife use a Windows laptop and network drive map works without problems. The NAS is connected on my Apple Time Capsule 1TB old version and the GUI interface of this NAS is easy to use and the access is via http. About the FTP, I can't comment because I've never used.
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It should be compatible. The Apple Time Capsule Router specs say you can connect a printer via USB or Ethernet. The Brother HL3170CDW printer has both of those options.