Comments on: Apple Time Capsule: Be Sure To Use Good Cabling http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-25/1374 Not a photo blog. A personal blog with photos. Wed, 23 May 2012 20:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: r4 card http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-25/1374#comment-37906 r4 card Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:25:06 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-25/1374#comment-37906 Some service providers, especially in college dorms, require users to register a client's MAC address to get connected to the Internet. The Apple Time Capsule doesn't feature this ability to replicate a client's MAC address. Most competing routers can take a client's MAC address as its own. Some service providers, especially in college dorms, require users to register a client’s MAC address to get connected to the Internet. The Apple Time Capsule doesn’t feature this ability to replicate a client’s MAC address. Most competing routers can take a client’s MAC address as its own.

]]> By: david wong http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-25/1374#comment-37391 david wong Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:02:18 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-25/1374#comment-37391 I think you need at least CAT 5E or 6 to support gigabit connection. Glad its been resolved. darn hardware :) You’re correct, so I should have gotten a 100baseT or 10baseT connection…. something. —Jeffrey ============= you are right, it should auto-negotiate down to 10 or 100baseT. I wonder if it will at least make a connection if you forced the speed of your NIC at 100 or 10. I think you need at least CAT 5E or 6 to support gigabit connection. Glad its been resolved.
darn hardware :)

You’re correct, so I should have gotten a 100baseT or 10baseT connection…. something. —Jeffrey

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you are right, it should auto-negotiate down to 10 or 100baseT. I wonder if it will at least make a connection if you forced the speed of your NIC at 100 or 10.

]]> By: Rene http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-25/1374#comment-37390 Rene Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:23:52 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-25/1374#comment-37390 I can't say I've had any of the problems you describe with the WAN or what the other comments are mentioning. I can attest that it's not exactly the fastest backup solution, but I wouldn't say it's a big problem either. Maybe I got lucky? Rene I can’t say I’ve had any of the problems you describe with the WAN or what the other comments are mentioning.

I can attest that it’s not exactly the fastest backup solution, but I wouldn’t say it’s a big problem either.

Maybe I got lucky?

Rene

]]> By: Urkel http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-25/1374#comment-37387 Urkel Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:23:44 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-25/1374#comment-37387 Time Capsule has been a major disappointment for me. While it does do the job it promises, it is so... darn... slow. I was hoping to have it host my iTunes library but there is an enormous lag that just makes it unusable. I do have the internal drive set to do Time Machine backups and have my printer and a 2nd hard drive attached so it's still useful in that respect. But the speed thing is insane. As for other things to note: - These things last 18mo for some reason. You can check online and many reports have them dying almost exactly at 18mo which is spooky - Apple Care. If you got Apple Care on your computer then it also covers all apple peripherals. So IF your Time Capsule (or any Apple product) dies then you're covered. Apple products aren't nearly as indestructable as they were years ago so warranties are suddenly much more important. Your Mac WILL break in 3yrs. Time Capsule has been a major disappointment for me. While it does do the job it promises, it is so… darn… slow. I was hoping to have it host my iTunes library but there is an enormous lag that just makes it unusable. I do have the internal drive set to do Time Machine backups and have my printer and a 2nd hard drive attached so it’s still useful in that respect. But the speed thing is insane.

As for other things to note:
- These things last 18mo for some reason. You can check online and many reports have them dying almost exactly at 18mo which is spooky
- Apple Care. If you got Apple Care on your computer then it also covers all apple peripherals. So IF your Time Capsule (or any Apple product) dies then you’re covered. Apple products aren’t nearly as indestructable as they were years ago so warranties are suddenly much more important. Your Mac WILL break in 3yrs.

]]> By: Fazal Majid http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-25/1374#comment-37386 Fazal Majid Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:17:57 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-25/1374#comment-37386 The Airport Extreme is an excellent base station, feature-rich and stable, but I can't say the same of the Time Capsule. When I still had one, it would freeze every 2-4 weeks or so, requiring a power cycling to make it work again. There are also numerous reports of them failing after about 18 months. Cat 5e is sufficient for GbE, in fact you can even run 10GbE for 45m over Cat 5e. The Airport Extreme is an excellent base station, feature-rich and stable, but I can’t say the same of the Time Capsule. When I still had one, it would freeze every 2-4 weeks or so, requiring a power cycling to make it work again. There are also numerous reports of them failing after about 18 months.

Cat 5e is sufficient for GbE, in fact you can even run 10GbE for 45m over Cat 5e.

]]> By: David Wong http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-25/1374#comment-37383 David Wong Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:39:12 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-25/1374#comment-37383 I think you need at least CAT 5E or 6 to support gigabit connection. Glad its been resolved. darn hardware :) <span class='jfriedl'>You're correct, so I should have gotten a 100baseT or 10baseT connection.... <i>something</i>. —Jeffrey</span> I think you need at least CAT 5E or 6 to support gigabit connection. Glad its been resolved.
darn hardware :)

You’re correct, so I should have gotten a 100baseT or 10baseT connection…. something. —Jeffrey

]]> By: Chris http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-25/1374#comment-37380 Chris Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:27:29 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2009-11-25/1374#comment-37380 100Mbit fiber to the house? Nice! I'm finally getting 25Mbit/5Mbit copper to my place (in Cambridge, MA) next week, and I thought that was pretty good. I haven't seen this problem with my older Time Capsule, but I also haven't run a network cable any further from the shelf on my desk to the surface of my desk. I just stick to pure wireless. (My house is 80+ years old, and I'm too scared to look inside the walls!) Too bad that you (probably) can't swap out the 20m of Cat-5E with Cat-6 as well, but if the performance is good now, it probably doesn't matter. 100Mbit fiber to the house? Nice! I’m finally getting 25Mbit/5Mbit copper to my place (in Cambridge, MA) next week, and I thought that was pretty good. I haven’t seen this problem with my older Time Capsule, but I also haven’t run a network cable any further from the shelf on my desk to the surface of my desk. I just stick to pure wireless. (My house is 80+ years old, and I’m too scared to look inside the walls!) Too bad that you (probably) can’t swap out the 20m of Cat-5E with Cat-6 as well, but if the performance is good now, it probably doesn’t matter.

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