Dear Listers, I wonder whether I might have your opinion / thoughts on the following:
My family has kindly given me a present of an airport extreme latest model. This was prompted by the difficulties I had with my original time capsule which I bought in 2008. It has 500 GB disk, and as I now have more than two macs backing up to it, I started receiving messages that one of my machines could no longer back up to the disk because there was no more room on it. The new airport extreme is very welcome as it has the dual band width and apparently better coverage throughout my home. I plan to connect to the new airport extreme an external hard drive to use it for time machine backups for all my computers. I also am planning on connecting to its usb port a usb hub and connect my printer to it and the external drive just mentioned. So far I think I understand what I am going to do. Now, as for the old time capsule, which I understand is an airport extreme with a hard drive - do you think I need to find a home for it because now it is surplus to requirement, or can I somehow make it a part of my network and use it for wireless storage of let's say, parts of my iTunes library, or for backing up one of my computers? If I can still incorporate it to my advantage, what options do I have, and if it has become a part of my network, is there a danger that it may slow it down because of its current speed? Can the old time capsule be used wirelessly or does it have to be used via an ethernet? If via the ethernet, where would I plug it in? Would I need to plug it in into the one of the ethernet ports on the new airport extreme? I'd be grateful if you could shed some light on this. Please right off list, if you wish. With best regards and thanks in advance Andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
