Hi, When you set up an Apple WiFi device like the Time Capsule up to Join an Existing Network, it simply becomes another device on the network similar to a laptop or iDevice. That is, it will simply be a part of your network but not broadcasting any extra signal for connecting to. Therefore, as long as it is connected to your primary WiFi router, the only way of accessing it is through your existing WiFi network, it will not be broadcasting anything that segregates you from your other devices. You should not see any new networks available in your WiFi list of available networks.
• Are you joining a network hosted by a different Apple WiFi device like a Airport Extreme or Express? • Are you seeing a new WiFi network? • Are you still able to connect to the Internet? Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2013-07-17, at 6:22 PM, The Smiths <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I am wanting to setup my time capsule to act as a wireless hard drive only. > In the initial setup it lets me join an existing network but then the MacBook > pro wants to connect to the time capsule instead of the existing router. This > means that it does not allow me to see the other computer in the network. I > had read somewhere that during the initial setup I would be given the option > to setup manually and choose wireless hard drive option. The only other > button was options. I clicked on that which showed me the time capsule where > the options of joining existing network or creating a new network were given. > I joined existing network, which worked but now it does not see the other > computers. The mac is effectively talking to just the time capsule. I have > done resets to try again but end up with the same options. Any idea what I am > doing wrong? > > Kind Regards > Janine > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
