The time capsule works best if you let it be in charge of the whole network, so it sounds like that would be the case in your situation. It works in a bit of a different way to the airport express. You would plug your internet line into the wan port, which looks like a flower. The setup program is the same as for the express, and tells you about misconfigurations and makes suggestions to fix them, so its very easy to set up.
You can plug in a usb hub into its slot enabling you to use multiple devices such as a hard disk and a printer at the same time. The only thing I found strange about it was you can set different user permissions on the internal hard disk so that people have their own private space but you can not do the same for external attached hard drives. Those are shared to everyone no matter what. Overall I was impressed with the one I set up. Its a bit more expensive than some other devices, and it isn't as flexible as a "real" server, but its incredibly easy to set up and does enough to cover most peoples requirements. And it seems to play nicely with PCs as well. Toby On 17 September 2011 02:57, Michael Dennis - Fanchants.com < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello list, > > I'm in a new rsidence for the next 6-8 months. Buenos Aires, very nice so > far, especially now Spring is here. I've managed to get a 15MB connection > which seems decent. It's only on cable so I need a wifi router. > > I'm thinking either the AIrport extreme or the Time Capsule. Essentially I > like the idea of having a wireless hardrive, shareable with the other > computers on in the house - we're forever dragging around hardrives hanging > from the Macbooks. > > I already have an Airport Express for the music and could use that for a > printer, freeing up the usb on the Time Capsule for the external Hard drive > - we need lots of space for work. I'm favouring the 2TB Time Capsule. Would > one of those USB adaptors for multiple USB input work in the back of the > Time capsule or are we stufck with just one port. > > Does anyone have any views on these devices or alternatives? I basically > need a mini home network easy enough for a techno dumbass like me to use. > > > All the best, > > Michael > > Michael Dennis > www.fanchants.com > Twitter: www.twitter.com/fanchants > Facebook: www.facebook.com/fanchants > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB.
