Thanks Toby, I think I will go for it then. I will be able to take it with me too which is an advantage.
Thanks again. Michael On 17 Sep 2011, at 04:14, Toby Leighton wrote: > 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. -- 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.
