How to configure a Time Capsule as an ethernet-only storage device<article>
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Bjarne Larsen can no longer use his Time Capsule because of a work-required router on his home network that blocks Time Capsule over Wi-Fi. He’d like to turn it into a networked drive via ethernet instead.</p><p>
However, even though he’s using a Thunderbolt-to-ethernet adapter plugged into one of the Time Capsule’s LAN ports, he can’t get it to show up, and wonders why.</p><p>
(I’d suggest rather than convert it, erase the Time Capsule and sell it and use the proceeds to get a larger capacity drive you connect directly to your Mac.)</p><p>
The reason is that the Time Capsule has to have a network address in order to work on a network. If it’s not connected via its WAN (wide-area network) ethernet port or extending an existing Wi-Fi network, it can’t receive an automatically assigned network address via DHCP (usually also coupled with NAT). As a result, the base station gives reverts to a “self-assigned” IP address in the range 169.254.x.x.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3170186/network-storage/how-to-configure-a-time-capsule-as-an-ethernet-only-storage-device.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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How to configure a Time Capsule as an ethernet-only storage device
