Okay, I switched ports, and now the Time Capsule is plugged into the router - into the <---> port of the Time Capsule.
Now, how do I mount it on my desktop so it is recognized by Time Machine?
and Thanks for your help!
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Browse All TopicsI've got a Time Capsule back up drive hooked up to my Internet wired router with ethernet. My laptop can see the Time Capsule over my wireless network. However, my G5 (and I don't think it has an Airport card installed - how do I find out), can not see it. My G5 is hooked up to the router as well.
What gives? How can I see the Time Capsule over my G5? I need step by step please.
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by: packetguyPosted on 2008-09-18 at 02:29:29ID: 22509075
The Time Capsule has four Ethernet ports, one labeled with a little round icon, the other three with icons that look like this:
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The group of three ports are the Time Capsule's LAN Ethernet ports. That's what you plug into your router's LAN port. The first port is for plugging directly into your upstream Internet connection.