10.5: Avoid possible Time Capsule interference

Mar 17, '08 07:30:01AM

Contributed by: mstroukoff

If you're having intermittent connectivity issues (causing Time Machine backups to fail, internet connectivity problems, and network storage access to fail) with your Time Capsule unit, radio interference may be the cause (802.11b/g compatibility is the default setting).

To solve this, click the Manual Setup button (for your Time Capsule) in AirPort Utility, and then change the Radio Mode (on the AirPort tab) to 802.11n only. While I was talking to tech support about my problems, they also suggested that I purchase a cordless phone that won't interfere with the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands.

Finally, as I do still have 2.4GHz Macs in the house, I activated the wireless mode (2.4GHz) on my router, and then changed the Connection Sharing pop-up (on the Internet tab in AirPort Utility) to 'Off (Bridge Mode),' on the advice of tech support.

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