Multitude of network problems

[dakota]

Have not been here for a while.   Busy moving, getting organized, and now having a nightmare with FIOS.

I have two iMacs, and previously they were set up wirelessly, through cable, with a Time Capsule as a router.  When I moved here, and decided on FIOS, I was told that the modem was also a router, and I did not need the Time Capsule.  However, the AV guy said I might need it at the other end of the apartment, for the second Mac, since apartment buildings can be tricky.  Although it turned out that I was getting everything with no problem, the AV guy hard wired the second computer with a cable he had already brought into the room.

There sat my Time Capsule, plugged in, with flashing yellow light, while I pondered whether it could be used at all, even for Time Machine.  I had so many things to do here, having just moved, I just let it sit. For some reason, earlier today, I had no internet.  I had to move a bookcase to look at the modem, which had a flashing red light.  Before I had a chance to address it, the green light came back, and I was back online.

Except..for the second computer, which for some reason does not have my wireless network listed, and when I try adding it, it can't be found. It shows my old wireless network checked, from the previous address, and actually may be online through that network.  Although I now have a verizon.net email, my emails from Cablevision are still being received, and I was told the email accounts may be active for months.

Then, I noticed that Time Machine was backing up.  How is this even possible?  It is not attached to either a modem or the computer.  


Is there any other way I can configure these computers with FIOS, utilizing my Time Capsule?  This whole thing is driving me nuts.

[Paddy]

QUOTE(dakota @ Jun 25 2014, 08:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Have not been here for a while.   Busy moving, getting organized, and now having a nightmare with FIOS.

I have two iMacs, and previously they were set up wirelessly, through cable, with a Time Capsule as a router.  When I moved here, and decided on FIOS, I was told that the modem was also a router, and I did not need the Time Capsule.  However, the AV guy said I might need it at the other end of the apartment, for the second Mac, since apartment buildings can be tricky.  Although it turned out that I was getting everything with no problem, the AV guy hard wired the second computer with a cable he had already brought into the room.

There sat my Time Capsule, plugged in, with flashing yellow light, while I pondered whether it could be used at all, even for Time Machine.  I had so many things to do here, having just moved, I just let it sit. For some reason, earlier today, I had no internet.  I had to move a bookcase to look at the modem, which had a flashing red light.  Before I had a chance to address it, the green light came back, and I was back online.

Except..for the second computer, which for some reason does not have my wireless network listed, and when I try adding it, it can't be found. It shows my old wireless network checked, from the previous address, and actually may be online through that network.  Although I now have a verizon.net email, my emails from Cablevision are still being received, and I was told the email accounts may be active for months.

Then, I noticed that Time Machine was backing up.  How is this even possible?  It is not attached to either a modem or the computer.  


Is there any other way I can configure these computers with FIOS, utilizing my Time Capsule?  This whole thing is driving me nuts.

Dakota, you can absolutely turn off the router functions of the modem and use the Time Capsule for that. I have a modem with built-in router at home, and I use my Airport Extreme Base station for the routing part. But...you need to know what the access IP and PW is for the router/modem in order to get to its control panel. If you don't have any instructions from your ISP (unlikely, as they usually don't leave the book of words for you with these things) then look up the make and model online AND look up the instructions for turning the router part off. I can almost guarantee you that the instructions for your model are out there, because most of these combined modem/routers are NOT good routers and a lot of tech-savvy people use their own routers. Cable companies have been going to these combined units a lot lately, as it does make their support easier, since everyone is using the same (bad) machinery, but that doesn't mean there isn't another way.

As for what your Time Capsule is up to, I'd check your Time Machine settings on both machines. It sounds like it's talking to one of them, even if it's doing it behind your back!! (either that or someone else in your building is managing to use it!)