Yellow blinking light on Time Capsule.

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Yellow blinking light on Time Capsule.

I have a yellow blinking light on our Time Capsule (router and backup). I have gone into the Airport Utility and did an update. It did "something" (in other words, it stopped blinking and then started again.) Anyway - it is not green yet. We are able to get on the internet, but some wifi services are not working. We know we need to get a new router soon, so we can stream tv services and get off of cable, but I was hoping to get this working in the meantime. I am on an old system on my computer (yes I will be getting a new computer soon). Anything you tell me to do to get the router working (green light)?

iMac 27″, OS X 10.10

Posted on Mar 2, 2023 4:49 PM

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Answer 1

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Bob Timmons

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Mar 2, 2023 7:36 PM in response to Red-Bird

Open AirPort Utility

Click on the Time Capsule

Click Edit in the smaller window that appears

Click the Network tab at the top of the next window

Change the setting for Router Mode from DHCP and NAT to Off (Bridge Mode)

Click Update to save the new settings

Should be nice bright green light on the Time Capsule in about a minute

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Mar 2, 2023 5:16 PM in response to Bob Timmons

It say:

Ignore

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Double NAT

This AirPort base station has a private IP address on its Ethernet WAN port. It is connected to a device or network that is using Network Address Translation (NAT) to provide private IP addresses. Change your AirPort base station from using DHCP and NAT to bridge mode.

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Answer 3

Mar 2, 2023 4:53 PM in response to Red-Bird

Open AirPort Utility

Click on the Time Capsule and a smaller window will appear

Look for Status and click on the small amber dot there

Post back with the exact text that you see

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Mar 3, 2023 8:17 AM in response to Bob Timmons

Excellent - that worked! Is there any down side to this setting? Security? etc?

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Answer 5

Mar 3, 2023 8:32 AM in response to Red-Bird

I just noticed that you have "Enable Access Control: Timed Access Control" checked and mine is not.

Should this be checked?

Yes and no.

Yes, if you want to set up "rules" that allow a Wi-Fi device to only connect to the network at certain times. For example, when he visits, my grandson can only connect to the network here from 7 AM to 11 PM.

No, if you don't need to set up special "rules" to allow devices to connect to your Wi-Fi network.

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