Which Time Capsule?


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Im looking at purchasing a time capsule and wondered which one is the best?

I believe the MB764LL/A is a dual band and most probably the latest, but I cant find these model numbers on apple's website.

Is anyone in the know able to tell me what the fastest/best time capsule is?

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The very first time capsules 802.11n only (which is backward compatible with 802.11g/b). If you use one of those as your base station and add your iphone (or any other 802.11g device) to that network the whole thing drops to 802.11g speeds.

Later versions have separate 802.11b/g and 802.11n radios. b/g devices get picked up on the b/g radio, n devices get picked up on the n radio. This allows both kinds of devices to operate on the same network without the g devices slowing down the n devices.

You can approximate this setup on old time capsules by connecting a second airport (extreme/express) to your time capsule via ethernet and setting it to bridging mode. Set the time capsule to only accept 802.11n devices and the extreme to only accept 802.11b or g devices.

I bought my time capsule the day they were generally available (march '08?) so it's one of the first ones to roll off the line.

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