iMac backing up.
Members might remember that I posted here a while back on my new iMac purchase - I posted a few questions on email and touched on the subject of backups etc. I'm finding the new iMac to my liking and I'm pleased with my purchase.
It's still early days but we want to move to the next phase of using it 'properly' and therefore I need to keep it backed up. I've read a lot about the the internal Time Machine facility and in particular about using it in conjunction with an external Airport Time Capsule. For those who don't know, the Time Capsule is a Wifi connected 2TB hard drive that can also act as a wifi router. I bought one. But it is not going to be the answer I was looking for. I just want the Time Capsule to wirelessly backup the iMac, I don't want the wifi router capability.
Having spoken to Apple's excellent telephone support it seems that most people connect their Time Capsule to their ISP router with an ethernet cable and switch off the internal wifi router capability of their ISP's router. In essence their ISP supplied router just becomes a modem and the Time Capsule connected to an ethernet port on the ISP router (modem) takes over the wifi network function.
But I am paranoid. If nefarious people entered our house they would, without thinking i'm sure, gather up the iMac, flat screen telly and anything else around the telly and underneath it with wires hanging off it - so there goes my iMac and my Time Capsule too. The nightmare scenario. The Apple support people said they could help me to apply some network mods that would get me what I wanted (The Time Capsule in the loft somewhere quietly backing up the iMac) but they were quiet specific that they could not guarantee it would be 100 percent successful. If it isn't 100 percent then that's no good to me.
Does there team have any further thoughts or useful personal experience? I think the cause of my issues here is that the Time Capsule wants to act as a wireless hub as well as a backup drive. It strikes me if I just bought a 1TB wireless drive I would stand greater chance of having what I want with no issues.