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31Chapter 3 TipsandTroubleshooting
UpdatingAirPortSoftware
AppleperiodicallyupdatesAirPortsoftware.Itisrecommendedthatyouupdateyour
TimeCapsuletousethelatestsoftware.
Youcanselect“CheckforupdateswhenopeningAirPortUtility,”or“Checkforupdates”
inAirPortpreferences.Ifyouselect“Checkforupdates,”chooseanincrementoftime,
suchasweekly,fromthepop-upmenutoautomaticallycheckforupdates.
TimeCapsulePlacementConsiderations
ThefollowingrecommendationscanhelpyourTimeCapsuleachievethebestwireless
rangeandnetworkcoverage.
 PlaceyourTimeCapsuleinanopenareawheretherearefewobstructions,suchas
largepiecesoffurnitureorwalls.Trytoplaceitawayfrommetallicsurfaces.
 IfyouplaceyourTimeCapsulebehindfurniture,keepatleastaninchofspace
betweentheTimeCapsuleandtheedgeofthefurniture.
 AvoidplacingyourTimeCapsuleinareassurroundedbymetalsurfacesonthreeor
moresides.
 IfyouplaceyourTimeCapsuleinanentertainmentcenterwithyourstereoequipment,
avoidsurroundingyourTimeCapsulewithaudio,video,orpowercables.Placeyour
TimeCapsulesothatthecablesaretooneside.Maintainasmuchspaceaspossible
betweenyourTimeCapsuleandthecables.
 TrytoplaceyourTimeCapsuleatleast25feet(7.6meters)fromanymicrowaveoven,
2.4or5gigahertz(GHz)cordlessphone,andothersourcesofinterference.
 Donotplaceotherobjects(books,papers,smallpets,etc.)ontopoftheTimeCapsule.
ItmayinterferewithTimeCapsulecooling.
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