I have two time capsules which are connected in 1Gb through the ethernet.
When I initiate a transfer between the two devices from my wifi connected macbook air, I notice that the data flow from one TC to my computer through wifi, then flow back, still in wifi, to the other TC.
Is there a way to have the two TC talk through their high speed 1Gb ethernet directly ?
Best Answer
There is no way to have two Airport Time Capsule devices talk directly to each other to transfer files.
Usually, for inter-device file transfers, either a login mechanism like ssh (into the devices) should be available or the devices should support direct inter-device transfers through a protocol like FXP - File eXchange Protocol (where the connecting client helps initiate the transfer but does not act as a middleman in the actual transfer).
Unfortunately, the Airport Time Capsule supports neither ssh nor FXP.
The options below may be faster than going over WiFi (depending on what performance you're seeing now). If you need to do this often and would like to make it faster at some monetary cost as well as loss of convenience, your options are:
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