Installation of airport for sharing files on multiple devices

Hoping for insurance that I have not bought the wrong thing if you please...

Just bought a Time Capsule of airport in the belief that it can be used for WiFi sharing of files between an iMac running El captain, two iPads, (including the paces) and various iPhone 6. All running the latest OS version popular with all updates.

I have a WiFi router from sky as the main broadband connection and connected the Airport via the cable.

Here's where I fight - I can't figure out how to see my iPhone files. I have Airport utility loaded and he can see the airport and the new network created during the installation. I'm unable to access the drive, however. I have external hard drives I can connect to it for extra storage shared but that beats the type of object for me.

Heres so gasoline:

I put in the airport place incorrectly

I caused the problem by creating a new network

I should junk the router from the sky

I have to use iTunes etc to access shared files

I send back to the airport and buy something else

Or otherwise I'm just a techno-pleb?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks

Apple has not designed the iOS to work the way you plan to use. It is not planned to work at the level of the files at all.

So, to access the files on the TC, you must use a third-party application... the best known is the filebrowser. But there are others.

Even if it won't the ipad works as a computer... It is not expected to be used this way.

There is nothing wrong with the TC... It's probably the best device for work... Since no other hard drive Wireless will do better. The question is purely iOS not TB.

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