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As suggested, I tried to set up the Time Capsule to extend the existing wireless network here. When you click on Time Capsule, the setup 'wizard' will open up and take a few seconds to analyze the network. You will see Time Capsule on your screen. The illustration below shows an AirPort Extreme. I'm now trying to set the Time Capsule up manually in Airport Utility. Click the WiFi menu at the top of the Mac's screen and look for a listing of New AirPort Base Station. I have restored the backed up data to my laptop by connecting the Time Capsule and the laptop via an ethernet cable. The AirPort icon in the menu bar does its "searching." animation forever until I turn wifi off and on again, at which point it connects immediately to the wifi network here.
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After I change the settings and the Time Capsule restarts and begins to flash amber again, though, I am having trouble re-connecting my MacBook Pro to the regular wireless network here. This is normal, and I connect to Apple Network 2189a98 or whatever just fine. After I do a hard reset of the Time Capsule and look for it in AirPort Utility, I'm warned that I'll have to switch my wireless network to the one being broadcast by the Time Capsule in order to configure it. I haven't made any progress, but I have potentially noticed another symptom.
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So: what step am I missing in getting my Time Capsule set up to join an existing wireless network? (Which might even be faster than doing it over the air.) But, I don't have a spare ethernet cable lying around here - and more importantly, I want to be able to just plug the Time Capsule into a power outlet, shove it under the bed or something, and have Time Machine continue to back me up on schedule. If worse comes to worst, I can tell the Time Capsule not to do anything wireless, and just connect it to my computer with an ethernet cable to perform my data restore. Ran into the same problem: flashing amber, can't find the Time Capsule in AirPort Utility or in Finder. I found the Time Capsule 10293 network it started broadcasting, and again asked it to connected to the wifi network here. Tried a hard reset, which started to work.
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The network it was broadcasting disappeared, and I could not see it in Finder or in AirPort Utility while connected to the wifi network here. So I connected to its impotent wifi network and fired up AirPort Utility, where I reconfigured it to connect wirelessly to the network here. I plugged it into power and, not having an ethernet cable plugged into it, it flashed amber. I unplugged it and brought it down here to my temporary abode. I had the Time Capsule set both to back up my files automatically and to broadcast a wireless network in my old apartment. Now it's time to restore the data I have backed up on a Time Capsule I purchased in. (So buying an extra wireless router or a Raspberry PI isnt something. (So the Time Capsules and Apples proprietary 'Extend a wireless network' feature cannot be used). I dont have any other Apple wireless devices like an Airport Express. I've successfully installed Lion after my little hard drive fiasco. (So, theres no WAN Ethernet cable to connect my Time Capsule to).