HT201514 Time capsul stopped working and now cannot be mounted

After hourly backups for the last month (since I bought Time Capsul), Time Machine just stopped.  Initially, the message in Time Machine was "backup delayed".  I clicked on "backup now" and that message disappeared -- so did Time Capsul.  Now Airport Utility no longer "sees" Time Capsul.
-- Time Capsul is the 3TB model, purchased a little more than one month ago.
-- I am backing up roughly 700 GB of data
-- Both My iMac and my Macbook Pro run on OS X 10.7.5
My iMac is connected to Time Capsul by Ethernet cable.
My Macbook Pro is connected wirelessly
Neither the iMac nor the Macbook Pro can "see" the Time Capsul, or find it in Airport Utility.  Both my iMac and my Macbook Pro have been backing up flawlessly for more than a month.  The backup stopped yesterday with the message "backup delayed", as previously stated.
Is there an explanation and a fix for this problem?  That's a pretty short life span for a month old $500.00 purchase.

My Mac book Pro does, in fact, see Time Capsule and is able to do a backup via wireless connection.
My Internet connection works fine -- Time Capsule light is green.
As to your question of:  "Did you upgrade to 10.7.5 after the first faulty  update was released?", I can't answer that question.  I have no memory of a notification of a faulty update.  I do, however, have the build 11G63 installed.
Would it be beneficial to do a factory reset?
Don't you just love it when nothing makes sense.. !!
Yes, do a factory reset of the TC..
Using the airport utility, on whichever computer can connect.. give the TC SMB names for everything.. TC network name, wireless names, and hard disk name.. that means, short, no spaces, pure alphanumeric.
In Lion use the 5.6 utility.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
The v6 airport is a toy.. plastic hammer.. suitable for toyland networks.
You might need to reset the TM in the computers..
A4 here. http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Are you using the TC as router or in bridge? What broadband do you have?
Check for instance the ethernet is working from the connectivity led on the ethernet port of the TC.. it will show green.

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