Configure Time Capsule as NAS behind firewall

I have a sonicwall TZ 215W firewall and a 3 gig time capsule. I just added the sonicwall to my equipment set. Previously I've been using TC to connect all the devices in my network and to backup my macbook pro. Now I want all the wireless traffic to go through my wireless LAN on my Sonicwall. So I've configured the TC to be in bridge mode and turned off the wireless. I have it connected by ethernet to my firewall.
From my macbook pro connected to the sonicwall via wireless, in Terminal, I can ping the IP of the TC and I get a response. But I can't see it when I bring up finder as a device. And when I bring up airport utility, I can't see it either. I believe that I've done everything right on the sonicwall to see it (been through 3 techs), and that there must be something I need to change on the TC so that I can connect to it and use time machine for my macbook pro. Can anyone provide any guidance?
Thank you,
Shaun

You must have ipv6 set to link-local in the computer wireless settings and in the TC.
Here is the TC one.
Here is the computer one.
(Ignore what I was trying to do there with Global hostname.)
In the Mac try manually mounting the disk, by using the TC ip address. This is much better than using its name. But it does mean you should have the TC IP set in the sonicwall to never change.
In Finder, top menu, Go>Connect to Server.
AFP://TCIPaddress
where you replace the TCIPaddress with the actual IP.
If it works it will ask for a disk password and you can type that in and store it in your keychain.
You can also connect to the TC in airport utility by doing it manually.
(Sorry I had some screenshots here but the apple new format is driving everything around the bend. New photos are removing old ones.. this is the worst forum)
In airport utility go to the configure other in the top menu and type in the IP and password.
Every now and then you need to give Mavericks in particular a short sharp kick to get the networking to do anything useful.
Open the network utility (now hidden so use search in finder) and do a netstat scan for what domain the TC is in.
Your issue can be default domain setting in the TC is different to the sonicwall.. this does seem to matter.
Why turn off the wireless in the TC?
The wireless is going to still pick up IP from the Sonicwall, but if you have issues you might find the sonicwall is not particularly apple aware. It can lead to issues.. ipv6 for instance is now really important for apple.. as i indicated.. I am not sure where sonicwall is up to.
The TC will generally work better and faster with apple clients if you keep its wireless on. It will also prevent flooding the wireless when your computers are doing backups.. which can stop your internet connectivity for other clients.

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I apologize for the length of the question, but I wanted to be detailed and thorough in order to hopefully pinpoint my troubles.
I've done some searching of the forums and while I've found some helpful tips, they don't seem to match my scenario exactly, or I'm doing something horribly wrong (which is the likely scenario as I'm new/educating myself through this process).
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In terms of my level of knowledge, I know my way around computers pretty dang well (I've worked in software QA for a number of years). However, networking has forever been my weak point, and I've never really bothered to tackle educating myself until this week. So forgive some of the network ignorance, but please don't feel as if you need to dumb things down for me. Thanks!

TC is really the wrong device. It is now and forevermore a network drive.
Even if you attempt to share it from the Mini OS, your computer does not OWN it.. Therefore what you would really need to do is to route packets from wireless to ethernet. And leave the TC to share itself.. as it of course is designed to do..
This kind of routing is possible.. but I highly recommend against it.
You will overload your slow wireless connection to the network and for little use.
The TC is in the wrong place. It should be plugged into the main router by ethernet in bridge. And made available therefore to the network.
What you should plug into the Mini is a USB3 drive.. over which the Mini OWNS and controls.. and is therefore truly able to share with the network.. although I still don't recommend you do that. At least not for TM backups.
How to use TM over a network.
http://code.stephenmorley.org/articles/time-machine-on-a-network-drive/
Maybe a bit out of date but he is smart guy.
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OK, thanks for the info. Let's get the TC setup to work with your Macs for backups and then tackle the printing question as a separate item.
Connection wise, you will connect an ethernet cable from one of the available LAN <-> ports on your D-Link to the WAN (circle icon) port on the TC.
To make the TC configuration simpler, rather than using wireless to configure the TC, temporarily connect another ethernet cable from your Mac running Snow Leopard to one of the LAN ports on the TC
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Click Manual Setup
(You may be asked if you want to update AirPort Utility. If so, go ahead and update and then restart AirPort Utility again.
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Click the Time Capsule tab below the row of icons to assign a name to your TC, device password (write this down) and adjust Time Zone Settings
Click the Wireless tab below the icons
Wireless Mode = Off
Click the Disks icon above the Time Capsule tab
Click the File Sharing tab
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Click the Internet icon
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Click Finder, then click Preferences, then click the General tab
Under the heading of "show these items on the desktop" make sure that there is a check mark next to "connected servers"
You should now see the TC icon under the SHARED heading. If not, try restarting your computer.
Keep the ethernet cable connected between your Mac and TC for the first complete Time Machine backup as it will go much quicker with ethernet. You can do subsequent backups using wireless since they will only take a few minutes each hour.
Not sure if you want to setup Time Machine at this point or concentrate on the printers.
Please post back on your progress.
Message was edited by: Bob Timmons

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Hi all,
New to the forums but have spent the past few days perusing them to no avail - your help is appreciated from a networking newbie!
I have a Denon AVR 2312ci which I'd previously had hard-wired to an old Belkin router. The only hiccup I'd had at the time was the requirement that I disable UPnP. I have an Apple TV that I use to stream music via airplay to the receiver, which works quite well. However, it requires me to turn on the receiver, whereas directing airplay to the receiver itself would "wake on LAN", a feature I like.
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LP,
IT WORKS!
To summarize for anyone who might have this problem, here's what fixed it:
1) Time Capsule --Cat5e--> LAN port of router/switch (in my case, an old Netgear 10/100 with DHCP and NAT disabled) --Cat5e--> Denon receiver
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Lion, 7.6.1 firmware and iCloud offers remote access.
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