Connect TimeCapsule to existing network

My parents have an old G5 iMac with no airport built in.
They do have a Time Capsule (connected with ethernet to their computer) with which they like to connect to an existing wireless network (different modem/router).
The iMac and modem cannot be connected via ethernet; they are too far apart. I tried to let TC 'connect to existing network' but that was not an option.
I only saw:
- create new network
- expand existing network.
If I choose the expand option, it finds several networks from the neighboarhood, but not their own. (The network does works wirelessly - I have no troubel connecting to it via my iPhone, anywhere in the house). Apparently the current network does not allow expanding.
Is there anything I can do just to let the TC join the existing network? And if so, will it still work well with Time Machine?
Thank you very much!

There is an issue with the MAC address of clients being hidden.. Apple was technically correct to leave it off.. but for home usage.. which after all, these devices are for.. they are not business products.. then I don't really care if the MAC addresses of the clients are hidden behind the repeater or not. The Express with one port effectively could still have the issue.. if you plugged a switch into it.. but Apple let it pass.
In the end it is as much about business as about technically correct method of operation.. after all.. if they can get you to buy yet another product who is winning??

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