Connecting Time Capsule to another router to expand the number of wired machines

I run a lab of 12 macintosh computers and 1 PC running Windows 7.  The only way to connect to the internet with these computers is through wireless, which has a login access point.  This Lab is for a school which does not support Apple computers, so there is no way to have a wired connection, and you have to login to the secure server every time you restart the computer or time out.
I own a 2 TB Time Capsule which I would like to use as a back up device for all the computers, and also have the computers share folders with each other for increased access for our students.
I have tried logging in wirelessly then bridging that Airport connection to the ethernet and using that as the WAN connection for the Time Capsule, which works when I setup, but every time I am forced to login to the wireless network the Domain numbers change so I have to change the Time capsule setup due to the bridging. 
After much research on bridging, my current setup is
Created a Network Settings Location with Wifi first, Ethernet second, then bridge from Wifi to Ethernet
Time Capsule set up to Connect using DHCP
Router address set to 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers set to 10.157.2.208 (echoing the wireless connection)
If I am not successfully able to bridge this wireless connection to act as the WAN point to share wireless, I am resigned to using the Airport to connect to wireless and connecting the computers to the Time Capsule via wired connection.  I would like all 12 computers (13 if it is possible to include the PC) to connect to the same router, so I will need to use another larger router to connect, then connect the Time Capsule into this also.  I am unfamiliar with how to set up the Time Capsule in this manner to the larger LAN.

You will have to use the wired connection.. there is no way for you to get around the login screen from the TC to pass internet via the TC connection.
You will need to buy a switch .. not a router. A 16 port gigabit switch is relatively cheap now.. and if it is easier to arrange it might be even cheaper to use two 8 port gigabit switches. The single switch is superior setup but a lot more long cables involved usually.
The TC then simply plugs into the switch.
The rest of the setup is rather special.. you will do better manually setting up the IP addresses on each computer to make sure you are not going to mess up their internet access.
I did a fairly detailed look at this with lots of screen shots in the following thread.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4817218?tstart=30
If any of that doesn't make sense just ask.

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