Help with PC- Time Capsule direct ethernet connection

First let me say that PCs are a total mystery to me - I am a Mac person all the way. That being said, I do own a PC for the occasional situation where I can't do what I need to do on a Mac (something that is happening less and less these days).
I just got a TIme Capsule that I configured through my MacBook and which is working fine. I am trying to hook up my PC (which does not have wireless capability) via a direct ethernet connection. The PC seems to recognize that it's on a local network, but cannot connect to the Internet. I have tried going through the various network configuration wizards on the PC and nothing seems to be what I need. Help has been useless. Can anyone help give me some hints about what I need to do to get the PC to recognize that there is an Internet on the other side of the Time Capsule connection?

I am still interested, thanks! Just couldn't get to things during the week. I am running WIndows XP Home Edition. I have to ask you to spell out things a little bit more. To start with setting DHCP - I am not sure how to do that. I tried using Help and it gives me nothing useful.
When I run Network Connections I see a Local Area Connection listed. Type: LAN or High-Speed Internet. Status: Connected: Device Name: Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller. Phone # or Host Address: <blank> Owner: System.
Double click it, get Status: Connected, Duration: <counting up> Speed: 100.0 Mbps.
Under Support, Connection Status, everything is blank (Address Type, IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway). This does not seem good. But I am not allowed to enter anything on this screen. If I click Repair, it says "Window could not finish repairing the problem because the following action cannot be completed: Failed to query TCP/IP settings of the connection. Cannot proceed. For assistance, contact the person who manages your network. (LOL - that would be me)"
There's a control panel for the Broadcom Advanced Control Suite. The IP Address is 192.168.0.101. I don't see anything there about DHCP or TCP/IP.
There's an "Internet Options" controller, where I found an Internet Connections Wizard, but that doesn't seem to do it. I say I want to connect to the internet using an ethernet connection, and then it says "Your broadband connectiion should already be configured and ready to use. If your connection is not working properly, click the following link. (Which is "Learn more about broadband connections"). This is a help page that sends me back to Network Connections (where I started).
Nowhere have a found a place to set DHCP or addresses.
Please, if you can, tell me where to look to adjust these settings. Thanks very much for your help.

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I'm working on a Tiger OS and I cannot connect to my time capsule. I followed instructions in the manual, but I simply do not see Time Capsule on my desktop, and there is very little info in the manual.
I am working off of ethernet, not airport, and would prefer to used ethernet for the moment. I have it connected via LAN port to my macbook pro. There's only one ethernet port on my computer. Does anyone have any advice? I know about about Macs, but dont have much experience with network specs.
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I'm not certain the post I sent was posted correctly, as I added it as a reply to a 3-year old thread. Since this is a recently-active thread, though not specific to the issue at hand, I thought I'd post again:
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Hi All
I've got a new Macbook Pro, and want to migrate my old machine across. First attempt took 3 days wirelessly and then failed, with no given reason or explanation. I want to attempt to restore this a 2nd time, but would like to use ethernet as I can't afford another 3 days of being in limbo.
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(I think this is the way they're supposed to be set up)
Unfortunately, no. The Setup Manual does not even cover this type of configuration. You must have discovered this by poking around in the setup utility, etc.
An Ethernet cable connection to the modem or router is always the way to go for speed and reliability.
One thing that you may not have thought about in your current setup is that the wireless signal must make two "hops" for a backup. One hop from your Mac to the wireless router and then another wireless hop back out to the Time Capsule.
So, not only will it take more much more time....the chances of an error are doubled.
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In general, you can expect to backup about 25-30 GB an hour using Ethernet.
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