How do I get my Time Capsule to appear in Disk Utility so I can repair it as instructed by Time Machine do to?

Time Machine twice reported it couldn't complete the backup to Time Capsule, and I should do a Repair Permission on Time Capsule. Unfortunately, it fails to appear in Disk Utility - only the iMac hard drive appears. What do I do?

I found this same question in the archives. I followed the instructions to click on New Image, but there is no Shared item on the left as suggested, so don't know what to do next. Cannot understand why Time Capsule fails to appear when it is plugged into the iMac!

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    I'm trying to connect my Time Machine to my Sagecom F@st 2864 wireless router to use it in time machine. However, airport utility does not see the time machine. What's weird is that when I brought it in to the apple store it appeared to work.
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    How do I correct the following problem?
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    xor. wrote:
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