How to connect Time Capsule to existing wireless U-verse network?

I ordered a Time Capsule which I primarily want to use for back up, and at least at this point plan on using U-verse for internet access, wireless printing.
I have read many previous posts on this, and they are a little too technical for me!  Would someone be willing to tell me the exact step-by-step details?  I need them down to the last little thing, including what order to plug things in, power them up etc, as well as which settings to choose.
Thank you in advance for any help with this!

If you are not able to configure the O2 device as a bridge, your remaining option is to configure the Time Capsule in bridge mode.
The Guest Network feature is not available when the Time Capsule is configured as a bridge, but otherwise, you will be able to configure it to provide a dual band wireless network for your devices and also provide Ethernet connections if needed.
You can choose to ignore the wireless network provided by the O2 device, or if you have access to the configuration settings, it should be a simple task to turn off the wireless function of the O2 gateway.

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    Message was edited by: BKRonline

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