How to install time machine to existing wifi

I previously used my time machine for wifi and backup then switched to ISP provided router/modem (upon their request after months of poor reception) I know want to connect my time machine to this wifi to continue with regular backups. Its plugged into to the router/modem and have green light but is not showing in airport utility. How do I properly install this or is it not recommend. I'm guessing the other option would be to connect directly to my iMac.

I am trying to avoid having you reset the Time Capsule and start all over.
Make sure that the iMac is the only device connected to the Time Capsule. There should be no other Ethernet cables connected to the Time Capsule at this time, other than the iMac connection.
Power off both the iMac and Time Capsule, wait a minute, then start up the iMac for a minute, then start up the Time Capsule and let it run a minute.
Try again with AirPort Utility. Click the Other WiFi Devices tab in AirPort Utility to see if there is an option there for Ethernet. If yes, click on Ethernet.
See if AirPort Utility can see the Time Capsule now.

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I checked the pondini fixes and ended up doing the following - in case this could help someone else with OSX Lion and Time Capsule... http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
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This is a really odd answer.
I have Time Capsule, I add an external drive to it and you say that to back up THAT disk on Time Capsule I need other programs/solutions? This is really a stupid thing.
1 TB of storage space just for local files right now that on every wireless product you can add an external disk?
In other words with Apple products I can have all my laptopsappleTvdesktops all wirelessly connected but I can't use Time Capsule to back up datas if disks are not locally attached? With Airport Extreme/Time Capsule I can share datas (music, pictures, my digital life files) with my family computers but if I do this I can't back up these files.
And just to know how many do I have to spend on other Apple devices, what are these "other solutions" to back up network drives? A server?

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Is the only way to retrieve "lost" information via time machine? If not, please let me know how, and if so I cannot install time machine on my computer as it keeps coming up saying "Airport Utility cannot find a wireless device installed"-do I need another device to keep this information and cannot just keep it on the hard drive?
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http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=735
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If you're running Windoze on your Mac, that's the same as running it on a PC, so it needs all the same anti-everything stuff you'd use on a PC.
There is some "malware," such as Trojans, for Macs, though. But (unlike viruses that can get onto your system without your knowledge), you must approve their installation (via your Admin password) and/or operation (via the "This application was downloaded from the internet ..." prompt).
Appropriately enough, some of these Trojans are included in pirated versions of Apple software, such as iWork!
For the gory details, see Thomas Reed's [Mac Virus Guide|http://www.reedcorner.net/thomas/guides/macvirus].
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