HT1218 Macbook Air can't find my Time Capsule!?!

Bought a new macbook air, it can't find my time capsule for some reason utilizing airport utility.  It was originally set up with another macbook almost three years ago.  Anyone know why this is happening?  I want to set it up to back up my files (macbook air) as well as take advantage of the extra storage/hard drive space for photos and music, etc...

Nevermind, I figured it out myself.  I had a WiFi network and a guest WiFi network.  The timecapsule was on one and my mac on the other.  Once I adjusted them to be the same it fixed the problem.  Thanks for all your help...Not!

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