I am hooking up my new Time Capsule.  Can't get Ethernet to work

I am trying to hook up the Time Capsule.  I've given up on trying to have it in series with my existing router.  I replaced the existing routher with the TC.  The Wireless seems to work (but one of our phonse wont' hold the connection). BUT, none of the ethernet connections work at all.  I have cycled everything through the whole power down/restart cycle and no devices (including my MAC (Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 (11D50)) can connect.  I checked the physical cable and it works (ie, I can connect a laptop to the existing router through the same cable).
I should mention that even with the "old" set up my MAC would not connect to the router via the ethernet cable.  I know that MAC wants to run wirelessly but I have very easy access to an ethernet connection back to the router and I'd rather it run on this conneciton.  I was particularly hopeful for this for the TC since the first wireless back-up is estimated to take about 18 hours.
Help?
AB

You asked the question at 4.01pm.
I answered your query at 4.46pm
... and you gave up by 4.58pm when you posted it is now boxed up and going back..(Local time in Australia).
57min from go to woe! Did you ring apple support??
Apple is user friendly.. networks are not.. and Apple didn't supply your network, or modem.. so somehow Apple have to insert themselves. and until we have iISP and iMODEM and I guess eventually iROUTER (instead of TC or AEBS) and iTV then you will always have to do something to get it working.
I am not trying to make light of your frustration as I am sure it is great.. but networks are unfortunately considered easy enough for home user to install without expertise. Whereas for instance a Technician has 2 years training to do it. Some things are too hard for average home user.. and it should be treated as when your washing machine goes bung.. you don't strip it down and replace parts yourself.. you get a washing machine repairer to fix it. Same with computer, no matter how much we are told this is all very simple.. it isn't.

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