I cannot get my macbook pro to recognize my time capsule.

I bought a data cable and it shows up as a cd on my desktop and it won't let me add anything to it, and it doesn't show up in time machine. I read that an Ethernet cable would work, so I bought one and it does not work either. The port its plugged into on the time capsule turns green when I plug the other end into my computer, but that's all it does. It won't show up anywhere in my computer. The light on the front of the time capsule is green for about 3 seconds then it is solid orange for about 5 seconds then it starts blinking. I am getting very frustrated! Thank you for your help! (oh and I have tred unplugging the time capsule and plugging it in again and it doesn't help)

Getting the TC to work with a college wireless system is very difficult.
You need to setup the TC manually and make sure that it doesn't cause network issues with the local system.
To help you do that I need information..
What is the network setup where you are now?
I particularly need to know details of the IP address you get from the system.
I wrote a post a while back with the method.. look at the screenshots near the bottom of the page.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4817218?tstart=30
Since you are forced to plug ethernet cable into your computer anyway.. it is much easier, and faster and more reliable to just go and buy a neat 2.5" 1TB USB backup drive.. you might get them for $60-70 now.
Simply start a new backup.

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