IPhone not connecting to Time Capsule

I had posted this on the Time Capsule forum, but I'm hoping to get a bit more visibility here to see if anyone knows what to do. Here's the deal:
I currently have my wireless network setup via Time Capsule and it's always worked fine until today. Now, the network continues to work fine for my laptop and my PS3, but when my iPhone tries to connect, it always says it has the incorrect password, despite the fact that that isn't true. Similarly, when the iPad tries to connect, it has the right password, but doesn't stay connected, instead it oscillates between "not connected" and my network every second or so. I've tried setting up a new network, changing the channel, etc, but alas, the problem seems to continue. Anyone know what might be going on?

Found the answer myself : it seems to be something to do with the latest version of firmware (7.5.2)
In Airport Utility, select manual configuration of the base station : click on the word "version" next to the number to revert to the correct firmware file.
This is where I found my TimeCapsule firmware version 7.5.1 :
http://apsu.apple.com/data/113/061-7886.20100331.Frgtg/7.5.1.basebinary
HTH,
Rup

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