MacBook Pro cannot connect to Time Capsule

My Mac Book was connecting to my time capsule and recently quit being able to connect. Do not know what happened. Have tried resetting and redoing and now my computer does not even recognize the hard drive as being there.

Can your MacBook Pro access the Time Capsule if it is connected by Ethernet? Does your MBP have any issues connecting to other Wi-Fi networks or just the TC's?

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It is a bit hard when you provide no info.. it don't work is not alot to go on.
So first.
Did it work in the past and has now failed.. if so did you change anything.. new modem.. new router.. new ISP.. update firmware, update OS etc.
Or
Is this a new TC and you have never before connected and still cannot??
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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)

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https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4817218?tstart=30
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Hi, strange thing and I'd appreciate if someone knew a trick to solve it:
Although my Windows notebook can connect to the internet via our Time Capsule (WPA2 key, AES encryption) without any problems for a long time now, I cannot connect to it via AirPort even with the correct WPA key.
When running the AirPort utility I can see our TC with its name and IP address (10.0.1.1 as usual, I think) in the main view. After clicking "Manual Setup" or "Continue" in the main view, AirPort asks for the password.
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all the time, though.
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We intend to use an external USB hard drive which is connected to our Time Capsule. After TC has moaned that the drive had to be "repaired", we created partitions for Mac (OS X) and Windows (FAT) partition from the MacBook.
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I found something that worked for me. I got Error Number 53 when trying to connect to my time capsule using Airport Base Station Agent with windows vista. I think the issue is allowing your time capsule to be accessed over Bonjour; I think this feature is disabled by default. Well, here is what I did (also, this may answer the question for those of you who are confused to why it asks for a username/password when you attempted to map the time capsule's hdd) -
In Airport Utility: Airport >> Time Capsule
- Click "Edit..." and check the "Use dynamic global hostname" box.
- Enter in the info (for hostname, I used the same name as the local Hostname (at the top of that window, for user/password -- The info you enter here is the same info you must enter when you are prompted to, that is if you try to map the time capsule's hdd)
- Click "OK"
In Airport Utility: Disks >> Files Sharing
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- Click OK.
In Airport Utility: Click "Update", let it reset, and try accessing the Time Capsule via Airport Base Station Agent as you usually would/or mapping the harddrive"
In summary, since vista uses Bonjour, you must make sure your time capsule is 'Bonjour-accessible'
I Hope this solution alleviates a lot of people's problems!!!
Oh yea, this solution worked with firmware 7.4.1
AND...prior to trying this method, I did enable NETBIOS. It was enabled while I did this solution (and still is). I haven't tried it with it disabled (well maybe not disabled - it's on automatic by default).

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- my computer is 2 days old (it's awesome and I love it accept that I can't get wireless connection at home)
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- it will connect to the wireless router if I plug in the ethernet cord
this is because there is an actual physical connection between the router and the machine, so the router allows the connection automatically. i believe ALL wireless routers have a "Wireless Access List" in their config. the owner of the wireless router must add any machine or device seeking to gain access to the wireless router. consult your routers documentation on how to access the router from a web page and add your machine. this is usually done by adding the machine's mac address to the wireless access list. i added my 15"mbp and iphone to my netgear wireless router in about ten minutes and have no problem connecting every time.
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