MBP won't connect to Time Capsule

OK, this is odd for some time now my Time Capsule has been flashing the amber light but I've still been able to connect.
Today when I woke up my MBP (Penryn, OS 10.6.8) the Airport/Time Capsule (2nd Gen, v7.4.2) did not connect. However my iPhone did have a connection. I could see my network from the Airport icon so I thought it might have something to do with the amber light flashing and so I connected by ethernet and reset all my settings and now I have a green light again. Yea.
But, my MBP still won't connect to the network. It see's it, it just won't connect.
When I open System preferences the Airport is amber (and Airport is on and connected). When I click on Assist Me and Diagnostic the Airport shows green but all others are red.
If I plug in the ethernet ISP, Internet and Server all turn green but but Airport Setting and Network Settings both fail (red)
When I use the Assistant in Network Preferences it won't accept my password.
Oddly my iPhone still connects using the original password but now when it wakes up my iPhone it's showing 3G for about a second and then switches to WiFi. That's not happened before.

OK, spent time at the Apple Store and they told me my Time Capsule was dead (even though my iPhone could still connect). They suggested there was an outside chance if I reinstalled the OS (didn't help).
Then I called Apple Support and they said I needed to call my ISP and get a bunch of info (which when I called my ISP they had no clue what I was referring to).
Finally called Apple Support again and a guy named Greg told me to quit all my open applications, open a new Finder Window go to the HD>Library>Preferences. Scroll to the very bottom and trash the System Configurations Folder. Empty the Trash. Shut down the machine for 30+ second and then restart.
Bang, all is working great. After I got on the phone with Greg it took less than five minutes and I'm up and running like a charm.

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