New Time Capsule - How do i make it wireless hard disk?

Hello,
I've bought the brand new AirPort Time Capsule and i would like to make it my new wireless external harddisk.
It seems like i HAVE to use my Ethernet cable to make it work? But i'd like to make it wireless?
Don't understand it, i follow the AirPort-tool instructions, "add to an existing network" and then it says that it needs Ethernet cable?
What am i doing wrong?
Please help me,
Best regards.

If we told you that....you might possibly be able to configure the TC to join your network using wireless.....and if it was successful.....and you found out that backups were going to take twice as long as normal wireless.....and that there was twice as much chance of an error occuring during a backup.....and this is the worst possible way that you could configure the TC.....
Are you still interested in trying an unsupported method to setup the Time Capsule?
Your chances that this might work are really quite slim. There is virtually no chance that it will work unless your existing wireless router is using WPA2 Personal security settings.

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