No configured time machine found

Upgraded to Lion recently and since have had issues with time machine. Continuous amber flashing light, I have tried re-setting and when attempting to view through the utilities I get message no configured time machine found - airport utility will continue searching.
Can anyone step me through what I should do please?

I could say get rid of Lion. but that is probably not acceptable.
The airport utility in Lion isn't a lot of use.. so Apple released a real utility 5.6 for lion with some setting up stuff in it.
You will probably need to reset the TC and redo the setup.. you might also need to plug in ethernet to accomplish this.
Stability of the TC with Lion is also an issue.. but get started and see what happens.
Your issue is with Time Capsule by the way.. ie the hardware box that is a router and hard disk.. not Time Machine the backup software in the computer.

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PietervB wrote:
Hi,
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