OsX Mavericks and Time Capsule Drive not connecting

Hi,
I upgraded to Mavericks today and I am now trying to access my 2 TB Time Capsule Hard Drive. I get an error that says: There was a Problem connecting to "XXXX Time Capsule" Server. I also use the Time Capsule for my wireless network, which is working fine. When I go into the AirPort Utility and try to see the Time Capsule info it constantly asks me to put in my password and once I do nothing happens, but the password request appears again in a few minutes. Both my iPhoto and iTunes libraries are stored on my Time Capsule as well as my Time Machine Backups. It has not been able to perform backups either, since it cannot connect to the disk. I am running a MacBook Pro 2010.
Has anyone else had this problem thus far? Is there a workaround for this or an update I should do?
Thanks!!

Howdy seanay89,
It sounds like you are unable to make a Time Machine backup becuse the disk is not connecting correctly. I want to recommend these links from the article named:
Time Machine: Troubleshooting backup issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3275
Red "i" message: "The backup volume could not be mounted" or "The backup volume could not be found." appears when using network volume or Time Capsule
Time Capsule: Time Machine backups do not mount
Mac OS X 10.5.3 or later: Time Machine - "Backup volume could not be mounted" after changing network volume's password
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Sterling

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