S.O.S. - The case of the missing TIme Capsule icon

I am trying to connect my MacBook Pro to a local network.
Our Macbook Air, iPad and three iPhones all have WiFi. No problem.
My Macbook Pro has solid black radiating bars in the main menu. In Airport Utility, it shows the "Internet Globe" with a green circle below. Below that, however all I get is a spinning wheel. At the same time, the Macbook Air shows the icon of the time capsule with a green circle below.
Is there a setting I am missing? Some said to turn off Mac Access, but I do not know where to do that. In System Preferences, Wi-Fi is green, and it says WiFi is connected.
I ran all of the maintenance (rebuilt Directory, optimized the drive, weekly/monthly scripts, etc) All of the hardware checks out.
Has anyone had this happen? Help would be greatly appreciated.
Paul Kirtley

This is typical Yosemite.. please confirm OS on Pro and Air.. Yosemite,  has the network ability of a pair of tin cans with wet string. (that dried and snapped).
The odd thing of course is the MBP is on the internet.. but perhaps just too stupid to figure out the local network.
So here is the first few things to try.
1. Factory reset the TC.. sounds odd when it is working already .. but please do the setup with the computer that is having the most trouble.
Factory reset universal
Power off the TC.. ie pull the power cord or power off at the wall.. wait 10sec.. hold in the reset button.. be gentle.. power on again still holding in reset.. and keep holding it in for another 10sec. You may need some help as it is hard to both hold in reset and apply power. It will show success by rapidly blinking the front led. Release the reset.. and wait a couple of min for the TC to reset and come back with factory settings. If the front LED doesn’t blink rapidly you missed it and simply try again. The reset is fairly fragile in these.. press it so you feel it just click and no more.. I have seen people bend the lever or even break it. I use a toothpick as tool.
N.B. None of your files on the hard disk of the TC are deleted.. this simply clears out the router settings of the TC.
2. After a reset it should suddenly show up as new device.. please run the setup utility from the pro.
Use short names, no spaces and pure alphanumeric. eg TCgenx and TCwifi. Base station and wireless names respectively.
3. Use WPA2 Personal security only. Use pure alphanumeric mixed case and numbers password.
4. If you have issues plug in by ethernet.
5. Set ipv6 in network preference for wireless and if used, ethernet. to link-local only.
Tell me how this goes.. if it works in the pro you can then pick it up in the Air etc.

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