Setting Up Time Capsule as a DHCP server in the router portion

Hello
I have converted my existing wireless router and network hard drive to a single time capsule. My old router was setup as a DHCP server and I had the IP range set to 10.0.0.1 to 10.0.0.50 and had a IMac, Windows PC and Copier connected to the EtherNet ports and my home network ran perfectly but only at 100MPS.
I bought the time capsule to eliminate the old router and network hard rive to a single unit to free up space, but I can't figure out how to set up the time capsule router as a DHCP server? Every time I try and change the router address range and tell the software to configure the time capsule, I get errors saying my DNS range is not valid and the IP range is conflicting to the Internet settings?
My old linksys router was so easy to setup, I just selected DHCP, gave it a range and the router took care of the IP address for the Internet. I consider myself a smart guy but apple has made this a little difficult.
I would also like to setup the time capsule so it show up as an external drive in my mobileme account so I can access my files when I am on the road. HELP!!!
Ron

ronbak wrote:
I have converted my existing wireless router and network hard drive to a single time capsule. My old router was setup as a DHCP server and I had the IP range set to 10.0.0.1 to 10.0.0.50 and had a IMac, Windows PC and Copier connected to the EtherNet ports and my home network ran perfectly but only at 100MPS.
I bought the time capsule to eliminate the old router and network hard rive to a single unit to free up space, but I can't figure out how to set up the time capsule router as a DHCP server? Every time I try and change the router address range and tell the software to configure the time capsule, I get errors saying my DNS range is not valid and the IP range is conflicting to the Internet settings?
In the Internet panel and Internet Connection tab of AirPort Utility, do you have "Configure IPv4" set to "Using DHCP" and "Connection Sharing" set to "Share a public IP address"?
I would also like to setup the time capsule so it show up as an external drive in my mobileme account so I can access my files when I am on the road. HELP!!!
You can set that in the Advanced panel, MobileMe tab.

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