Time Capsule Loses Connection Can't Back Up

I have a 2009 Macbook Pro with Lion, and a 6 Month old Time Capsule.
I just set up my time capsule to extend to the wirless network in my new house. Everything is working perfectly fine untill about halfway thorugh the back up and I get an error that says "Time Capsule was connected to your network but isnt anymore" sometimes if finds it again and if not I do a soft reset, Re-join my network and start all over with the back up... only to "loose connection" even though my internet is at full bars and the time capsule and computer are sitting right next to one antoher.
Any ideas?
Thank you

Extend wireless is never as solid as single hop wireless.
What wireless router are you extending?
Can you swap so the TC is the main router?
If you are sitting next to the TC.. plug in ethernet.. that is the one and only reliable method.
But you might still need to set fixed IP addresses.

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    Message was edited by: quicova

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    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1300

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