Time capsule not found by airport but ethernet cable was working

So I turned time machine off some time ago,( got fed up with it constantly saving whilst recording music and slowing down stuff), now although i was happy (ish) as it was before, i can no longer find in preferences a drive to use as backup.
the alert box tells me that airport cannot locate, when i previously, and still do, have ethernet cabling connected .
The time capsule green light shows, but not backing up.
Can i find back up drives without airport utility being used?

Thanks for th response, i have upgraded to lion some time back and as i recall i've had this prob before and had to do a verification of some kind using the clean up disc utility.
I have already done...
the verification again without success, I did a repair disc permission on the Mac HDD,i did a restart of TC by unplugging and replugging without success.
I use TC for backup only, using ethernet and my router is wireless.
i'm reluctant to reset although I would if I could be sure.
What is the 5.6 utility?
My version 11.5.2, should i install the 5.6? if this is indeed an upgrade?
thanks for your time and patients
steve

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I open aiport, sometimes airport finds the TC, sometimes not.
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