Time Capsule not mounting after Restart

I have only used Time Capsule for 2 days. However, it does not mount after Restart. I have to manually go in to the Time Machine Preferences and choose it again as the backup disk. Is anyone else having this issue, or is that the way it is supposed to work? Please help.

I can see where you're coming from. I have just invested in an iMac with iLife08 , iWork08 and .Mac
I saw getting this Time Capsule as the logical last step in this splurge.
I still have an old Dell desktop WIN 95 vintage which is still chugging along, VERY slowly, its specs having been increased way beyond what its makers ever planned.
I think (hope) this Time Capsule saga is a bit of a blip, superimposed on software (Time Machine) which has not been fully ironed out yet.
As you say, "Works straight out of the box" and "one click and thats it" are statements one took for granted with Apple,but with a big push coming from the suits, perhaps things are shipped too early.
From what I had heard of Apple, I would have expected better.
It was amazing to read the frustrations of Mac veterans in their efforts to get the Time Capsule up and going - and they appeared to know what they were on about.
I have to admit that I wasn't quite sure at first what exactly I was installing, but settled for a wireless external drive on my existing network, which doesn't have any other Apple products.
Even that setup has gremlins.
I am hoping that soon one of the mags will devote a feature on clearing the decks and starting from scratch with DETAILED instructions. I found that the installation bumpf which came with this brick stopped at the point where things got tricky.
Keep the faith!

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One day - without warning - my Time Machine backups failed to my Time Capsule. I am connected to the TC via ethernet and did not apply any updates.
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