Time Capsule not mounting

Hey all,
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.
I tried to reset my TM settings on my Mac but had no luck as the drive could never be found. I attempted to connect to the drive via bonjour, but using the .local address only gives me an error:
"Connection Failed
The server may not exist or is not operational at this time. Check the server name or IP address and your network connection and try again."
Pressing OK gives a -36 error in the Finder.
Airport Utility shows all of my Time Capsule settings as accurate. The drive does not show up under the "Disks" tab of the Manual Setup.
I hard reset the TC to no avail - the hard reset does not affect the disk settings.
Any guesses?
Message was edited by: MB38

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