Time Capsule Questions? Connecting Powerbook Directly to TC.

The sales guy at Apple Store said I can connect my powerbook to he Time Capsule with a ethernet cord and use it like a firewire cord for the first Time Machine Back up. I have about 75GB on my laptop - if I have to back that up all wirelessle, how long is that going to take? A week?
I am also not seeing any possible way to do this in the little manual it came with.
For the first initial massive backup (in my case 75GB) are you supposed to let it do it wirelessly?
Thanks!

Thanks! I figured it out with the help of support. Yes I connect it directly from the ethernet port on my MacBook to one of the LAN ports on the TimeCapsule (not the one with the circle of dots - that's the WAN port).
I then had to go into the airport setup assistant and re-configure for an ethernet connection and re-start the TimeCapsule.
You then have to go under the "Go" menu in the finder and select "Network". The time capsule should then show up and you have to log in to is using the password you initially gave it.
You are then connected and it's as easy as dragging and dropping.
You can also do this over the wireless network as well and even have your iTunes library there.

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