Time cpasule / airport questions

1st, I am MAC stupid...I have an imac OSX 10.5.8 and a 2T time capsule hard wired to the imac. I think i am using my time capsule as a router connected to ATV and xbox wirelessly (not really sure how i got everything to talk but it does) also my imac has built in airport, when i turn airport on a 3rd wireless client shows up under my time capsule summary. My network is password protected WPA2, so where is this 3rd client coming from? when i turn airport off it disappears but the other 2 stay (my Xbox and ATV) what is the difference between airport and time capsule? before i bought the time capsule i was just using airport for wireless connections. maybe i am just not understanding networking.

isn't the Media Access Control number also called the client ID, ex. 00:1F:F3:BD:88:4D?
Your TC should have four MAC addresses: 1) 2.4 GHz radio (AirPort ID), 2) 5 GHz radio (AirPort ID), 3) LAN (Ethernet ID), and 4) WAN (Ethernet ID).
If your TC is performing as a router, then on the Logs & Statistics page you should have tabs for both Wireless Clients & DHCP Clients.
On the Wireless Clients tab, the Clients column represents the AirPort ID or MAC address for the wireless adapter of connected computers or routers/wireless access points.
On the DHCP Client tab, the MAC Address column represents the MAC Address for any network client that was provided an IP address by the TC's built-in DHCP server. However the Client ID column does not represent MAC addresses, but instead is should only be populated if you manually enter the DHCP Client ID in either OS X's Systems Preferences > Network pane or via the AirPort Utility.
Ok, with all that said, is your TC configured as a router or a bridge? ... and which tab within the AirPort Utility (DHCP Clients or Wireless Clients) are you referring to where you are getting this MAC address?

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