Time Machine not visible in Airport utility

Hi,
When I try to set up my Time Machine on opening Airport utility, the message is 'Discovering Apple Wireless devices' and then I get the following message
Airport Utility was unable to find any Apple wireless devices. Make sure the Apple wireless device you want to set up is plugged in and in range of your computer, and then click rescan to try again.
This happened suddenly. Initially the TM was not working, there was no green light. Now the green light on the TM is glowing continuously but my emac and my Macbook is not able to recognise the TM.
Can any one suggest some possible solutions?

hi
i think you mean AU can't find your +time capsule+. *time machine* is the name for apple's backup solution.
have you been able to successfully backup your machine(s) to your TC prior to installing 10.6 ?
hold on - your profile in the initial post says you're on 10.6.1 but in your subsequent post it is 10.4 ? which is it, then ?
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