Using the Network Three Wifi Dongle with Time-capsule

Hi folks, i have just joined the forum today but have been an apple user for 2 years now. I do not use a router to get on the inter as I have recently purchased the 3 WiFi Dongle (mifi) and just wirelessly connect my ipad, iphone and macbook pro to it. My question is can I connect my macbook pro to my dongle and also to time-capsule wirelessly at the same time or is it only 1 device at a time?
Also is there a way I can connect my USB wifi Dongle to my time-capsule and just have everything connecting to my Time-capsule?
Any information on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Dave

Welcome to the discussion area, harperdg33!
You might want to take a look a device this this USB Broadband Adapter to provide an ethernet signal to your Time Capsule, which in turn could act as the wireless router for your network.
The key element with any adapter like this is to verify that it supports your particular service, so you may need to do some checking about this.

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