Wifi stopped working but light is still green on Time Machine

The wifi on my Time Capsule just stopped working. All of the settings appear to be okay and I have a green light on the front of the system. When I tried to use my Airport utility on my MBP Retina it could no longer see the Time Capsule so I had to hardwire in with my older MBP with the ethernet connecter. I can see the Time Capsule when I connect this way as well as connect to the Internet. I checked all settings and rebooted but still no joy. I then did a restore to default settings and set up the Time Capsule using the same settings I aways have but still can't access the network. All of my wifi devices can see the router and connect but can't access the Internet. The ony device still capable of using the Internet is the MacBook that is directly wired into the Time Machine. I am at a loss as to what to check next. Do I need to just make an appointment at the Genius Bar? I have never had one go out on me like this before.

Let me suggest running the 5.6 utility.. if for nothing else the wireless client logging .. well any sort of logging was totally removed in v6. Why Apple Why??
If you run ML do this.
How to load 5.6 into ML.
1. Download 5.6 for Lion.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
Click to open the dmg but do not attempt to install the pkg.. it won't work anyway.
2. Download and install unpkg.
http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
Run unpkg on the desktop.. it is very simple.. drag the AirPortUtility56.pkg file over to unpkg.. and it will create a new directory of the same name on the desktop.. drill down.. applications utilities .. there lo and behold is Airport utility 5.6 .. drag it to your main utilities directory or just run it from current location.
You cannot uninstall 6.1 so don't try.. and you cannot or should not run them both at the same time.. so just ignore the toyland version.. the plastic hammer.. and start using 5.6.. a real tool.
Good to hear you already are using network names that actually work..
Try loading istumbler on mac laptop or inssider on a PC laptop.. and do a wireless survey.. see if you are being overpowered on 2.4ghz.

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No files will be lost on the hard disk.
The Factory Reset universal
Unplug your TC/AE. Hold in reset. and power the TC/AE back on.. all without releasing reset and keep holding in for about 10sec. The time is not important.. it is the front LED rapid flashing that indicates you are in factory mode.
Release reset.
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