Will changing Network name affect Time-capsule back up function

I finally managed to set up my time capsule with Mac support help. I didn't realize until this morning that I didn't want my network name to be my full name. I think I can change the network name easily enough through the airport function. But will this screw up my Time Capsule's attempts to update my files? Do I need to go into Time Capsule and change the network somewhere, or is the program intuative and will do it automatically?

Welcome to the discussions!
Changing the network name will not affect your backups.
You might want to reconfirm the setup for your backups as follows:
Open System Preferences (gear icon on the dock)
Open Time Machine
Click Select Disk
Click your Time Capsule disk to highlight it
Click Use for Backups

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Try this:
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