Creating/loading an iTunes library (.itl) on a network drive results in dummy error "The Disk you are attempting to use is full" [Win7]

I  have an 2TB external HDD attatched to my Asus router.  I have iTunes installed on 3 computers in the house (Bedroom, home theater, bar). Each copy of  iTunes accesses the same music folder on the external hard drive.
The problem is that iTunes creates a library file on each individual computer.  The library file gets out of sync all the time (as computer 1 doesn't know when files have been added via computer 2 and so on).
Obviously the answer is to just put the Library.itl file on the same network drive.  Hoilding shift whille double clicking the iTunes icon allows you to create or load a library from the location of your choosing.
All well and good so far.  However, when I attempt to save to my Network Attached storage Device (NAS) iTunes gives me the "The Disk you are attempting to use is full. Please delete..." error.  (There is over 1TB free on the drive.)
Creating the library file on a local HDD, moving it to the network one, and demanding iTunes access it via option start results in the SAME ERROR!!!
I'd really rather not rescan my entire library everytime I start iTunes.  Adding new purchases and songs via the "Automatically add to iTunes" folder, again, only adds the files to the database file saved on the computer where the files were dragged and dropped from.
I've used windows to "Map" the network drive, as well as typed in the \\192.168 etc address of the network drive.  Always get the same error. 
Any help or thoughts would be greatly apperciated.

Also, tried this with itunes 10 (current build) iTunes 9.2.1, and itunes 8. Same issue.

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