Access external drive remotely through Airport Extreme

My Airport Extreme (v 7.7.3) is setup at the office with a connected drive and everything works great as long as I am within the same network as the airport.
How do I access the drive from home on a different network? Each time I get the error "Connection Failed: there was a problem connecting to the server. The server may not exist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, and then try again."
Would greatly appreciate any help on this matter.
Thanks

I think that John Galt may be referring to Apple's Back to My Mac feature, known as BTMM.
I don't use this method to connect back to my home network from the Internet, so cannot say if it is still broken or not.
I am able to access both my Time Capsule and a hard drive connected to an AirPort Extreme from the Internet using my laptop which is running the Yosemite operating system.
But......and this is a big BUT......I have a fixed Internet IP address that is supplied by my Internet Service Provider.....and....I use a simple modem (only one Ethernet port), not a modem/router or gateway device that is often furnished by Internet Service Providers to their customers.
I also use a setup known as Port Mapping, which is done by AirPort Extreme, which functions as the main router for the network.
If you have the following, I may be able to help you:
1) Fixed Internet IP address supplied by your provider
2) A simple modem
3) An Apple router that functions as the main router for your network
John's comments about trying to "hack" any operating system are great advice.  There are some articles floating around on this site and others that do suggest this as a possible "fix" for some current issues that Yosemite is experiencing. I would never advise a user to even consider something like this unless they were experienced programmers....and....they have a "test" Mac to work with.

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