AirPort and USB disk: accounts folder

Hi all,
I have bought an Airport Extreme 1GBit some time ago. I've connected a 500gb IOMega USB disk and all works fine. Installing the last firmware upgrade, the system become unstable, randomly disconnecting disk and avoiding reconnecting with a message that sounds like "Incorrect password".
I have tried some workarounds and continued using the system, setting up various accounts per user (a function available in last AirPort firmware updates).
This system create some folders in the disk: one folder shared with all users (with a name that cannot be changed), and one folder "per user", named with the account name (a personal "Home" folder in the USB disk).
Now, I have installed Leopard and the connection problems seems to be partially resolved, 'couse users can correctly see and access to the shared folder but cannot see the USB disk Home folders.
But... from Windows (XP and Vista) users can see and access this folders!
Any idea?
Bye,
Stefano
PS: sorry for my bad english

It's possible that it might be the hub or one of the USB cables that you are using. Have you tried removing the hub and just connecting the hard drive directly to the USB port on the AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn) to see if the problem goes away? If so, did it go away?

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