Airport Express Crashes when backing up to a network shared drive

I have an iMac with a 1TB external drive which it has been using to do time machine backups. I recently decided to backup my Macbook to the same drive using the same disk over the network.
It starts fine and then after 20-40 minutes or so the Airport Express stops working and it needs to be unplugged to get it to work again.
Any thoughts on why this might be happening and what I could do to fix the problem?
iMac G4 with 1TB external Drive 10.5.8
Macbook White with 10.6.2
Airport Exress with 6.2 firmware
Thanks!

mperreault wrote:
I have an iMac with a 1TB external drive which it has been using to do time machine backups. I recently decided to backup my Macbook to the same drive using the same disk over the network.
please clarify if your external drive is connected to an Airport Express. if so, an Airport Express does not work with external HDs - its USB port supports printers ! if you mean an Airport Extreme, please be advised that Apple does not officially support this setup (even though some users have reported that it works for them).

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