Airport Extreme & Airport Disk - How to See on VPN?

I use VPN to access my office network when traveling. On the network is a new Airport Extreme, with a disk attached.
The disk is of course visible and mountable when in the office.
However when logged in via VPN, I cannot see or find the disk anywhere.
Any suggestions?

What VPN and what version # of the VPN client do
you
have?
Using the VPN client in Apple Internet Connect (L2TP)
I am assuming you can connect through the VPN, but you cannot see the disk, right?
If that is the case, how are you trying to access the disk? Through the finder?
Also, did you "Allow configuration over the WAN port" on the Airport Utility Base Station screen?

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