Airport Extreme connected drive works but doesn't appear on Aiport Utility

I have a seagate back up plus connected via USB to my Airport Extreme.  Time Machine works fine from my Mac Book over wifi.  I can also open finder and add files over my wifi network and then access them from my PC on the same network.  The only problem is the drive doesn't show up on Airport utility.  How do I get it to show up there and then can I access remote when not on my network?

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