Airport Extreme doesn't recognize USB Drive

I have a USB external drive that is working fine when attached to my iMac but my airport extreme doesn't see it at all. I have tried resetting the power to both devices.
AEBS version 7.2.1
Does the drive have to be formated a certain way for it to work? Right now it is "Mac OS Extended" I have also had it formatted as OS Extended (Journaled). Neither are working.
Message was edited by: illy5603
Message was edited by: illy5603

Oh well... No dice huh? I just noticed that the Airport Extreme locks up every time I use my sonicwall global VPN client as well per this thread.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5347398
Looks like will have to return this and try the linksys offering.

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