Airport Extreme + MBP + Mac Mini

hi all. i am really not into networks that much. so forgive me if i sound like a 5 year old. (nowadays even 5 year olders are experts anyway). i have an airport extreme and a macbook pro and a mac mini wirelessly connected to it. Mac mini has external hdd attached to itself and uses as it's time capsule. I've attached another one to the airport extreme as a time capsule for the mbp. the thing is i cannot access the hdd attached to the airport extreme by any means. and the airport extreme itself does not recognize the drive either. if i attach it to the mbp it is recognized and the system asks if i want to use it as a time capsule. but when i attach it to the airport extreme, even in the airport utility>disks tab i dont see it. and in finder i do not see my airport extreme under the shared on the left column. but the mbp and the mac mini are visible to each other. i'd appreciate if anybody can give me a heads up on this.
the os is 10.7.3

I've attached another one to the airport extreme as a time capsule for the mbp. the thing is i cannot access the hdd attached to the airport extreme by any means. and the airport extreme itself does not recognize the drive either
Apple does not officially support Time Machine backups to a drive at the USB port of the AirPort Extreme, so that might explain some of the difficulty here.
Some users seem to be able to make this work, while some have only some success and some (like me) have no success despite repeated attempts.
If you want to try this anyway, the drive must be formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and a powered USB hub is often required for the hard drive.....even if it has its own power supply.

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