AirPort Extreme, TimeMachine and external disks

Hi folks,
Have done some searching on this, but unfortunately haven't been able to answer my question, so over you to kind people to try and help me if at all possible!
I have purchased an AirPort Extreme (802.11n) which works fine. Also purchased a 1TB external hard disk for backup/TimeMachine purposes. If I connect the external USB drive directly to my MacBook, TimeMachine will do its thing without any problem.
However, if I plug the external disk into the AirPort Extreme, although it is visible to the AirPort utility, TimeMachine cannot see the disk at all.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
*AirPort Utility version 7.3.2*
*Leopard 10.5.6*

Time Machine backups to AirDisks (e.g. USB HDD attached to Extreme) is unsupported, but has been successful by some. As well, once you decide to move your TM backups to an AirDisk, you cannot continue backing up to your previous TM backup. The format it saves to vs. a local HDD is different. The folder structure you see becomes a sparsebundle/disk image via the AirDisk.
If you are interested in proceeding with your plan, check these links out:
[http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8225748&#8225748]
[http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8650723&#8650723]
[http://jamesshore.com/Blog/How-to-Accelerate-Time-Machine.html]

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