Airport With 2 x 1TB Drives Dropping all the time

Hi
Any info much appreciated folks....
The Setup is as follows.
Wall>Linksys router>LAN to Airport Extreme>Belkin Mac Mini USB Hub> 2 x 1TB Lacie Disks
Problem : My airport disks keep on disconnecting themselves and the airport keeps on dropping out

ok the second post down sounds like it could be relaly helpful - but im no whizz and im unsure what it means, never mind setting it up. Any further advice or understanding would be greatly appreciated.
In response to post 3.
Some times the whole network (my internet inc) goes down and other times it is just the two drives which fail to be seen. My network is set up to the std 128mb.
hope this helps - thanks again. paul

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