Can't connect to network drive in Homehub.

Hi,
I want to connect to a USB stick plugged into the back of my BT Homehub so I can use it to wirelessly back up my mac with TM. I have plugged it in, but when trying to map the drive, I get 'This file server is available on your computer. Access the volumes and files locally.'. The drive can't be accessed locally with the 'Network' in Finder because it's not mapped, so I get an empty Network folder and I can't connect it. I've used afp and SMB, but both return either 'This doesn't exist' or 'This file server is available on your computer. Access the volumes and files locally.'.
HELP?
Tony

Actually, on second thoughts, TM drives have to be Mac OS Extended format, and Homehub only works with FAT32 drives so it wouldn't work anyway. Oh well.

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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490717.aspx
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