Cannot see "disks" con in airport utility

I have a MacBook Pro and AirPort Extreme base station(the one that looks like a UFO). I recently bought a 1.5TB Western Digital My Book to connect to the airport extreme. My problem is when I go into the AirPort utility and click manual setup I see the airport, internet, printer, and advanced icons but no 'disks' icon. The software for the airport is up to date because it automatically update when I set the network up as well as the Leopard that I am running on my machine. Also the hard drive has been properly formatted. Any ideas why this is doing this and how to fix it? Thanks!!

Hello kschulz. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
I have a MacBook Pro and AirPort Extreme base station(the one that looks like a UFO). I recently bought a 1.5TB Western Digital My Book to connect to the airport extreme. My problem is when I go into the AirPort utility and click manual setup I see the airport, internet, printer, and advanced icons but no 'disks' icon.
Sorry, but the earlier 802.11b/g series of AirPort Extremes' USB port does NOT support USB hard drives.

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