Connecting USB Hard Drive

I am trying to make a MyBook USB HD available on the network. I am trying to use a Airport Extreme (not n). The problem is that the HD is not recognised and seen in the Finder window.
It could be I am not looking or I have set up wrong. All I have done is plug the USB in !!! I do have a printer set up and working on an Express.
One thing is that the My Book HD is USB 2.0.
Any thoughts?

Only the 802.11n AirPort Extreme base stations will recognize a hard drive or flash drive connected to it through the USB port.
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marvinclick wrote:
But why there is no drive nor icon shows in Find after it connected to Time Capsule?
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