External Airport Extreme HD disappeared from Finder

Hi everyone,
My external HD connected to the Airport Extreme antenna has disappeared from the Finder. I have been using it yesterday night and this morning was not there anymore. In the meantime none has touched my Mac.
I have rebooted the Airport Extreme via Utility Airport with no success.
Can anyone help me, please?
Thanks,
Francesco.

FBF-CH wrote:
My external HD connected to the Airport Extreme antenna has disappeared from the Finder.
If a network drive disappears, you'll have to mount it again by hand. Do you see your AirPort Extreme in the "sidebar" of a Finder window? If so, select that to start the mount process.

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