External disk no longer recognised on Time Capsule

I have a 500GB Time Capsule connected to my broadband router by an ethernet cable. My Mac Pro is connected to the TC by ethernet and WiFi and I also have a MacBook which uses WiFi to connect to the TC. I have a USB hub connected to the TC with a Canon printer and Iomega external disk attached.
This all worked fine until a week ago when I updated the TC firmware from 7.4.2 to 7.5.2. I had problems with WiFi not working so went back to 7.4.2. I then updated the Airport Utility to 5.5.2 and tried the 7.5.2 firmware on the TC and now the WiFi works with no problem.
But - the external Iomega disk is no longer recognised. I cannot see it via the Airport Utility and it doesn't show up under Shared using Finder.
I have connected the disk directly to my Mac Pro and it shows up and Disk utility gives it a clean bill of health. I've tried connecting the disk directly to the TC (not going through the USB hub). Still no go.
I've tried rebooting the Mac Pro, turning off the TC - nothing seems to work.
Anyone have any thoughts on why this is not working?

I have a fix for this problem but it entails restoring version 5.5.1 of Airport Utility, then returning to the 7.4.2 version of the TC firmware.
All working now! I guess I'll stay with the old utility and firmware until Apple fixes this.
Message was edited by: Geoff Roynon

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