External HD + Airport Extreme + USB Hub = Problems

I'm having issues connecting my 2 external HDs to my airport extreme via USB Hub. I have a My Book 1TB HD and a 500G Maxtor OneTouch that I connected to a powered usb hub that is plugged into my Airport Extreme. It works for a minute, I can connect wirelessly to both, then it hangs up and fails to mount. When I disconnected it all and plug one of the two into the Airport Extreme, it works flawlessly. I want to use the 1TB for all my goodies and the 500G for my Time Machine Backups.
I guess my questions are these:
1. Is the USB Hub not supplying enough power or could it be that the USB Hub just cannot handle two HDs. (Its a rocketfish powered usb hub btw)
2. What four port powered usb hub would you recommed me using to connect the 1TB and 500G external HDs to my Airport Extreme?
Thank you in advance!

I am having a smiler issue i have a 1TB WD hard Drive plugged into the USB hub on my Airport Extreme. When it mounts it works great...I use it to access all of my music. The problem is it gets disconnected constantly and when it does it also takes out my Airport Express. I have to unplug the Extreme to reset it all.
Any help would be appreciated!!

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