External HD connected through network cable

Ok, I am a brand new mac user and am extremely confused. I have an external HD that connects through a cat5 cable. There is a plug in the drive for usb, but its the same jack as the computer so I guess I cannot connect it that way. It's a couple years old so I think things have changed a bit.
Anyway, when I plug it in I can't seem to find the drive anywhere. is it supposed to appear in finder or what about disk utility? It just doesn't seem to exist and I am looking for something like windows explorer to find it. When I plug it into my pc I can see it, but not my mac. I can't really reformat the drive either because I can't see it on my mac. Am I doing something wrong, or will the cat5 cable just not work?
Thanks

genuino answered your query. Once that's finished, since you're a newcomer to the Mac, see these:
Switching from Windows to Mac OS X,
Basic Tutorials on using a Mac,
MacFixIt Tutorials, and
MacTips.
Additionally, *Texas Mac Man* recommends:
Quick Assist.
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