External HD not showing up in Shared Drive in Finder

I upgraded my Early-2011 MBP from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. Everything is fine except my Western Data external HD is no longer displayed under Shared Drives in Finder, nor is it found in Disk Utility. However, when I plug the HD directly into my MBP via USB, everything is fine: It appears in Shared Drive and is found Disk Utility. I'm really stumped because prior to upgrading to Mountain Lion, I made sure my drivers and firmware was up to date on my external HD as well as my Belkin N+ router. Just for a point of reference, I think it's a Mountain Lion issue because I have a white MacBook running Snow Leopard and it has no problems with the external HD. That's why I am holding off on upgrading it until I find out how to resolve this issue with my HD. I appreciate any input!
Thanks, friends!

Same problem here: Mac Pro that has a large external drive attached to it that I use as the Time Machine drive for our other Macs. All 2 Macs have been upgraded to ML. Everything worked fine back to thru all OS X versions, all the way back to Leopard. Only way I can get the sharing to work is to turn off sharing on the Mac Pro and then turn it back on. It stays available for a day or two and then no longer is accessible from the other Macs Finder or Time Machines. However iTunes home sharing and Apple TV can still get to the files on the Mac Pro.
Frustrating.....

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