HD doesnt show through Airport extreme automatically

Hi,
For some reason my Maxtor external HD doesnt automatically show as being connected to my computer. For it to work I have to double click on my "shared" base station and click on the HD. But this is not very helpful considering each time i turn on my computer each day I have to do this to ensure my backups are able to mount the HD to backup. I want it to automatically show.
Can anyone please recommend a solution.
Thanks

I now about this new Airport Extreme but I had the same configuration for the last 3 years whitout any problems. Maybe there is a issue with the wifi in Yosemite because the problem started after the upgrade. It could be?

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