How do I get my macbook pro to 'see' my external HD attached to Airport BS?

Hi, I'm still finding my way around my mac and have come up against a wall!
I have a Maxtor External Hard Drive attached via USB to my Airport Base Station (firmware 7.1)
I can see the Hard Drive is listed in the Airport Utility, I have ticked enable file sharing.
Problem is how to get my mac to see the drive wirelessly?
Before I connected the Hard Drive I had connected a USB printer, by using the 'Printer & Fax' set up utility on my mac it soon was able to print with no problems.
I can connect the Hard Drive directly to my mac and the disk appears on my desktop.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

That's what I read here...
http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/sharing.html
"Instant drive sharing.
New to AirPort Extreme, AirPort Disk turns almost any external USB hard drive into a shared drive. Simply connect the drive to the USB port on the back of your AirPort Extreme and — voila — all the documents, videos, photos, and other files on the drive instantly become available to anyone on the secure network, Mac and PC alike. It’s perfect for backups, collaborative projects, and more.
A simple-to-use AirPort Disk Utility gives you more setup options. You could set the disk to become available whenever you connect to the network. You could set up password-protected accounts for everybody on the network, or allow read-only access to certain files and folders. The choice is yours."
But have you looked/clicked on the Airport Icon, (if you have that in your Menu Bar), or in Network Control Panel>Configure>Airport Tab, to see if there is perhaps an "Airdisk" in the Network drop down?

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