Inconsistent Airport USB disk mounting patterns

I have two Airport Extreme networks -- one at home and one in my office at work. I access both networks with a MacBook. Fine so far.
I also have an Iomega USB disk attached to the APE at home and an identical disk attached to my APE at work. The disk at home mounts nicely on my desktop. However, the disk at school does not mount. Connection proceeds to the point where I type in the password, but it does not mount, and I get the volume "__" could not be mounted message. This message appears regardless of which user account I work.
So, the Airport disk mounts fine at home but does not mount at my office. I've spent several hours deleting preference files, mucking around with the Airport Utility, etc. No go. Restarting the APE at work sometimes gives short-lived success, but it does not seem to last.
Any suggestions?

Okay, after reading several other discussion posts, the best workaround I've been able to find is to mount the Airport Disk through the Connect to Server menu. You'll need to know the IP address of your AirPort. It's probably either 10.0.1.1 or something like 192.168.0.1 -- you can find it by running AirPort Utility from the Utilities folder. Just click on your AirPort base station on the left side and the utility should say what the IP address of your base station is. (You can then quit AirPort Utility.)
Then press cmd-K, OR from the Finder click on the Go menu and then select Connect to Server...
In the "Server Address" box, type smb://AEBS-IP-adress/Volume-name
For example, in my setup, I connect to smb://10.0.1.1/Iomega because my AirPort Extreme Base Station has an IP address of 10.0.1.1 and the name of the drive I have connected to my AEBS is called "Iomega" The volume should now mount and show up in the Toolbar of any Finder window. It does NOT show up as a separate volume on my desktop, but your mileage may vary.
This has worked for me each time I've tried it and is much more reliable than trying to select my AEBS from the "Shared" option in the Toolbar of the Finder window.
BTW: If you will be doing this regularly, you may want to go back to the Connect to Server menu and click the + button to add it as one of your favorite servers.

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I have set up my USB disk in my Airport utility, trying all three options (accounts, disk password, and device password). I cannot find it in Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer to access it.
What is the trick?
Thanks,

There are a number of posts related to accessing AirPort Disks from Windows Vista / 7 PCs. Two potential solutions being forwarded are: 1) Changing the LAN Manager authentication level, and/or 2) Disabling the Windows Search feature.
To change the LAN Manager authentication level:
From the Windows Vista / 7 desktop, click Start
Search for: security
Click 'Local Security Policy'
Goto Local Policies > Security Options
Under Policy, double-click 'Network security: LAN Manager authentication level'
Change level to: Send LM & NTLM responses
Under Policy, double-click 'Network security: Minimum session security for NTLM SSP based (including RPC) clients'
De-select 'Require 128-bit encryption'
Click OK
To disable Windows Search:
Start > Control Panel > Programs > Programs & Features
On the right-hand side, click "Turn Windows features on/off"
Scroll down, and de-select "Windows Search".
Press OK, close all windows and restart.
A third "solution," that has worked for me, is verify that both the AirPort base station and the Win7 PC are using the exact same Workgroup Name. In my case, I use "WORKGROUP" (without the quote marks) for this name.
From the AirPort Utility, you would enter this value on the Disks > File Sharing tab.
On Win7, Start > Control Panel > System and Security > System > Change Settings > Change > Workgroup

Using the airport usb disk with playstation3...

anyone know how i can get my PS3 to see the USB disk hooked up to my AE, and use it as a media share?
I have a wireless-n AE, with a 250GB USB drive hooked up, and also a WD Mybook world edition 1TB server on a ethernet connection.
all the macs in my house see the drives just fine, but everytime i search for a media share on the PS3, it says 'no media shares found'.
i'm sure its a PS3 issue, but i was just wondering if anyone here has any experience with it, as i'm a complete noob when it comes to networking.
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a) WEP WPA password, ive never set one up for the airport, where do i find out what this password is for my PC?
You will set up wireless security (WEP or WPA) on the AirPort Express Base Station (AX)..using the AirPort Admin Utility, which is part of AirPort for Windows.
b) Everytime I run the Airport Express Assistant it gives me an error message saying "Windows is not the current network manager...please change Windows to the default", I dont know why I get this error and I assume windows is the one managing the networks I use.
Your PC has wireless capability...correct? The AirPort Setup Assistant requires a wireless connection to the AX.
c) I can connect to the airport through windows, but when in the Airport Management Utility it does not detect the Airport
Connect your PC directly, using an Ethernet cable, to the Ethernet port of the AX, and then run the AirPort Admin Utility to configure it.
d) After all this, will Windows and iTunes allow you to stream music thru the Airport Express, like it does on my mac with itunes???
Yes, you will be able to stream iTunes from your PC to the AX, either wired or wirelessly.

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yes

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I've been searching for quite some time and have so far been unable to come up with any helpful information.
I am attempting to move a directly attached USB external drive where my iTunes library is held, to my new Airport Extreme basestation, and repoint my library to the network share. I can see the drive mount as a sharepoint volume and am able to browse the disk. However,
It appears as though either my laptop or the airport has different cached mount points, as when I view the file system, I can see only part of my files, however when I directly attached the disk back to my laptop I can see all of them. I have a feeling this is something to do with the way OSX mounts disks as my drive is called "STORAGE" and if I check under /Volumes/ I now have STORAGE, STORAGE-1, STORAGE-2, STORAGE 1 all with different portions of my disk's file system.
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After calling Apple support as i was convinced my AEBS was faulty, i have since discovered that if and HFS+ disk cannot be varified and repaired successfully in Disk Utility, it would lock up my AEBS totally. My wireless would drop out and nothing would work any longer untill I turned the power off and on again.
I was able to correct the issue with the USB HDD by booting with the Leopard CD and using Disk Utility in Mac OS X setup. Trying the same thing when booting from the Macbook HDD would result in a 'failed to unmount' error.
Before anyone has a fit and trys to return their AEBS with a similar issue i suggest trying the above or another USB HDD. It just might save you the $49 that i paid as a result of being out of the 90 days of support on my AEBS and Macbook.
FYI, contrary to the technical requirements i was sent by the Apple service agent i spoke with, my Airport Disk IS working with 2 partitions. 1 HFS+ and the other a Windows partiton (i cant remember if its FAT32 or NTFS. My HDD is at home)
I have a collegue at work who was having similar issues with a FAT32 USB HDD on his AEBS but we have just discovered that the HFS+ HDD that i used to test my AEBS with, worked fine on his also. We are yet to find out if his HDD is faulty at this stage. Ill keep you all posted on what we find.
SO, at this stage it would be resonable to say that the AEBS doesnt handle corrupted HDD's very well. (IE it totally locks up and the wireless drops out)

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I'm using Airport Extreme at 802.11n to connect to the Internet and a 400GB USB 2.0 disk. I wonder why the transfer is SO SLOW (ussually 2.0 MB/s and peak of 5 MB/s).
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I got so frustrated with the slow speed on mine that I actually unplugged it from the APEBS and plugged directly into my MBP. Made me "very very angry indeed"! I didn't have this problem under Tiger.
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It looks like the answer is no, but I'm mildly surprised that Apple didn't make this more Apple-like
Just checking to see if one can do any "Disk Utility" type of access (Erase, repair, etc) to a USB HD off the AEBS (I have the gigabit version), or if you have to connect directly to your Mac for that.
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You must connect the drive directly to your Mac to get those abilities.

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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6568952&#6568952
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I know there are about 250 million threads about airport USB disk problems, but I can't see one with my specific drama.
I can connect, see the drive (its a LaCie 250GB) and move stuff to it via the airport. The problem is that I cant see the files once they are on the LaCie. The finder window will start to show each folder but after about 1 second all the folders dissapear and the finder says "0 items, 91.38 GB available".
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Someone please help, I'm going mad!

The disk sharing utility creates separate folders which are not visible when connected to the AEBS, but are when directly connected via USB to your computer:
"Shared" > for all mainly shared files and folders
"[Username]" > for all user related files and folders when you use account to access your disks through the AEBS via Airport.
So if you first connect your disk directly to your PC, make sure you copy your files to the "Shared" directory (and not directly in the root), and if you did not connect the disk to the AEBS before, or the "Shared" directory does not exist, make this folder yourself.
Goodluck!

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It is stupid why I bought the Airport Extreme. I thought I could connect my speakers to it, and then I realize I can't, so I tried to set it up with a USB Disk.
I am running Windows Vista and the Firmware is 7.4.1.
I can see the disk in my Airport Utility, but when I try to use the Airport Disk Preferences, it didn't show there. And if I try to map a network drive with //10.0.1.1 I couldn't connect to it either.
Mind sharing your thoughts on that?
Message was edited by: ksquare77

ksquare77,
Sorry I didn't have an external hard drive plugged up to my Airport Extreme at the time of my first post. But I did go and find it and hooked it up. I also grabbed my Wife's Vista Computer. I was however able to connect to it and read and write to the disk. So I'm trying to figure out what snag were running into on your side.
By any change are you running the latest version of the AirPort Utility on Vista I believe the latest is 5.4.1 you can download it here if you so need to http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/airportutility54 1.html
After installation it put a little icon down by the clock and I had to left click on it and it asks me for a User name and password. I thought then it would just open a window with the drive but I was mistaken, it did however mount them in (Computer) or the (My Computer), Equivalent I'm not by my wife's computer at this time to get the exact name. And in there I was able to just double click the drive and was on it.
Also a Couple of things I would check are in (Airport Utility)/(Manual Setup)/ (Disks) tab on the top/ (File Sharing) tab in that window. Check to make sure (Enable file sharing) is checked, And that (Workgroup) matches the workgroup your computer is on.
Hope this helps with your issue.

Airport Extreme USB Disk Sharing using MobileMe - Connection Failed...

After several hours of troubleshooting i've hit a brick wall.
I have just bought a brand new Airport Extreme Base Station (Dual Band etc) and it is all set up and working lovely.
I have now come to share my USB Disk using my MobileMe account. Add my mobile account to the configuration page, all ok still.
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Thanks for those links - i'll look at the powering down tomorrow as the Airport isn't at the property i'm at at the minute.
However, I can safely say the airport is configured just as in the first link. Like i said, I can remotely access the airport so can verify that from here.
The article regarding the formatting of the disk is also interesting. I have tried three disks, each with the same end result (not being able to remotely connect) but all have been slightly different formatting.
1) 500gb HFS+ formatted, single partition, my timemachine disk
2) 500gb - 450gb HFS+ partition - 50gb FAT32 partition - interestingly, although according to that article two partitions aren't supported - both mounted perfectly when I was connected to my airport locally
3) 8gb FAT32 formatted USB Stick - same thing - fine locally, cannot connect remotely.
Come to think of it - i did read somewhere that the usb port isn't (hot-swappable) so maybe the complete power off and on may solve the problem - but i fail to see how this is different technically to a restart through the software - and doubt very much it will fix the issue - but i will definitely give it a go tomorrow.
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