ITunes downloads seem to hang when library is on shared USB hard disk

I have a shared USB hard disk on my AirPort Extreme Base Station. I'm able to play music just fine, but when I download a podcast or purchased music from iTunes, the download will start and then hang for a long time. When I quit and tell it to quit downloading in the dialog box, it ignores my choice and won't quit. I'm not even able to force quit iTunes and then can't even shut down my iBook without killing it by holding down the power button.
Is this an issue with transfering the data to the harddrive while airport is also downloading the song? Is there a way to avoid this situation? A setting? Should I be connected to the router directly and not wirelessly?
Please help.

You have to mount your drive each time you want to use it. There is a special Airport Disk Utility to do that. Or you create an alias on your desktop (which you can of course only do once you have connected for the first time).

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Welcome to Apple's discussion groups.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449
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