MacBook + OS X 10.5 + Freecom Network Disk -- No data shown on connect

Hello,
Since I use MacOS X 10.5 I cannot connect to my Freecom Network Drive 500GB via SMB anymore. Unter 10.4 it worked fine.
Now, OS X 10.5's finder shows the network drive and connects (Username "admin", PW: "my-password") but does not show any of the harddisk's content. It is also not possible to disconnect the networkdrive anymore.
(The same time under MS Windows the drive works fine)
Does anyone of you have the same type of problem?
Product: Freecom Netword Drive 500GB LAN & USB 2.0
Model Code: SHPABE
Firmware: NAS2891-009T3 LOADER 3.2

Hi,
This is not an answer to you question but you might be able to answer mine!
Before your problem did you successfully have the NAS drive working with a Mac and PC on the network sharing files, music and photos?
I'm looking to get a NAS drive and have the problem that my wife's laptop is running XP and I'm running OS X 10.4.11

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