Mapping to disk on Airport Extreme's USB port from G5 over Ethernet

I just set up my Airport Extreme network, with multiple machines (Windows XP, Vista, Mac G5, iPad and iPod Touch) sharing the internet connection via both Ethernet and WiFi without any problem.
My XP and Vista machines are connected via WiFi, and I was asked to supply the shared disk's password, and once I provided it, I was able to see the drive attached to the USB port on the Extreme.
My Mac G5 is connected to the Airport via Ethernet. It never asked me for the shared disk's password, adn I could not see the drive in Finder.
Any suggestion on how to map to the shared drive over Ethernet will be greatly appreciated. Thanks! /Kenny

Any suggestion on how to map to the shared drive over Ethernet will be greatly appreciated.
It really shouldn't make any difference whether the G5 is connected by Ethernet or wireless, the AirPort Disk should be "visible" in the Finder sidebar.
If not already, be sure that you have either or both "Connected servers" & "Bonjour computers" enabled in Finder Preferences > Sidebar.

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I would appreciate any comments.

I re-ran the tests several times, taking care to "pre-warm" the connections by rebooting the router (and the switch when applicable) and making one false start, stopping the first transfer and then starting the timed transfer.
The transfer times when no switch was involved were virtually the same as I reported earlier, with the gigabit router significantly outperforming the pre-gigabit AEBS (it was 5.73 times slower). Interestingly, the transfers via the gigabit switch were virtually as fast as a pure transfer using only the gigabit router.
And there was no difference in the gigabit switch-employed transfer times regardless of whether a pre-gigabit or gigabit router was used. Here is my revised conclusion:
Using a gigabit switch with Apple's pre-gigabit 802.11n router overcomes the slowness associated with a pre-gigabit router provided that pre-warming techniques are employed.

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Hello
I was hoping to add some better backup capacity to our home. Can I use the same disk attacheded to the USB port of an Airport Extreme for Time Capsule use for our Macbooks, as well as general use by the windows laptops> If not is it possible to add multiple disks to the Airport Extreme and designate one for Mac Laptops, and the other for Windows use.
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Ted

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Rufus Cat-
Even if it was compatible, AirPrint does not work through a USB link, only Ethernet or WiFi.
I do not see your HP 4500 listed on Apple's list of AirPrint compatible printers. <iOS: AirPrint 101> Therefore you need to take another approach. To start, I suggest you download the free HP App, ePrint Home & Biz. It has limitations, but should get you printing with your existing setup.
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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.
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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.
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I have attached a Western Digital external drive, that I can successfully see the files on it when connected by USB to my iMAC, but when connected to my Airport Extreme I am unable to see it. I can however, see it successfully within the "airport utility" as a storage device connected to the base station. Why can I not see it and where should I be able to view it from?
Thanks in advance Neil

1. I do not see the AEBS in "finder" as I do idisk etc.
2. I do not see the AEBS in "disk utility" either
You will not see the disk in either Finder or Disk Utility until it is mounted.
I've had the same issue. Always have resolved them by shutting down the disk and disconnecting the USB, also cycle power on your USB hub if your using one. Reconnect the disk and power-up.
I can connect to the server (though not sure what account I should do this as) but there are no volumes to select.
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