Networking an external drive through TC ethernet connection.

I hope someone can help with this. I have a 1TB Time Capsule which is almost full. I got a Seagate free agent dockstar drive (1TB). The plan was to link it to the TC via the 1GB ethernet connection and move my iTunes library to it (freeing up a ton of space on my TC).
I've connected it and it is connected via the internet, but I can't seem to find it anywhere else (finder, Network, Disk Utility, etc). The drive was reformatted to be Mac OS Journaled, so that's not it. Any thoughts on how to "find' the drive as part of my network?
Seagate offers instructions in its manual (below).
"You can access the drives connected to DockStar network adapter from the Network window
(without using the Pogoplug Web interface). Follow these steps to set up local network
access.
1. Select Go from the menu bar at the top of the desktop.
2. Select Network from the menu.
3. Double-click Seagategroup.
4. Locate and then double-click the name associated with your DockStar network adapter."
The breakdown is between steps 2 and 3. There is no "Seagategroup". Or anything else relating to the new drive.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Craig.

AppleMan1958 wrote:
An external drive with Firewire, which is formatted Mac OS Extended (journaled) is your best bet. i.e. not FAT32.
You may be able to get a network drive to work if you set up symbolic links to fake out iMovie that the file is local.
Thanks. I've just discovered that that particular device has an ethernet IN port so it's no good.
thanks for the info on formatting though - I didn't know that.
that can be done with the Disk Utility, can't it?
if I was using an external hard drive to store and access my iPhoto and iTunes libraries would they also need to be "Mac OS Extended (journaled)"??
regards

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