Problems connecting a NAS to Time Capsule

Hi everyone,
I just purchased a Time Capsule for backing up my Mac Book Pro, and to use as my wireless router. I also have a Western Digital My Book NAS drive that I want to connect to the Time Capsule via an ethernet cable.
I want to use this NAS drive just for extra storage, not for backing up with Time Machine or anything like that... and I already know that I can easily plug a USB drive into Time Capsule.
The problem I am having is that according to the instructions with my NAS drive, once the NAS is plugged into the router (ie Time Capsule) via ethernet, it is suppose to show up in my Finder (under 'Shared') and then I can begin to configure it. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be that easy. I don't have anything showing up in the Finder at all (other then the Time Capsule Data drive). I have tried the usual restarting my computer, router etc... but nothing I do seems to help.
I don't know all that much about networks, but I am wondering if there is something I need to set up in the Airport Utility to be able to see the drive?
Any feedback, guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Annalog wrote:
I just purchased a Time Capsule for backing up my Mac Book Pro, and to use as my wireless router. I also have a Western Digital My Book NAS drive that I want to connect to the Time Capsule via an ethernet cable.
The problem I am having is that according to the instructions with my NAS drive, once the NAS is plugged into the router (ie Time Capsule) via ethernet, it is suppose to show up in my Finder (under 'Shared') and then I can begin to configure it. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be that easy. I don't have anything showing up in the Finder at all (other then the Time Capsule Data drive).
The NAS drive should appear in the same place as the Time Capsule Data drive.
I don't know all that much about networks, but I am wondering if there is something I need to set up in the Airport Utility to be able to see the drive?
Not really. Assuming that the Time Capsule is configured (in the Internet panel, Internet Connection tab) with "Connection Sharing" set to "Share a public IP address", and that the NAS drive is configured to be a DHCP client.
One thing you could to do investigate things is to launch AirPort Utility, put the Time Capsule into "manual setup" mode, pull down the "Base Station" menu, select "Logs and Statistics", then select the "DHCP Clients" tab. Look for the NAS drive there. If you're having trouble identifying it, this Web site can identify the manufacturer assigned each range of MAC addresses:
http://www.coffer.com/mac_find/

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So what your saying is for the fastest internet speed and back up speed possible I should keep my Airport Extreme plugged into my Modem and keep my TC set up as a wireless extender? Then when I want to do back ups I should plug an ethernet cable from my TC to my MacBook Pro?
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