Setting Folder Permissions on a Network Hard Drive

I have an iomega network hard drive (500gb) connected by ethernet directly to my airport extreme. I am the administrator for this home network and have full access to airport settings. I want to set permissions for individual folders on that drive so some users can read and write to them, and some users can only read them. All users need some read/write access to the drive, so I can't simply lock the entire drive. When I open the information screen for a folder on this drive, the "locked" check box will not stay checked, and I have no drop-down options in the permissions area. How do I set permissions for folders on this network drive?

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