Setting up remote hard drive using air porter extreme?

Hi All,
Wondering how I set up my Mac Book Air to access a hard drive (LaCie 1 TB) thats plugged into my air porter extreme.
The intent is to be able to set this up so I can store a variety of data from my MBA and IPad and other Mac products. Not a computer guys so kinda need a set up for dummy directions....
Thanks,
j

Hello,
Here some info about setting up hard drive sharing with Airport:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1331

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