Setting up Simpleshare NAS Drive with Airport Extreme

I've had an Airport Extreme wireless network used by all my Macs for a number of years now. As far as I've been able to see there is basically no security enabled and it should be playing nice with everything.
However....
I just purchased two SimpleTech SimpleShare NAS drives (one for myself and another for a friend) and have tried both on my home network (one at a time) but no luck at all.
When I use the recommended way to connect to the drive "Cmd K and enter smb://Simpleshare" I keep getting told 'could not connect to the server because the name or password is not correct." If I go through the Network Browser it claims "the alias cannot be found..." I've discovered the actual IP being used by the drive and tried directly entering it but no luck.
These drives are Mac compatible and should basically be plug and play, however, something on my Mac or the Airport or preventing the drive and my Mac Book Pro (10.4.8) from communicating.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!!!!

Michael Miller of SimpleTech emailed me back the following and it has fixed my problems once and for all. I accessed the drive via Safari and the IP address of the NAS drive and then installed a new firmware update (that is not available on their website drive page yet) and rebooted the machine and viola! it works.
Please try typing smb://simpleshare/config. If you can get into that, then loading the new firmware I’ve listed below should correct the additional problems you are experiencing.
Here is a link to the 1.09 firmware. Load this firmware and RESET your drive to complete the fix.
http://www.simpletech.com/support/downloads/firmware/simpleshare/simpleshare-1-0 9.trx
Installation instructions for the firmware can be found at this link:
http://www.simpletech.com/support/support_faq-simpleshare.php#Q12
When the blue light returns, after loading the firmware, please RESET the drive. To RESET you will need a paperclip or similar. Press and hold the RESET button for 10sec, rear of the simpleshare beneath the power button. When the blue light returns again you should be able to run NasFinder and map the drive successfully.
Listed below are the changes in the new 1.09 firmware. If you prefer to use the older 1.07 firmware you can reload it at this time.
http://www.simpletech.com/support/drivers/hdd/SimpleShare/SimpleShareFirmwareV1_ 07.trx
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