Share a USB HD connected to Time Capsule

I have seen several similar questions and responses, but none of them quite hits the spot (as far as I can tell). I am hoping to tap into the shared wisdom of this community to help!
What I am trying to do, is to share on my wireless network, an external hard drive, that is connected to my Time Capsule, via USB. The desired end state is to use the hard drive as a sort of media server - and to enable Boxee (installed on an old Apple TV) be able to access the hard drive.
I have followed the tips I found on this site and others to get this far. At this point I can access the hard disk from my MacBook Pro. When I search for solutions to my latest issue, I can come across a lot of articles about how to format the disc, how to mount it, how to be able to see it in Finder. But i've cleared all those hurdles. I am looking for a solution to the question "How can i share the drive on my wireless network?"
I have tried the following:
In Finder, i can see the TC listed under my "shared" category; the USB drive is showing as a 'folder' under "Data"
In Finder, I can see the drive listed under "devices"
From my MacBook pro, I can access, read, write, watch videos, listen to music, which is saved on the Drive
In the Sharing utility, I can see the drive in the left-hand pane under "Devices". But when I click the + under "Shared Folders", and i navigate to the drive, it is greyed out and the "Add" button is greyed out.
Right click on the drive in a normal Finder window, and click "Get Info". I try to adjust the access under "sharing and permissions"; use the name "everyone" and the privilege "Read & Write". But for some reason it doesn't seem to "take". As soon as i close the window, and re-open it; it is back to "no access".
I have tried to add the drive manually in boxee by directly inputting the ip address for the Time Capsule. The operation times out.
I have powercycled the TC, the modem, the AppleTV, and the HD.
Time capsule firmware is up to date (7.5.2); no other issues with the TC
Boxee is the latest version (0.9.22.13692); works fine reading other shared drives
Apple TV software is the latest version (3.0.2); works with no issues
Can anyone please suggest any actions or settings that i must have missed?
Thank you in advance.

I will try to help you, although we do not have an Apple TV.
We have a Macbook Pro (Leopard) and a PowerPC G5 (Tiger). We have a 2TB USB external HD connected to the Time Capsule. Both computers are able to connect to the USB HD, although in different ways.
This is our setup on the File Sharing tab of Airport Utility:
Enable file sharing: checked
Secure Shared Disks: with Time Capsule Password
Airport Disks Guest Access: Not allowed
Share disks over the Internet using Bonjour: not checked
(We don't have any Windows file sharing)
From the Macbook Pro (which is used to set up the Time Capsule), the TC just shows up automatically and we can browse to the USB HD.
However, from the G5, in the Finder, I had to do this:
Go > Network.
Select the name of the Time Capsule.
Press Connect.
The first time, you're asked for the username and password. Here, I type the name of the TC as the username, and the TC password as the password.
Then you should get a list of the volumes you can mount. Select the one you want and hit OK.
When my mom visits and brings her Snow Leopard macbook, it's even easier, just Go > Network, select the name of the Time Capsule, Connect, enter the password, and immediately all shared disks are available. This is wireless.
Good luck.

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Hello Tesserax.
I have the USB modem stick plugged into the back of my i-Mac, and yes I can set up an ad-hoc airport connection between my i-Mac and (say) my Apple TV, and share internet that way. This works but only if I disconnect the i-Mac ethernet cable from the Time Capsule. Presumably, this is because both the Mac and the Time Capsule are both trying to be routers ???
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First off, Archon23, what you want to achieve is possible. I have access to both my Time Capsule (TC) and the USB drive connected to it, from a Win. 7 and Win. XP machine.
Here is what I see from the Windows side of things:
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     From Windows HomeNet - Time Capsule:
Now getting there is the trick.
One caveat before proceeding: I am not well versed in Windows Networks, Windows Sharing and Firewall settings so some of the following may not be elegant, may not be absolutely required, and may not be the best way of getting there. But it is what I did to see both the TC drive and it's attached USB drive on the Windows side of my network..
1.) First, I added Airport Utility to the Inbound rules of Win 7 Firewall
While poking around my Network Sharing and Firewall settings trying to figure this out, I got a Pop-up recommending I do that. AND I did that. Oh, and while you are at it, make sure you have a Home network established.
2.) Next, on a hunch, I installed a USB Wi-Fi Adapter (under $20) to my Win PC, enabled that Wi-Fi connection and disabled my Ethernet connection. I was getting no where on this matter with my Ethernet connection to a DSL Gateway. But with a Wi-Fi connection to my AirPort Express Base Station, I made progress.
3.) Finally, while poking around my Network Sharing Center some more, one by one I started the various network device Setup Wizards in there, and Trouble Shooters, to find the elusive TC/USB devices in question...AND voila, it worked.   And it's stable, been this way for going on two weeks now.
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Hi, I seem to be having the exact same problem. I have an Airport Express with AirTunes connected to my Time Capsule. Don't know if that could be affecting anything?
Anyways I have intermittent problems with my network as well... after I went into Airport Utility do see if anything needed updating (can't remember what I did in there unfortunately) I lost the connection and when I regained wireless it no longer is able to find the USB-harddrive connected to Time Capsule.
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hello,
ik have a question about the hardware i wanna buy
i have a IMAC that is 3 years old and running on leopard snow 10.5, i want to upgrade the software from this mac to 10.6 and put 4GB workmemory into it, i have now 1GB.
I have ordered a MAC MINI SERVER leopard snow 10.6(also ordered a dvd superdrive, wireless typing, and a wireless mouse for the mac mini)
i have ordered a Time Capsule 2TB
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G-technologie 8 TB G-SPEED Q RAID-oplossing (hdtower)
UPC of EAN nr.: 705487185744 in the mac store
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LG DP1W MEDIAPLAYER/CENTER without harddisk build into it, with WiFi connection butt, i'm gonna use te 2.0 USB connection that is faster and stabile.
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