Time Machine cannot find NAS drive since Lion install

I've been very successfully using a Buffalo NAS drive to backup using Time Machine in Snow Leopard, but since 'upgrading' to Lion I just cannot get TM to see the NAS drive.  I can see the drive in Finder, and it's listed as a share, but each time I try a backup I receive the same message:  'The backup disk is not available'

Not sure about Buffalo.
I have a DroboFS NAS and had to get a firmware upgrade for it to support the changes that Apple made in Lion.
http://www.cultofmac.com/third-party-nas-time-machine-backups-killed-in-lion/105 831

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