"UFO" Airport Extreme with network drive

I have an older, UFO-shaped Airport Extreme and I am trying to use a network drive with it. I got a new drive, formatted it and plugged it into my Airport via USB. The drive spun up, but nothing happened. Can't seem to connect to it via my computer, I have tried to do so via the "Network" and through Time Machine.

Sorry, but the older 802.11g (dome-shaped) AirPort Extreme Base Station's USB port will only support USB printers not hard drives.

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