USB disk connected to TC shows on one Mac, but not the other

Hi guys!
The Time Capsule works just great! I'm running it bridged in my existing network, with WiFi turned off.
And the USB disk shows fine on my Mac, but not on my colleagues' Mac. TC shows on both. What am I missing here?
The USB disk will serve as "file server" and will be backed up onto TC together with the macs.
Update: Whoa - now it suddenly shows up on both machines. Go figure.
Message was edited by: Niklas Wikman

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