WRT 610N USB file sharing

I am trying to use the USB option for the WRT 610N. The computer with linksys advisor and the one that contols the router is running WXP SP3. I try using linksys websites instructions, but when I enter the address 192.168.1.1, I don't see any subdirectories to select. I am loged in under linksys_media 5 Ghz, the USB drive is not connected to the router, does anyone know what isgoing on? I also have another computer with WVista SP1, but when I try to select the WRT610n it asks me to login and the login fails, my other two computers with xp never ask for a login, how do I get around the login thing?

My WRT610N is also not playing nice with both my Macs & Windows computers.
I managed to set up disk sharing the first time, but I could not connect to the Internet. After calling tech support, I can now connect to the Internet (after doing a reset on the router: Holding the hard reset button down with a paperclip for 1 min, and then disconnecting the power from the router for 10 secs), but hard disk sharing no longer works. 
I have set up shares, but I do not see the server name in Finder. Also, I cannot access the server through a web browser (i.e. by typing in 192.168.1.1).
Reading the replies on some discussion threads, it seems to me that this function in the router is unreliable at best. Does anyone have a solution for this? 

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    OK, so here is my problem... After doing this, I was able to save a file directly to the drive... I also followed these instructions as it said it would be faster overall... Now, I use Apple Backup 3.1 to backup both my laptops to my external hard drive on the Extreme. Well, when I brought up the drives on my desktop, the names didn't change, but the names of the drives were all capital letters... I think this threw off the Backup program because it said that it doesn't recognize this location, therefore, it showed that he had never backed up to that location before. So, figuring I changed it and caused a few minor changes, that I would just erase the hard drive, plug the hard drive directly into the laptop as I had done before to speed up the inital backup, and then go back to wireless backups thereafter as they wouldn't be "full" backups and would then be faster and tolerable. Well, when I went to connect the drive to my laptop via the USB cable, you could hear the drive mounting, you could see the drives mounted in Disk Utility, but they refused to show up on the desktop, no matter what. What does this mean? Did making the drives work as File Sharing drives make them no longer able to mount via a cable anymore? What gives? Any ideas?

    1. My USB 500GB External Hard Drive is currently
    partitioned into three different drives. The Volume
    Format is "Mac OS Extended (Journaled), what is
    that?
    Mac OS Extended (Journaled) is one of the HFS formats. Apple does not use the term HFS anymore but it is the same thing. You can find a good explanation about it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HFS_Plus
    This will explain journalling, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalingfilesystem
    2. What is a FAT volume? What does FAT stand for?
    Where would I select that?
    Here is an explanation about FAT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileAllocationTable
    It is a choice in Disk Utility when you erase a disk.
    3. What is an HFS volume? What does HFS stand for?
    Where would I select that?
    See above: Mac OS Extended.
    It is a choice in Disk Utility when you erase a disk.
    4. What does SMB mean/stand for?
    It stands for Server Message Block explained here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ServerMessageBlock
    It is a protocol for connecting to volumes over a network.
    5. What does AFP mean/stand for?
    It stands for Apple File Protocol explained here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleFilingProtocol
    It is also a protocol for connecting to volumes over a network.
    - Yes, I tried to save an MS Word document to my
    AirPort Disk, but it hung up and I got the spinning
    beach ball and ended in an error and I had to force
    Microsoft Word to quit. Then I saw that posting and
    I tried that, I was then able to open an MS Word
    document and save it directly to the drive the first
    time. However, like I said, it messed up my Backup
    3.1 (When mounting as SMB) and made it believe that
    this was a whole new drive and that it hadn't backed
    up to it before, when it had, but only when I
    connected as AFP.
    Did Backup work when you connected using AFP?
    - So, this would've been a simple fix if I plan on
    staying with SMB share, however, when I go to connect
    my USB External Hard Drive directly to my laptop, the
    partitions do not mount on my drive like they had
    before I made the drives a File Sharing device
    through AirPort Utility.
    Try using Disk Utility to repair the disk or disk permissions and see if you can read it again.
    6. How do I get that drive to be recognized by my
    computer again when I connect it directly to my
    laptop?
    I don't know why this is happening you may want to call Apple Support about that.
    7. I don't care about anything Windows/PC, so
    whatever way is FASTER and provides the BEST results,
    let me know!
    If you don't have PCs then stick with Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as your volume file format.
    8. Also, when I select "Connect to server" and then
    click "Browse" and then "Network" nothing shows up in
    there, but when I type the path in they connect just
    fine, why?
    That's strange! All available network volumes should show up when you click on the Network icon in the Finder. I don't know why it is not working for you.
    THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP!
    Some thoughts!
    I would stick with Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as your volume file format. If backing up to the network share is important to you, I would wait until Apple fixes the problem regarding opening and saving Word files directly to the network share (Air Disk). Save them locally and then copy them to the network share.

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