WRT610 USB HArd Drive Access

Just installed a WRT610 V1 and attached an external USB hard drive. I created a share from the Linksys Admin page, which can see the drive fine. My home network now recognizes a new "Computer" on the net where (I presume) the drive will be revealed once the correct username/password is discovered. I have tried my machine accounts from 3 different PC's, the router username password as provided during initial configuration, and every other combination I can think of, all to no avail. I see the storage tab in the Linksys management software, but I cannot find any place the set/reset a uaername/password.
How can I gain access to the drive from PC's that can see the new "Computer, see each other, see each others drives and other devices without issue?
Any insights or advice to seek elsewhere for help will be much appreciated. I purchased the WRT610 for two things the replaced router did not have: Wireless-N and the USB port for storage, so I'm a bit frustrated at this point ;-)

To see or access your Hard Drive on all your computers you have to Map the Network Drive...
To Map Network Drive : 
XP :
Click Start, Click Search.Click Computers or people.Click A computer on the network.In the Computer name field, enter the server name that you created on the Storage > Administration creen. The default server name is WRT610N.Then click Search.In the Name column, double-click Wrt610n.In the User name and Password fields enter the default
User name and password, admin.Click OK.The Default shared folder of your USB storage appears.To access your USB storage, double-click Default.To map the Default shared folder to your computer,right-click Default. Click Map Network Drive.Keep the default Drive letter, or select the letter you want to use from the Drive drop-down menu.On your desktop, double-click My Computer. The Default shared folder of your USB storage is listed under Network Drives.To access your USB storage, double-click the Default shared folder. You can use the Default shared folder as another drive on your network.
Vista :
Click Start, Click Network.You will be notified if file sharing is turned off. Click the message.Click Turn on network discovery and file sharing.Double-click WRT610N listed in the Computer category (do not double-click WRT610N listed in the Network Infrastructure category).If you do not see the WRT610N listed in the Computer category, then enter the default server name, WRT610N in the Search field, and press the Enter key.See the Advanced Configuration section later in thisAppendix for information on how to change the server name.In the User name and Password fields, enter the default User name and password, admin. If you want to change the password, see the Advanced Configuration section later in this Appendix. Click OK.To map the Default shared folder to your computer, right-click Default. Click Map Network Drive.Keep the default Drive letter, or select the letter you want to use from the Drive drop-down menu.On your desktop, double-click My Computer. The Default shared folder of your USB storage is listed under Network Location.To access your USB storage, double-click the Default shared folder. You can use the Default shared folder as another drive on your network.

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