Network Drive "Connection Failed" in Leopard over Extreme

I am having the same problem and have not found a solution. Very annoying.

I hate to be a "me too" when posting, but me, too. Exact same problem.

I have a WDS set up with another AE that's connected to my cable modem. The AE that has my USB HD connected is being used a remote base station.

Before I set it up this way, I had the AE's connected to each other via Ethernet. I didn't have the issue then.

I'm not sure if that's part of the problem, but I thought I'd put it out there.

I have the same issue. USB drive connected to Airport Extreme. After the MacBook Pro goes to sleep and wakes I cannot reconnect the drive until I reset the Airport Extreme.

has anyone talked to apple support about a solution?
thx

talked to apple support
semi fixed the problem
currently it looks like they dont have a patch for when the computer goes to sleep and only way to access the HD after sleep is reset the airport

however if you eject the external disc before you standby you can log back in ok after you put computer to sleep
only issue is if you leave the computer and it falls asleep without manually disconnecting the drive

i suggest the more of us who let apple know of the issue they will get someone working on a patch

mt

I feel like I'm joining a support group or something. Picked up an Airport Extreme yesterday and connected a LaCie Porsche 500 GB. Everything seemed to work fine but then started to get the connection failed (presumably after the macbook went to sleep). Same solution--restarting the airport fixed it--until it fell asleep again.

PLEASE HELP US APPLE!

BTW, I wonder if this is a known issue and if that's the real reason behind no time machine backups via airport-connected USB drives.

This is happening to me too. I've had the Airport Extreme for a while but just upgraded form my POwerBook to a Macbook Pro. I didn't have this issue on the PB, just the Macbook. Very annoying. I hope they fix it soon.