Antennas for Airport Extreme

I would like to extend the range of my Airport
Extreme. I ordered a D-Link antenna from MacMall
with their assurance that it was compatible with
Airport Extreme, but I find that the connector from
the antenna does not match the jack on the back of my
Airport Extreme.

Is there an adaptor that will allow the D-Link
antenna to connect? Or can anyone recommend another
antenna that is compatible with Airport Extreme?
My local Apple Store had nothing in stock and was no
help at all, even though the manual for the Airport
Extreme (bought 6 months ago) says that's where I can
go for an antenna to extend the range.

No external antenna can be hooked up to an Apple Airport Extreme Base Station (802.11n). The AEBSn uses multiple internal antennas.

I'm guessing he meant you can't add an antenna to the new version of the Extreme N, which is what this forum is for and which is true.

Perhaps you were looking for this forum:

http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1015

This is patently not true. There is a jack on the
back of the Airport Extreme (the round model) for an
external antenna, and the user's manual that came
with it clearly states that an external antenna can
be purchased to extend the range of the device.

Read the posting, dude, and read the title of the Discussion Forum, "AirPort Extreme (802.11n)":

and maybe re-read it:

No external antenna can be hooked up to an Apple Airport Extreme Base Station (802.11n). The AEBSn uses multiple internal antennas.

I repeat: the AEBSn CANNOT use external antennas. Period.

neptune2000 wrote:

This is patently not true. There is a jack on the
back of the Airport Extreme (the round model) for an
external antenna, and the user's manual that came
with it clearly states that an external antenna can
be purchased to extend the range of the device.

Read the posting, dude, and read the title of the Discussion Forum, "AirPort Extreme (802.11n)":

and maybe re-read it:

No external antenna can be hooked up to an Apple Airport Extreme Base Station (802.11n). The AEBSn uses multiple internal antennas.

I repeat: the AEBSn CANNOT use external antennas. Period.

OK, so back to the original question -- why does Apple Store's site state specifically: "With this AirPort Extreme Base Station model you can extend the range of your wireless network by adding an Apple-approved omnidirectional or directional external antenna." and " External antenna port available on selected models. For use with Apple-approved antennas only; antennas sold separately. " and the title on the page is "AirPort Extreme Base Station (with modem and antenna port)" ( http://tinyurl.com/yq3wmz)

Does anyone know specifically whether or not you can add an antenna, and if so, which one, and where to get it? I searched on Apple's site and couldn't find any antennas . . .

It just feels like this is getting extremely difficult, when Apple has always been extremely simple . . .

Any help would be welcome!

Thanks!

susan

Your confusion stems from the fact that there are multiple versions of the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS).

Your link is to the older round 802.11b/g AEBS which DOES have an external antenna port.

This discussion area is for the newer square 802.11b/g/n AEBS which does NOT have an external antenna port.

Duane wrote:

Your link is to the older round 802.11b/g AEBS which DOES have an external antenna port.

This discussion area is for the newer square 802.11b/g/n AEBS which does NOT have an external antenna port.

OK Fair enough -- but why can't I find this newer AEBS on Apple's site? What am I missing?

Thanks --

susan

Not sure why you are having trouble.

The description of the new one can be found at http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/

The new one can be found in the on-line store at this link.