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.
Thanks for any help,
Peter Bickelmann

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

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