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Macworld has put online its reviews of the Dr. Bott antennas for the AirPort Extreme Base Station. These antennas work only with the $250 modem version of the AxBS. A sectorized antenna covers 70 degrees of arc and received 4 1/2 mice out of 5 possible; an omnidirectional antenna received four mice. The antenna are $150 for the 70-degree version and $100 for the omni.
MacWireless is now offering eight antennas, four each for graphite/snow and Extreme base stations. You still have to take apart the graphite/snow models to get to the antenna jack inside, but it's nice to buy from a company that's dedicated to these models.
The updater is currently only available from the Software Update system preference, but should be added as a download from their Web site soon. The release notes don't explain anything about this specific update, but it includes firmware release 5.1.1 for the AirPort Extreme Base Station.