2011 Mini Gigabit Speed not possible with Airport Extreme

I am unable to connect my 2011 Mac Mini to my Airport Extreme at Gigabit speeds. If I use a Motorola SBG6580 as a router I am able to achieve Gigabit speed. If I use my Airport Extreme or my Airport Express (both new in 2012), I am immediately kicked back to 100 Mbit speeds.
I have already eliminated the wiring as possibility.
Anyone have any suggestions? Am I just out of luck if I want to use Apple to Apple devices? I only noticed this after upgrading to Mavricks, is this possibly the answer?

Hello woodmeister50,
I think I found the root cause this morning. I took my wife's MBP to all my network outlets in my house. All connect at gigabit speed, execpt for that one outlet. It connects at 100 Mbit. I switched the position on the main switch, same result. I think something is wrong with the wiring in the wall, although it is marked as CAT 5e. I may have to rerun that outlet. Who woudl have thought...
Thanks again for the responses.
Jason

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