Airport Extreme Data Rate

Hi All,
I have a home setup consisting of 2x AirPort Extreme's (5th Gen) connected together via Cat5e. I was just having a browse in the airport utility and noticed my connection status on my extended AirPort Extreme was 'Good' with the data rate only at 100 Mb/s where the maximum was 1,000 Mb/s.
Anyone have any idea's where the bottleneck is here? Or have I possibly misconfigured something?
Thanks in advance.

You are correct, from the Windows Airport Utility you cannot see this information, however from the iPad Airport Utility I can see the following information as shown below. To be this seem's that it is stating the line speed between my two AE's - Correct me if I am wrong....

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Other question/ statement. I assume that the closed network portion of the setup is the same as turning off the SSID of other routers. Do I assume correctly?

goldengti, Welcome to the discussion area!
Is the multicast rate the same as the TX rate on other routers?
Sorry I don't know about other routers. The multicast rate defines the minimum data rate the base station will use and maintain the wireless connection. If you set it to 11 Mbps, the wireless connection will be broken if that data rate can't be maintained.
Other question/ statement. I assume that the closed network portion of the setup is the same as turning off the SSID of other routers. Do I assume correctly?
Yes the same useless option. Regardless of how you set this option on any router, the SSID is still broadcast between any connected clients and the base station. Therefore it only takes a few seconds to discover the SSID.

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Hi madtytan,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
These settings will help ensure maximum performance, security, and reliability when using Wi-Fi.
For more information on this, take a look at this article:
iOS and OS X: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4199
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