Can I force my airport extreme to 802.11g only?

I've got an 802.11n airport extreme base station, and its options for network speeds are 802.11n (b/g compatible) & 802.11n only. Is there any way to force it to do 802.11g only? Or 802.11n/g only...I don't want it doing b because apparently the ps3 picks b over g and goes pretty slowly. So I want to force it to be g at the slowest.

You can set the 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn) for 802.11g only by holding down the <Option> key before making the selection in the AirPort Utility.

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