Extended Network bast station is extremely slow

I have an Airport Express base station that when connected transmits at speeds less that 10% of the Airport Extreme it is extending despite full signal.
I am getting around 4500kbps through the extreme and around 300kbps through the Express which is not enough to stream iCloud without rebuffering.
I have checked to make sure I am using WPA2 Personal and the "n" standard.  What else should  I consider?

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