Force connection to a specific access point

My apologies if this is too "wordy". My network consists of an Airport Extreme Dual Band as the main router and two Airport Express n's extending the 5Ghz network separately named basically for Directv Multi Room Viewing. The only n client that I have at the moment is an Apple TV and the majority of the time it is connecting to the 5Ghz network via the Airport Extreme. The wireless rates of the devices on the 5Ghz network range from 108 to 216. However, on occasion when I stream a video from a computer on the network, the video becomes unwatchable. I bring up the Airport Utility to the check wireless rates and the Apple TV is no longer connected to the Airport Extreme, but to one of the Airport Expresses and the rate has fallen to 12. Is there a method/procedure/setting to "force" the Apple TV to only connect to the Airport Extreme and never connect to one of the Airport Expresses? Many thanks.

I've had more success not creating a separate name for the 5ghz so the client can determine which one is better.
Interestingly, I have been messing wtih MRV from DirecTV using an extreme base also, and I find that 2.4ghz N works a lot better than the 5ghz N, even though the "rates" in airport utility are higher. The signal strength on my DTV bridge is higher with the 2.4ghz. YMMV, and I wonder if its related the the complaints of performance on the 5ghz band of these bases.

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