Forcing Apple TV to use 802.11n

My wireless network is as follows.
Airport extreme connected to internet via cable modem.
Airport express configured as remote WDS base station.
Apple TV connected via wireless to network.
My problem.
Both the airport express and the airport extreme are within range of my Apple TV however the Apple TV appears to connect to my wireless network via the airport express limiting it's speed to 802.11g. The airport extreme capable of 802.11n is clearly within range of my Apple TV and I would like it to only connect via 802.11n. Is there any setting within the Apple TV to force it to stay on the 802.11n network even if the signal from my airport express may be stronger.
20" iMac core duo 2.0Ghz, Black Macbook core duo 2.0Ghz, 17" iMac 1.8Ghz G5, Powermac G4 1.0Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.9) Apple Extreme (pre-n), Airport Express, Apple TV

DML,
RE:Another option would be to set up the Extreme to use Access Control, limiting it to specific machines, by entering MAC addresses. If you don't enter the Apple TV's MAC address into the Express, would it be forced to find the Extreme, where it has 'permission' to access the network ?
That was an awesome idea and I think it might solve my problem. I setup the access control list on my express to only accept connections from my macbook. I'll post again after some further testing with my Apple TV. Many Thanks.
20" iMac core duo 2.0Ghz, Black Macbook core duo 2.0Ghz, 17" iMac 1.8Ghz G5, Powermac G4 1.0Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.9) Apple Extreme (pre-n), Airport Express, Apple TV

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[12011.488089] iwlwifi: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, in-tree:
[12011.488092] iwlwifi: Copyright(c) 2003-2012 Intel Corporation
[12011.488269] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: pci_resource_len = 0x00002000
[12011.488271] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: pci_resource_base = ffffc900050f8000
[12011.488273] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: HW Revision ID = 0x35
[12011.488585] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[12011.491862] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 9.221.4.1 build 25532
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[12011.492114] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS disabled
[12011.492116] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING enabled
[12011.492117] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TESTMODE enabled
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[12011.492121] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Centrino(R) Ultimate-N 6300 AGN, REV=0x74
[12011.492206] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[12011.502925] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: device EEPROM VER=0x436, CALIB=0x6
[12011.502928] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Device SKU: 0x1F0
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[12011.502946] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels
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[12011.503456] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[12011.503661] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x0-0x3-0x1
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[12011.745868] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x0-0x3-0x1
[12073.651471] iwlwifi: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, in-tree:
[12073.651474] iwlwifi: Copyright(c) 2003-2012 Intel Corporation
[12073.651660] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: pci_resource_len = 0x00002000
[12073.651661] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: pci_resource_base = ffffc900050b8000
[12073.651663] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: HW Revision ID = 0x35
[12073.652241] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[12073.655662] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 9.221.4.1 build 25532
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[12073.655890] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS disabled
[12073.655891] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING enabled
[12073.655891] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TESTMODE enabled
[12073.655892] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_P2P disabled
[12073.655894] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Centrino(R) Ultimate-N 6300 AGN, REV=0x74
[12073.655975] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[12073.666587] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: device EEPROM VER=0x436, CALIB=0x6
[12073.666593] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Device SKU: 0x1F0
[12073.666595] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Valid Tx ant: 0x7, Valid Rx ant: 0x7
[12073.666618] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels
[12073.667056] ieee80211 phy9: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs'
[12073.667456] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[12073.667659] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x0-0x3-0x1
[12073.908411] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[12073.908632] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x0-0x3-0x1
[12087.261869] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[12087.262090] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x0-0x3-0x1
[12087.487757] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[12087.488010] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x0-0x3-0x1
[12087.699574] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[12087.699781] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x0-0x3-0x1
[12087.837322] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[12087.837526] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x0-0x3-0x1
[12097.329577] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[12097.329832] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x0-0x3-0x1
[12097.797748] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[12097.797970] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x0-0x3-0x1
[12098.016220] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[12098.016458] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x0-0x3-0x1
[12100.458762] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[12100.459006] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x0-0x3-0x1
[12100.608769] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[12100.609021] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x0-0x3-0x1
[12100.764093] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[12100.764341] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x0-0x3-0x1
[12100.979029] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
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lshw | less :
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 35
serial: 00:24:d7:be:9e:74
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
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configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=3.5.3-
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ast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn
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