Internet speed goes half at night (WRT54GS 1.1)

During the hours of 7pm-12am, my internet will go half it's speed sometimes even less but when connected directly to the modem my speed will be normal. I have a Linksys WRT54GS 1.1. I never had this problem until 3 days ago, is there any reason why my router would do this? btw I heard it's normal for speed to be lost when connected wirelessly but I get full speed (10mbps) any time but 7 to 12 it goes half it's speed unless I connect it directly to the modem.

Make sure that your network is secured..It might happen that somebody is using your network in the specific time period you have mentioned.So open the Linksys GUI by typing 192.168.1.1 in the address bar.The default password is "admin" in lower case.
Click on the Wireless tab...Provide a unique name in the Wireless Network Name (SSID) box in order to differentiate your network from your neighbors network...Set the Wireless channel to 11-2.462GHz...
For Wireless Security..Click on the Sub tab under Wireless > Wireless Security...Change the Wireless security mode to WPA, For Encryption, select TKIP...For Passphrase input your desired WPA Key. Passphrase should be more that 8 characters...

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