PPPoE stays connected forever despite "Disconnect after 30 seconds"

This is costing me a fortune. I have a PPPoE connection that charges me by the number of seconds I'm connected. Normally the Airport Extreme is great...it connects only when somebody's using it and disconnects when it's done.
About once a week, it just gets "stuck" and never disconnects. It doesn't tell me it's stuck (it's in the attic next to where the connection comes into the house). I just find out by checking my ISP and finding out that I've just been charged $50 for a full day of continuous connection.
Is there a way to automatically reboot it periodically (twice a day?). Or is there a way to fix this problem where it gets "stuck" and just keeps the PPPoE connection open?

Welcome to the discussions!
You might want to look a simple electronic timer that plugs directly into an AC socket so you could set the device to power on and power off daily at specified times.

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