TC loses DSL connection on occasion, but defintely at 10:05pm every night

I'm experiencing "hiccups" in my connection. Many of them are random, but for the past 3 nights, at 10:05, the TC has lost my DSL connection and then picked it back up 1-2 minutes later. There's the obvious culprit of the DSL company, but I also wonder if there might be settings in the TC that could contribute to this. Any ideas?

Xian,
Just a stab in the dark, but try the following:
Launch Airport Utility.
Select your TC on the left.
Click "Manual Setup".
With "Airport" selected in the toolbar, click the "Access" tab on the far right.
What is selected for "MAC Address Access Control"?
Also, are there any wireless devices with their MAC addresses listed in the pane below?
If so one of them might be the Mac in question. Try removing it, clicking "Update", and seeing if that makes any difference.
Otherwise, it may be that an electrical event in the home is created a spike at that moment in time. Do you have any timed events going on in the home at that time of night? Maybe sprinklers or other automated devices coming on or off?
Cheers!

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