Time Capsule in Yosemite disconnects half a minute after power up

Have recently upgrade to Yosemite (OS X 10.10.1). Unfortunately now Time Capsule does not make any more backups, as it seems to loose connectivity to the wifi after about 30-60 seconds. My router is a Cisco EPC3925.
Connecting the TC to my iMac via LAN cable works well and backups can be made.

This could be the computer and not the TC at all.. If you upgrade installed Yosemite onto the computer then wireless issues are not uncommon.
Factory reset the TC and redo the setup.
Use all very short names.. eg TCgenx base station name. (x can be the actual base station Gen number.. eg latest one is 5).
Wireless please use different names for both bands.. so TC24ghz and TC5ghz.
Start with no security at all and run a test.. connect the computer to one band wireless name and then the other and see if the TM will pick up again.
You should of course reset TM and reset its target disk.. it will say it needs to restart the backup but in fact will discover the old one when it starts and continue.
Once you determine that everything runs right.. or at least works on one band or the other.. please use WPA2 Personal security with a 8-20 character password.. pure alphanumeric mix of case and numbers.

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