Time Capsule reboots about every 20-30 minutes

Hey all,
I have a Time Capsule (about 6 months old) with a cable modem plugged into it. My wifi is being extended by a brand new Airport extreme. I have 4 computers connecting via wifi to it. About every 20-30 minutes the wifi signal drops from the TC, confirming this with iStumbler, and the TC has to reset. I haven't gotten a back up to complete in quite a few days due to this. Any ideas?
I have unplugging all ethernet devices, hard reseting it to factory defaults, and of course power cycling it.

I would firstly go back to 7.6.1 firmware.. the latest firmware has some horrible bugs .. especially in cases of extend wireless.
To go back you simply hold down the option key whilst selecting version.

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