Windows 10 Dell desktop W10 home idling at night; internet prevents sleep

[Ted R1]

This machine is idle all night and I prefer it to sleep. It will do so in the normal way but only when internet service is interrupted, turn off ethernet, turn off router, etc. When internet is present the machine attempts to sleep in the normal way however a few seconds after it begins sleep it wakes up again, and this cycle repeats all night. Is there some setting I can change to stop internet service from waking the machine?

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