Your log shows: 00:02:13:44 L3 IP: (vcc1) Physical Link Active 00:02:13:44 L3 IP: (vcc1) IP Protocol Up 00:02:14:47 L3 DSLU: dsl_ALC_GetCcounters : Link Failure 00:02:14:47 L3 DSLU: dsl_ALCresponses : Close Successful 00:02:14:47 L3 DSLU: dsl_ALCperiodic : Link lost 00:02:14:47 L4 ATM: PHY layer has gone down 00:02:14:47 L3 IP: (vcc1) Physical Link Down Link has failed Re-Sync process begins below. Notice it's 15 seconds from failure to up again. A loss of sync has all the negative words (lost, down, failure). 00:02:15:00 L3 DSLU: dsl_ALCresponses : Connect Successful 00:02:15:00 L3 DSLU: dsl_ALCperiodic : Link Connected 00:02:15:01 L4 ATM: PHY layer is up, waiting for cell delineation 00:02:15:01 L4 ATM: Cell lock detected 00:02:15:02 L4 ATM: Cell lock verified 00:02:15:02 L3 IP: (vcc1) Physical Link Active 00:02:15:02 L3 IP: (vcc1) IP Protocol Up 00:02:15:18 L4 TS: User "" completed login as user {this is me logging in}