Patent ID: 7860130

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a first interface configured to communicate with a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) transceiver unit through a first twisted pair, the first twisted pair comprising a first plurality of wires; a second interface configured to communicate with the DSL transceiver unit through a second twisted pair, the second twisted pair comprising a second plurality of wires; and logic embodied in one or more tangible media for execution and when executed configured to: receive a plurality of first signals from the DSL transceiver unit through the first plurality of wires of the first twisted pair; send a plurality of second signals to the DSL transceiver unit through the second plurality of wires of the second twisted pair, and send one or more messages through the first twisted pair or the second twisted pair to the DSL transceiver unit the one or more messages comprising: a first instruction to receive the plurality of first signals through the first plurality of wires of the first twisted pair; and a second instruction to send the plurality of second signals through the second plurality of wires of the second twisted pair.