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For those fighting the battle of CenturyLink and Third Party DSL modems, this configuration is currently working for my DSL line.


CenturyLink 40Mbps, VDSL2, PPPoE TRENDnet AC750 Wireless VDSL2/ADSL2+ Modem Router, 200 Mbps VDSL Downstream Speeds, USB share ports, TEW-816DRM
Configuration:

DSL Mode: PTM Protocol:  PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) WAN Service Type:  Internet 802.1Q VLAN ID:  201  Priority: 0 IP Protocol:  IPv4 PPP Username: "set this to what CenturyLink Provides" mine also had the @qwest.net but I've been a long time customer.  Could have "centurylink.net" etc. PPP Password:  "again this is provided by Centurylink" Confirm Password:   Authentication Method:  Auto Dial-Up Mode: Always On Inactivity Timeout: 1 MRU Size:  1492 MTU Size:  1492  (I've read that others have changed this but I have not) Keep Alive:  "checked" LCP Echo Interval (sec): 30 LCP Echo Failure: 5
Note:  The items that bit me were the DSL mode ( CenturyLink tech told me ATM), and the VLAN setting.  Hope this helps someone else as I spent a considerable amount of time on trial and error.  
Also, this model of modem is very finicky.  It appears to be highly configurable, but what caused my initial issue was that a simple reboot caused it to lose all configuration.  During my efforts to reconfigure it, it lost all configuration multiple times, proving that it apparently does have some memory issue.