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Have used XBox Live for quite some time and connections have always been
almost instantaneous.
Over the last couple days, however, the XBox has just began taking quite a
bit of time (~10 seconds) to resolve DNS. Strange, as in the past the DNS
IP was resolved practically instaneously. Ten seconds may not seem like a
long time, but after being used to establishing a connection practically
instaneously, it is a little annoying. (Not to mention that now, on a rare
occassion, its failing to resolve the DNS IP all together.)
Google and deja searches came up with other postings regarding DNS
resolution problems with the XBox, but no real solution.
Strange, as nothing on my end has changed between the time when DNS was
coming up instantaneously to the slight delay now:
XBox plugged directly into a D-Link DI-764 router (with latest firmware)
with straight-through CAT5. IP's automatically resolved on XBox by the
router's "static" DHCP table:
XBox IP: 192.168.0.116
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.0.1
DNS: 192.168.0.1
All the IPs (except for DNS) are still instaneously resolving on the XBox.
After the delay with DNS, the XBox connects to Live as quickly as before.
No network changes before/after the XBox started becoming slow to resolve
DNS. I've tried using manually entered IPs for DNS on the XBox with both my
gateway IP and my ISP's (Roadrunner) DNS IP -- with no effect as it still
takes a little while to resolve.
Router's firewall looks good. Ports for the XBox are open. Ohmed out
ethernet and coax cables -- they all look good. Tried another CAT5 cable
with XBox anyway, with same results. Laptop plugged directly into router
gets all it's IPs (including DNS) with no delay. Router's DHCP is also
working just fine with everything else over-the-air to include a couple
desktops, a PS2 (ethernet-wireless bridge),, Dreamcast (broadband adapter +
wireless bridge), a Media Center, a PDA, ect. Only the XBox is experiencing
this strange delay with DNS.
The only change that I can think of was that after going to download new
content with a game, it stated something to the effect that Live needed to
be updated. It then dropped to the dash and went to download, but it
appeared that it discovered that the Live update it wanted to be installed
was already installed -- and went back into the game (allowing content to be
downloaded just fine afterwards). At the time, I thought that was a little
"strange" as I knew that the most current Live was already downloaded and
installed. After dropping to the dash, it didn't appear to download and
install though. It appeared to have only done a "check", saw that the Live
version it wanted was there, and went back into the game without
downloading/installing. This particular game was either "Crimson Skies" or
"Ghost Recon", (sorry, I can't remember which it was). This was the first
time I went online with this particular game, so at the time I didn't think
much about the "version check" it performed. I have to wonder now,
however, if this activity may be linked to the DNS behavior currently
experienced.
This "DNS Delay" is definetly not a network problem, but something going on
with the XBox. I'm wondering if I can re-install Live from the starter kit
(year old) and do an update again. Anyone come across this strange behavior
and found a solution?
Thanks!
Have used XBox Live for quite some time and connections have always been
almost instantaneous.
Over the last couple days, however, the XBox has just began taking quite a
bit of time (~10 seconds) to resolve DNS. Strange, as in the past the DNS
IP was resolved practically instaneously. Ten seconds may not seem like a
long time, but after being used to establishing a connection practically
instaneously, it is a little annoying. (Not to mention that now, on a rare
occassion, its failing to resolve the DNS IP all together.)
Google and deja searches came up with other postings regarding DNS
resolution problems with the XBox, but no real solution.
Strange, as nothing on my end has changed between the time when DNS was
coming up instantaneously to the slight delay now:
XBox plugged directly into a D-Link DI-764 router (with latest firmware)
with straight-through CAT5. IP's automatically resolved on XBox by the
router's "static" DHCP table:
XBox IP: 192.168.0.116
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.0.1
DNS: 192.168.0.1
All the IPs (except for DNS) are still instaneously resolving on the XBox.
After the delay with DNS, the XBox connects to Live as quickly as before.
No network changes before/after the XBox started becoming slow to resolve
DNS. I've tried using manually entered IPs for DNS on the XBox with both my
gateway IP and my ISP's (Roadrunner) DNS IP -- with no effect as it still
takes a little while to resolve.
Router's firewall looks good. Ports for the XBox are open. Ohmed out
ethernet and coax cables -- they all look good. Tried another CAT5 cable
with XBox anyway, with same results. Laptop plugged directly into router
gets all it's IPs (including DNS) with no delay. Router's DHCP is also
working just fine with everything else over-the-air to include a couple
desktops, a PS2 (ethernet-wireless bridge),, Dreamcast (broadband adapter +
wireless bridge), a Media Center, a PDA, ect. Only the XBox is experiencing
this strange delay with DNS.
The only change that I can think of was that after going to download new
content with a game, it stated something to the effect that Live needed to
be updated. It then dropped to the dash and went to download, but it
appeared that it discovered that the Live update it wanted to be installed
was already installed -- and went back into the game (allowing content to be
downloaded just fine afterwards). At the time, I thought that was a little
"strange" as I knew that the most current Live was already downloaded and
installed. After dropping to the dash, it didn't appear to download and
install though. It appeared to have only done a "check", saw that the Live
version it wanted was there, and went back into the game without
downloading/installing. This particular game was either "Crimson Skies" or
"Ghost Recon", (sorry, I can't remember which it was). This was the first
time I went online with this particular game, so at the time I didn't think
much about the "version check" it performed. I have to wonder now,
however, if this activity may be linked to the DNS behavior currently
experienced.
This "DNS Delay" is definetly not a network problem, but something going on
with the XBox. I'm wondering if I can re-install Live from the starter kit
(year old) and do an update again. Anyone come across this strange behavior
and found a solution?
Thanks!