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All DNS traffic completely suspended for 60 seconds randomly throughout the day
Hi, I am again experiencing an issue that MANY other XR1000 users were experiencing 6-12 months ago (and earlier as well). The symtom is that at several random times throughout the day, ALL netwo...
Internet search on "DNS Probe Started" turns up a bunch of recommendations. My router is set to use Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) and Google (8.8.8.8) instead of the ISP supplied DNS servers. (I wasn't having any problems, but did that on a whim.)
If these episodes occur on a regular schedule, such as every 60 minutes, there are several active discussions on that topic.
What resources are available to troubleshoot network issues? For example, I have set up "network taps" to allow me to record the WAN traffic between my router and the internet. (There is a feature on the router's "debug" page to record the LAN/WAN traffic but it seems to have a circular buffer that does not hold very much. Using the tap, I can record gigabytes of data to a hard drive for analysis.)