diff --git a/netaddress.go b/netaddress.go
index 331dc44d9..90fcf6a43 100644
--- a/netaddress.go
+++ b/netaddress.go
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 package p2p
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"net"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
-	. "github.com/tendermint/go-common"
+	cmn "github.com/tendermint/go-common"
 )
 
 type NetAddress struct {
@@ -61,6 +62,18 @@ func NewNetAddressString(addr string) (*NetAddress, error) {
 	return na, nil
 }
 
+func NewNetAddressStrings(addrs []string) ([]*NetAddress, error) {
+	netAddrs := make([]*NetAddress, len(addrs))
+	for i, addr := range addrs {
+		netAddr, err := NewNetAddressString(addr)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.New(cmn.Fmt("Error in address %s: %v", addr, err))
+		}
+		netAddrs[i] = netAddr
+	}
+	return netAddrs, nil
+}
+
 func NewNetAddressIPPort(ip net.IP, port uint16) *NetAddress {
 	na := &NetAddress{
 		IP:   ip,
@@ -85,7 +98,7 @@ func (na *NetAddress) Less(other interface{}) bool {
 	if o, ok := other.(*NetAddress); ok {
 		return na.String() < o.String()
 	} else {
-		PanicSanity("Cannot compare unequal types")
+		cmn.PanicSanity("Cannot compare unequal types")
 		return false
 	}
 }
diff --git a/switch.go b/switch.go
index 9ee933640..2f7177bf0 100644
--- a/switch.go
+++ b/switch.go
@@ -296,58 +296,24 @@ func (sw *Switch) startInitPeer(peer *Peer) {
 	sw.addPeerToReactors(peer) // run AddPeer on each reactor
 }
 
-//error type for seed errors
-type SeedError struct {
-	seed string
-	err  error
-}
-
-type SeedErrors []SeedError
-
-func (se SeedErrors) Error() string {
-	var str string
-	for _, e := range se {
-		str += ("seed: " + e.seed + " error: " + e.err.Error() + "; ")
-	}
-	return str
-}
-
-// Dial a list of seeds in random order
+// Dial a list of seeds asynchronously in random order
 func (sw *Switch) DialSeeds(seeds []string) error {
 
-	ch := make(chan SeedError) //channel for collecting errors
-	passing := 0               //number of passing seeds
+	netAddrs, err := NewNetAddressStrings(seeds)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	// permute the list, dial them in random order.
 	perm := rand.Perm(len(seeds))
 	for i := 0; i < len(perm); i++ {
-
 		go func(i int) {
 			time.Sleep(time.Duration(rand.Int63n(3000)) * time.Millisecond)
 			j := perm[i]
-
-			addr, err := NewNetAddressString(seeds[j])
-
-			if err != nil {
-				ch <- SeedError{seeds[j], err}
-			} else {
-				sw.dialSeed(addr)
-				passing++
-			}
+			sw.dialSeed(netAddrs[j])
 		}(i)
 	}
-
-	//collect any errors from the channel
-	var seedErrs SeedErrors
-	for {
-		seedErr := <-ch
-		seedErrs = append(seedErrs, seedErr)
-		if len(seedErrs)+passing == len(perm) {
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
-	return seedErrs
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (sw *Switch) dialSeed(addr *NetAddress) {
diff --git a/switch_test.go b/switch_test.go
index 85a1e080e..1b2ccd743 100644
--- a/switch_test.go
+++ b/switch_test.go
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-
 	. "github.com/tendermint/go-common"
 	cfg "github.com/tendermint/go-config"
 	"github.com/tendermint/go-crypto"
@@ -121,14 +119,6 @@ func TestSwitches(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected exactly 1 peer in s2, got %v", s2.Peers().Size())
 	}
 
-	//Test DialSeeds
-	err := s1.DialSeeds([]string{s1.NodeInfo().Network}) //"0.0.0.0:46658"})
-	assert.Nil(t, err, "expected successful dial seeds")
-
-	//Test Bad Dial Seeds
-	err = s1.DialSeeds([]string{"0.0.0:46658"})
-	assert.NotNil(t, err, "expected unsuccessful dial seeds")
-
 	// Lets send some messages
 	ch0Msg := "channel zero"
 	ch1Msg := "channel foo"