"mohitanchlia" wrote : | | anonymous wrote : | | The java.net.NoRouteToHostException doesn't represent a timeout. The "creation attempt took 5001 ms" message is just extra information provided by the invoker. | | | | So does it really mean that timeout is on initial Socket connection creation and not on the read operation? | Well, 1. The timeout is configured for the read() operation, not the connect() operation. 2. The java.net.NoRouteToHostException is being thrown from the connect() operation. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4199380#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...