I've discovered the http.maxConnections property for JAX-WS. I understand the default is 5 connections, but I am confused as to why my JAX-WS client is opening more that 5 socket connections if there is a max and http.keepAlive is true? If anyone could point me in the right direction or let me know if I misunderstood this setting, that would be very appreciated! I'm hoping to avoid writing a pool for the jax-ws client to limit the number of socket connections. Previously I used axis2. It has an option HTTPConstants.REUSE_HTTP_CLIENT so it would only use one connection over and over. Perhaps JAX-WS has a similar option? Thanks! /Chip View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4269904#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...