"mohitanchlia" wrote : | Reason I have been asking same question is because below timeout corresponds to the timeout I have set in timeout attribute. | My mistake, again. org.jboss.remoting.transport.socket.SocketClientInvoker.createSocket() overrides MicroSocketClientInvoker.createSocket(), and the former uses the configured timeout for the Socket.connect() call. You're right! View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4199385#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...