Hi Howard. I think I have to solve this connection Lost issue first. I have added a Topic in the remoting forum for that too: http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4219740#... Maybe this influence was no influence... Maybe it was just the side effect of this connection lost error. I also have tried the forceRemote setting with no effect. The biggest issue in my situation is that it happens so often but also that the messages are stuck after the reconnect. This has to do with Jira entry https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBMESSAGING-1543 I think. My test is simple: 1. start 2 servers A and B on different machines. 2. deploy a bridge on A which pull messages from B to A 3. unplug network cable --> result connection lost error: my reconnect time is 50 seconds 4. after 50 seconds the reconnect Bridge message occurs 5. add messages to the queue on A. Those are not transfered unless I restart the bridge via jmx or restart the server View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4219757#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...