This should be a JBM issue. The client configuration parameters is not passed to the ConnectionValidator in jboss remoting, which performs the client ping operation. In JMSRemotingConnection.addConnectionListener() and addPlainConnectionListener(), it uses client.addConnectionListener(listener), which doesn't pass in the config. Rather it should use the client.addConnectionListener(listener, metadata) so the configuration can get populated into remoting layer. I'll create a JIRA issue for that. Thanks View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4200552#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...