RDP Timeout
Looking for the timeout for RDP connections. We have some slow networks and RDM gives up too fast.
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Hello Joe,
Thank you for contacting the Devolutions support team.
Could you activate the Keep Alive feature and set it to the value that should fit your disconnection?
This setting is under the entry properties -> General -> Experience -> Keep Alive.
Best regards,
Patrick Ouimet
Not sure I made myself clear.
This timeout I refer to is initial RDP connection. Not after I am logged on.
Hello
I'm guessing that you're using the embedded RDP? I took a look at this, and the MS RDP ActiveX that we use does have an "overall connection timeout" property that we don't currently expose in any way through the application.
I did check what that property returns on my machine for a default value, and it uses 900 seconds (15 minutes). Confusingly, that's higher than the maximum value that the documentation declares (600 seconds / 10 minutes).
Approximately how long is the connection attempted for in your case? Do you know that it's timing out - what actually happens when the connection fails?
Does it connect with the "external" mode (using mstsc)? How long does the connection or timeout failure take in the case?
My feeling is that the timeout is already configured to the maximum possible, which is quite high, and I wonder if it's actually something else going on.
Please, let me know if something isn't clear or you have other questions
Kind regards,
Richard Markievicz
It's around 30s, so it's related to something else.
mRemoteNG has/had a setting that allowed mstsc to wait longer.
I will have to investigate more and will get back to you.