# Drb Timeout issues

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/drb-timeout-issues/40773>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [20 September 2007 04:39 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/drb-timeout-issues/40773 "2007-09-20T04:39:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Angad\_Chadha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Angad\_Chadha](https://rubytalk.org/u/Angad_Chadha)\
**Post date:** [20 September 2007 04:39 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/drb-timeout-issues/40773/1 "2007-09-20T04:39:22Z")

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All,

I am using drb to query server information from a client. My issue is  
when the client gets the server object and begins querying information,  
if the server shuts down or loses a it ip address, the client wait for  
the server to come up again. Until the client does not receive the  
information, it waits.

Is there any way I can set a timeout or check if the server exists and  
not query information in such a case?

Thanks for all the help,

Angad

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