# Drb Timeout issues

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drb-timeout-issues/115055>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 20, 2007, 6:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drb-timeout-issues/115055 "2007-09-20T06:39:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![daxlnc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/8e7dd6/32.png) [@daxlnc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/daxlnc)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 6:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drb-timeout-issues/115055/1 "2007-09-20T06:39:21Z")

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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