# timeout and pingtimeout

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/timeout-and-pingtimeout/55548>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [July 14, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/timeout-and-pingtimeout/55548 "2020-07-14T12:19:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![LogicaHost\_Solucoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ab097/32.png) [@LogicaHost\_Solucoes](https://community.wowza.com/u/LogicaHost_Solucoes)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/timeout-and-pingtimeout/55548/1 "2020-07-14T12:19:44Z")

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hello,

if wowza has timeout and pingtimeout does it mean that it tries to check if the client connection is up or the target or both?

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**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/timeout-and-pingtimeout/55548/2 "2020-07-14T18:13:19Z")

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Great question and I can share some of our official wowza definitions:

**ClientTimeout, IdleFrequency** : Respectively, the length of time, in milliseconds, that the server will wait before shutting down an unresponsive client connection and the length of time, in milliseconds, between idle events. For basic video on demand (VOD) streaming, a value of 250 provides the best reliability-versus-performance ratio. For live streaming, a value between 125 and 250 is more desirable.

The **ApplicationTimeout** is how long the application will stay available to client connections. If no clients connect within that period of time then the application will stop. **PingTimeout** is the amount of time that the application will wait for a response from the client during a ping. A **ping** is checking to see if the client is still available, if the client doesn’t response in this window of time, the application will close the client connection.

I hope that helps.