Hi,

When the remoting server is not available (it is unreachanble/ closed/
non-existent),  making a call on the remoted object takes 45 seconds, and
this timeout value cannot be changed.

MSDN says this problem is fixed by setting the channel timeout property, but
this doesn't work.  

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=892614&SiteID=1

There are workarounds, like launching the remoting request on a new thread,
but this is only a workaround. I would like to know if there is a 'real'
solution to this from Microsoft, like a working timout setting?

Thanks,
Kosmo