Use connection-ttl at connector level.
<connector name="netty-othernode"> <factory-class>org.hornetq.core.remoting.impl.netty.NettyConnectorFactory</factory-class> <param key="host" value="node2"/> <param key="port" value="5445"/> <param key="connection-ttl" value="7200000"/> </connector>
Platform JIRA for HORNETQ-1126