Apache documentation says that mod_proxy supports ProxyTimeout directive in Apache 2.0.x, however it doesn’t. Apache 2.0.x completely IGNORES ProxyTimeout directive. Click this to know more . Their release notes says that they tried to fix this bug in 2.0.61 version but that fix doesn’t work even. You would find correct implementation of this directive in Apache 2.2.X. No OTHER WAY. I tried following patches but they doesn’t work. http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-dev&m=120362209316755&w=2 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/branches/2.0.x/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c?r1=421178&r2=535853&pathrev=550514&diff_format=h http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c?r1=536291&r2=556972&pathrev=556972&diff_format=l So finally we used our RAMBAND and increased overall timeout of the Apache 2.0.53 server using Timeout directive