Description of problem:
If you set ConfigurationBuilder.socketTimeout(999), the client fails to connect to the server.  Here is a debug log for ping operation.  socketTimeout(1000) works without errors.

~~~
TRACE [Socket.cpp:107] Trying to connect to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1).
DEBUG [ConnectionPool.cpp:133] Ensuring idle connection limits
DEBUG [ConnectionPool.cpp:138] Testing idle connections
DEBUG [Socket.cpp:134] Attempting connection to 127.0.0.1:11222
DEBUG [Socket.cpp:184] Connected to 127.0.0.1:11222
TRACE [PingOperation.cpp:27] Executing Ping
TRACE [TcpTransportFactory.cpp:130] Initial ping has thrown an exception when pinging 127.0.0.1:11222 : timeout (host: 127.0.0.1 port: 11222) Resource temporarily unavailable
~~~


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
JDG 6.5.1
RHEL 6.6, 7.1


Steps to Reproduce:
$ sudo yum install lua-devel
$ unzip cpphotrodclient.zip
$ cd cpphotrodclient
$ vi Makefile # modify the path of HOTROD_DIST
$ make runlib


Additional info:
connectionTimeout seems to work with 999.