diff --git a/test-network-k8s/README.md b/test-network-k8s/README.md
index cbcc22fd..443e3618 100644
--- a/test-network-k8s/README.md
+++ b/test-network-k8s/README.md
@@ -23,26 +23,6 @@ _Fabric, Ahoy!_
 - [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/)
 - [envsubst](https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/envsubst-Invocation.html) (`brew install gettext` on OSX)
 
-### OSX DNS 
-
-Fabric services are exposed by Ingress at the wildcard DNS domain `*.vcap.me`, resolving to the 
-loopback interface at 127.0.0.1.
-
-On OSX, the Fabric golang binaries are not able to resolve hosts at this domain.  As a workaround, add 
-the following entries to your /etc/hosts file:
-
-```
-127.0.0.1 org0-ca.vcap.me
-127.0.0.1 org1-ca.vcap.me
-127.0.0.1 org2-ca.vcap.me
-127.0.0.1 org0-orderer1.vcap.me
-127.0.0.1 org0-orderer2.vcap.me
-127.0.0.1 org0-orderer3.vcap.me
-127.0.0.1 org1-peer1.vcap.me
-127.0.0.1 org1-peer2.vcap.me
-127.0.0.1 org2-peer1.vcap.me
-127.0.0.1 org2-peer2.vcap.me
-```
 
 ## Quickstart
 
diff --git a/test-network-k8s/config/org1/core.yaml b/test-network-k8s/config/org1/core.yaml
index 817d5826..28267f63 100644
--- a/test-network-k8s/config/org1/core.yaml
+++ b/test-network-k8s/config/org1/core.yaml
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ peer:
     # CLI common client config options
     client:
         # connection timeout
-        connTimeout: 3s
+        connTimeout: 10s
 
     # Delivery service related config
     deliveryclient:
diff --git a/test-network-k8s/config/org2/core.yaml b/test-network-k8s/config/org2/core.yaml
index e32cb32a..8a42d72e 100644
--- a/test-network-k8s/config/org2/core.yaml
+++ b/test-network-k8s/config/org2/core.yaml
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ peer:
     # CLI common client config options
     client:
         # connection timeout
-        connTimeout: 3s
+        connTimeout: 10s
 
     # Delivery service related config
     deliveryclient:
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ vm:
     # unix:///var/run/docker.sock
     # http://localhost:2375
     # https://localhost:2376
-    endpoint: unix:///var/run/docker.sock
+    # endpoint: unix:///var/run/docker.sock
 
     # settings for docker vms
     docker: