diff --git a/http_server.ts b/http_server.ts
index 6cbbf00..8a5b0af 100644
--- a/http_server.ts
+++ b/http_server.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import http from "node:http";
 import { logger } from "./logger.js";
 import { config } from "./settings.js";
 import { discoverDevices } from "./discovery.js";
-import { DevSerial, SendDevStatus } from "./impl.js";
+import { DevSerial } from "./impl.js";
 import { Handlers, makeSession, Session, startVideoStream } from "./session.js";
 import { addExifToJpeg, createExifOrientation } from "./exif.js";
 
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ export const serveHttp = (port: number) => {
   let devEv = discoverDevices(config.discovery_ips);
 
   const startSession = (s: Session) => {
-    s.send(SendDevStatus(s));
     startVideoStream(s);
     logger.info(`Camera ${s.devName} is now ready to stream`);
   };
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ export const serveHttp = (port: number) => {
     logger.info(`Discovered camera ${dev.devId} at ${rinfo.address}`);
     responses[dev.devId] = [];
     audioResponses[dev.devId] = [];
-    const s = makeSession(Handlers, dev, rinfo, startSession);
+    const s = makeSession(Handlers, dev, rinfo, startSession, 5000);
     sessions[dev.devId] = s;
     config.cameras[dev.devId] = { rotate: 0, mirror: false, audio: true, ...(config.cameras[dev.devId] || {}) };
 
diff --git a/session.ts b/session.ts
index e6fa1b9..a2e2745 100644
--- a/session.ts
+++ b/session.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ export const makeSession = (
   dev: DevSerial,
   ra: RemoteInfo,
   onLogin: (s: Session) => void,
+  timeoutMs: number,
 ): Session => {
   let unackedDrw = {};
   const sock = createSocket("udp4");
@@ -86,8 +87,7 @@ export const makeSession = (
         let buf = create_P2pAlive();
         session.send(buf);
       }
-      if (delta > 9000) {
-        // should depend on whether we are streaming video
+      if (delta > timeoutMs) {
         logger.warning(`Camera ${session.devName} timed out`);
         session.eventEmitter.emit("disconnect");
       }
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ export const makeSession = (
   return session;
 };
 
-export const configureWifi = (ssid: string, password: string) => {
+export const configureWifi = (ssid: string, password: string, channel: number) => {
   return (s: Session) => {
-    [SendWifiDetails(s, ssid, password, true)].forEach(s.send);
+    [SendWifiDetails(s, ssid, password, channel, true)].forEach(s.send);
   };
 };