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# Network Configurations

If you have an unstable connection, sometimes you might want to overwrite the defaults of the `RequestsSettings`. These settings propagate to the Project and Dataset objects that are created from the [EncordUserClient](/sdk-documentation/sdk-references/user_client).

You can overwrite the timeouts for read and write operations. The following script overwrites the read, write, and connect timeouts. Ensure that you replace 'private\_key\_path' with the full path to your private key.

```python theme={"dark"}
# Import dependencies
from encord import EncordUserClient
from encord.http.constants import RequestsSettings

# Replace the number 300 with the number of seconds you want to set the timeout to
NEW_TIMEOUT = 300

request_settings = RequestsSettings(
    connect_timeout=NEW_TIMEOUT,
    read_timeout=NEW_TIMEOUT,
    write_timeout=NEW_TIMEOUT,
)

#Authenticate using the path to your private key
user_client = EncordUserClient.create_with_ssh_private_key(
    ssh_private_key_path="<private_key_path>",
    requests_settings=request_settings
    )
```