diff --git a/app/fetch_preconfig.js b/app/fetch_preconfig.js
index 9e3336ca1..d8ca07952 100644
--- a/app/fetch_preconfig.js
+++ b/app/fetch_preconfig.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {Client4} from 'mattermost-redux/client';
 import {ClientError} from 'mattermost-redux/client/client4';
 
 import mattermostBucket from 'app/mattermost_bucket';
+import mattermostManaged from 'app/mattermost_managed';
 import LocalConfig from 'assets/config';
 
 import {t} from 'app/utils/i18n';
@@ -18,6 +19,12 @@ import {t} from 'app/utils/i18n';
 const HEADER_X_CLUSTER_ID = 'X-Cluster-Id';
 const HEADER_TOKEN = 'Token';
 
+let managedConfig;
+
+mattermostManaged.addEventListener('fetch_managed_config', (config) => {
+    managedConfig = config;
+});
+
 const handleRedirectProtocol = (url, response) => {
     const serverUrl = Client4.getUrl();
     const parsed = urlParse(url);
@@ -39,12 +46,20 @@ Client4.doFetchWithResponse = async (url, options) => {
 
     const customHeaders = LocalConfig.CustomRequestHeaders;
     let waitsForConnectivity = false;
-    if (url.includes('/api/v4/system/ping')) {
+    let timeoutIntervalForResource = 30;
+
+    if (managedConfig?.useVPN === 'true') {
         waitsForConnectivity = true;
     }
+
+    if (managedConfig?.timeoutVPN) {
+        timeoutIntervalForResource = parseInt(managedConfig.timeoutVPN, 10);
+    }
+
     let requestOptions = {
         ...Client4.getOptions(options),
         waitsForConnectivity,
+        timeoutIntervalForResource,
     };
 
     if (customHeaders && Object.keys(customHeaders).length > 0) {
@@ -129,6 +144,13 @@ Client4.doFetchWithResponse = async (url, options) => {
 
 const initFetchConfig = async () => {
     let fetchConfig = {};
+
+    try {
+        managedConfig = await mattermostManaged.getConfig();
+    } catch {
+        // no managed config
+    }
+
     if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
         const certificate = await mattermostBucket.getPreference('cert');
         fetchConfig = {
diff --git a/app/utils/network.js b/app/utils/network.js
index 767eab7da..06f9fc09a 100644
--- a/app/utils/network.js
+++ b/app/utils/network.js
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ import RNFetchBlob from 'rn-fetch-blob';
 import {Client4} from 'mattermost-redux/client';
 
 import mattermostBucket from 'app/mattermost_bucket';
+import mattermostManaged from 'app/mattermost_managed';
 
 let certificate = '';
 let previousState;
 export async function checkConnection(isConnected) {
-    if (!isConnected || !Client4.getBaseRoute().startsWith('http')) {
+    if (!Client4.getBaseRoute().startsWith('http')) {
         // If we don't have a connection or have a server yet, return the default implementation
         return {hasInternet: isConnected, serverReachable: false};
     }
@@ -20,9 +21,28 @@ export async function checkConnection(isConnected) {
     // Ping the Mattermost server to detect if the we have network connection even if the websocket cannot connect
     const server = `${Client4.getBaseRoute()}/system/ping?time=${Date.now()}`;
 
+    let managedConfig;
+    let waitsForConnectivity = false;
+    let timeoutIntervalForResource = 30;
+
+    try {
+        managedConfig = await mattermostManaged.getConfig();
+    } catch {
+        // no managed config
+    }
+
+    if (managedConfig?.useVPN === 'true') {
+        waitsForConnectivity = true;
+    }
+
+    if (managedConfig?.timeoutVPN) {
+        timeoutIntervalForResource = parseInt(managedConfig.timeoutVPN, 10);
+    }
+
     const config = {
         auto: true,
-        waitsForConnectivity: true,
+        waitsForConnectivity,
+        timeoutIntervalForResource,
     };
 
     if (Platform.OS === 'ios' && certificate === '') {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ee214181d..36a8bf256 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -13188,8 +13188,8 @@
       }
     },
     "rn-fetch-blob": {
-      "version": "github:enahum/react-native-fetch-blob#e81b40d87e9e2ca39870d61a6e4c02b9a695aaad",
-      "from": "github:enahum/react-native-fetch-blob#e81b40d87e9e2ca39870d61a6e4c02b9a695aaad",
+      "version": "github:enahum/react-native-fetch-blob#5b19784992ef2a1fa00c3a4c71fb005d7789b05c",
+      "from": "github:enahum/react-native-fetch-blob#5b19784992ef2a1fa00c3a4c71fb005d7789b05c",
       "requires": {
         "base-64": "0.1.0",
         "glob": "7.0.6"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d0361687d..6c961de30 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     "redux-persist-transform-filter": "0.0.18",
     "redux-thunk": "2.3.0",
     "reselect": "4.0.0",
-    "rn-fetch-blob": "github:enahum/react-native-fetch-blob#e81b40d87e9e2ca39870d61a6e4c02b9a695aaad",
+    "rn-fetch-blob": "github:enahum/react-native-fetch-blob#5b19784992ef2a1fa00c3a4c71fb005d7789b05c",
     "rn-placeholder": "github:enahum/rn-placeholder#bfee66eb54f1f06d1425a0ad511a5e16559bf82c",
     "semver": "5.6.0",
     "shallow-equals": "1.0.0",