diff --git a/examples/inet/nclients/filetransfer.ini b/examples/inet/nclients/filetransfer.ini
index 60618cb1ea7..339b868ed14 100644
--- a/examples/inet/nclients/filetransfer.ini
+++ b/examples/inet/nclients/filetransfer.ini
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 [Config Filetransfer]
 network = NClients
 
-sim-time-limit = 1000000s
+sim-time-limit = 50s
 
 # number of client computers
 *.n = 5
diff --git a/examples/inet/nclients/nclients2.ini b/examples/inet/nclients/nclients2.ini
index fb7937110a9..f3961790549 100644
--- a/examples/inet/nclients/nclients2.ini
+++ b/examples/inet/nclients/nclients2.ini
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 [General]
 network = NClients2
 
-sim-time-limit = 1000000s
+sim-time-limit = 50s
 
 # number of client computers
 *.hostsPerRouter=20 # Number of nodes per star network
diff --git a/examples/inet/nclients/omnetpp-ping.ini b/examples/inet/nclients/omnetpp-ping.ini
index 87e69127fe2..906f2fe553b 100644
--- a/examples/inet/nclients/omnetpp-ping.ini
+++ b/examples/inet/nclients/omnetpp-ping.ini
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 [Ping]
 network = NClients
 
-sim-time-limit = 1000000s
+sim-time-limit = 10s
 
 # number of client computers
 *.n = 4
diff --git a/examples/inet/nclients/omnetpp.ini b/examples/inet/nclients/omnetpp.ini
index f6b8bfd8aff..a8582ff4ab9 100644
--- a/examples/inet/nclients/omnetpp.ini
+++ b/examples/inet/nclients/omnetpp.ini
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ description = "inet_TCP <---> TcpLwip"
 network = NClients
 #abstract-config = true (requires omnet 7)
 
-sim-time-limit = 1000000s
+sim-time-limit = 3000s
 
 # number of client computers
 *.n = 4