diff --git a/providers/netconf/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netconf/device/impl/NetconfDeviceProvider.java b/providers/netconf/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netconf/device/impl/NetconfDeviceProvider.java
index 7e513e0..f8db0f4 100644
--- a/providers/netconf/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netconf/device/impl/NetconfDeviceProvider.java
+++ b/providers/netconf/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/netconf/device/impl/NetconfDeviceProvider.java
@@ -21,9 +21,13 @@
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Modified;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Property;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
 import org.onlab.packet.ChassisId;
+import org.onlab.util.Tools;
+import org.onosproject.cfg.ComponentConfigService;
 import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
 import org.onosproject.core.CoreService;
 import org.onosproject.incubator.net.config.basics.ConfigException;
@@ -58,6 +62,7 @@
 import org.onosproject.netconf.NetconfController;
 import org.onosproject.netconf.NetconfDeviceListener;
 import org.onosproject.netconf.NetconfException;
+import org.osgi.service.component.ComponentContext;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -65,6 +70,7 @@
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Dictionary;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
@@ -106,6 +112,11 @@
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
     protected MastershipService mastershipService;
 
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected ComponentConfigService componentConfigService;
+
+
+
     protected static final String APP_NAME = "org.onosproject.netconf";
     private static final String SCHEME_NAME = "netconf";
     private static final String DEVICE_PROVIDER_PACKAGE = "org.onosproject.netconf.provider.device";
@@ -115,9 +126,12 @@
     private static final String NETCONF = "netconf";
     private static final String PORT = "port";
     private static final int CORE_POOL_SIZE = 10;
-    //FIXME eventually a property
-    private static final int ISREACHABLE_TIMEOUT = 2000;
-    private static final int DEFAULT_POLL_FREQUENCY_SECONDS = 30;
+
+    private static final int DEFAULT_POLL_FREQUENCY_SECONDS = 10;
+    @Property(name = "pollFrequency", intValue = DEFAULT_POLL_FREQUENCY_SECONDS,
+            label = "Configure poll frequency for port status and statistics; " +
+                    "default is 10 sec")
+    private int pollFrequency = DEFAULT_POLL_FREQUENCY_SECONDS;
 
     protected final ExecutorService executor =
             Executors.newFixedThreadPool(5, groupedThreads("onos/netconfdeviceprovider",
@@ -148,8 +162,9 @@
 
 
     @Activate
-    public void activate() {
+    public void activate(ComponentContext context) {
         active = true;
+        componentConfigService.registerProperties(getClass());
         providerService = providerRegistry.register(this);
         appId = coreService.registerApplication(APP_NAME);
         cfgService.registerConfigFactory(factory);
@@ -157,13 +172,14 @@
         controller.addDeviceListener(innerNodeListener);
         deviceService.addListener(deviceListener);
         executor.execute(NetconfDeviceProvider.this::connectDevices);
-        scheduledTask = schedulePolling();
+        modified(context);
         log.info("Started");
     }
 
 
     @Deactivate
     public void deactivate() {
+        componentConfigService.unregisterProperties(getClass(), false);
         deviceService.removeListener(deviceListener);
         active = false;
         controller.getNetconfDevices().forEach(id -> {
@@ -180,6 +196,21 @@
         log.info("Stopped");
     }
 
+
+    @Modified
+    public void modified(ComponentContext context) {
+        if (context != null) {
+            Dictionary<?, ?> properties = context.getProperties();
+            pollFrequency = Tools.getIntegerProperty(properties, "pollFrequency",
+                                                     DEFAULT_POLL_FREQUENCY_SECONDS);
+            log.info("Configured. Poll frequency is configured to {} seconds", pollFrequency);
+        }
+        if (scheduledTask != null) {
+            scheduledTask.cancel(false);
+        }
+        scheduledTask = schedulePolling();
+    }
+
     public NetconfDeviceProvider() {
         super(new ProviderId(SCHEME_NAME, DEVICE_PROVIDER_PACKAGE));
     }
@@ -188,9 +219,8 @@
     // every DEFAULT_POLL_FREQUENCY_SECONDS seconds.
     private ScheduledFuture schedulePolling() {
         return connectionExecutor.scheduleAtFixedRate(exceptionSafe(this::checkAndUpdateDevices),
-                                                      DEFAULT_POLL_FREQUENCY_SECONDS / 10,
-                                                      DEFAULT_POLL_FREQUENCY_SECONDS,
-                                                      TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+                                                      pollFrequency / 10,
+                                                      pollFrequency, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
     }
 
     private Runnable exceptionSafe(Runnable runnable) {