@Test
  public void testConflationOff() {
    try {
      performSteps(DistributionConfig.CLIENT_CONFLATION_PROP_VALUE_OFF);
    } catch (Exception e) {
      Assert.fail("testConflationOff failed due to exception", e);
    }
  }
set the boolean for starting the dispatcher thread a bit later.
geode-core/src/distributedTest/java/org/apache/geode/internal/cache/tier/sockets/ClientConflationDistributedTest.java