UPDATE: Didn't know about the ipv6 bug in JDK 5, added the JVM option -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true and that solved it. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4109682#4109682 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4109682