anonymous wrote : Receive timed out [Root exception is java.net.Socket | TimeoutException: Receive timed out] In your code, while doing the lookup, are you passing any properties to the InitialContext constructor. I would be interested especially the Context.PROVIDER_URL property. By default, this property has a value jnp://localhost:1099 unless you explicitly specify some other value. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4050350#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...