What object are you expecting? In EJB3, for a remote client, you will always get a proxy that implements the remote interface. By the way, you no longer need this code: HelloWorldBeanRemote beanH = (HelloWorldBeanRemote)PortableRemoteObject.narrow(bean, HelloWorldBe anRemote.class); You can instead do this: HelloWorldBeanRemote beanH = (HelloWorldBeanRemote)bean; Finally, you should not be using the HelloWorldBean in your client, you should use only the remote interface. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4253748#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...