Finally solved! 1) Make sure that your server OS host file does the accurate transilation eg. 127.0.0.1 localhost <external IP address> <computer name> <computer name with fully qualified domain name> 2) Make sure that your server jndi.properties file uses the following instead of localhost:1099 java.naming.provider.url=jnp://<computer name with fully qualified domain name>:1099 this should do it - have fun! View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4048445#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...