You probably are not using the correct jndi-name while doing the lookup in the client. Use the JNDIView http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/DisplayTheJNDITreeWithTheJMXConsole to list the contents of the jndi-tree and see what's the jndi-name for your bean. Alternately, you can annotate the bean to use a jndi-name of your choice and use that jndi-name in your client lookup. @Stateless | @RemoteBinding(jndiBinding = "MyJNDIName") | public class TestMyBean implements MyBeanLocal { Client code: MyBeanLocal bean = (MyBeanLocal) ctx.lookup("MyJNDIName"); View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4149351#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...