"bmelloni" wrote : This Connection issue does not go away with the firewall turned off. The two posts are independent problems. | | Let's table this problem. I should get my commercial license credentials today or tomorrow and will use phone support to start over from scratch and reinstall both servers in the cluster according to their instructions instead of what the documentation seems to say. OK. The support team is much better equipped to handle issues that are specific to a particular environment. anonymous wrote : | A suggestion: | - The server config guide is a good reference, but it is worthless as a cluster installation guide unless you are already a jBoss configuration expert. | - There is a need for a simple, step by step guide for installing a basic cluster. | - I might even write it myself and contribute it back after talking to support. Nobody else should suffer through this installation nightmare. Thanks for the input. I've heard similar things before, and basically agree. I'd certainly welcome any contributions, particularly on AS 4.x. I'm rewriting the Clustering Guide for AS 5 and have added some of what you are talking about. A draft of that can be found attached to http://www.jboss.org/community/docs/DOC-12928; comments are welcome. (Note: it's the attached document at the bottom of the page; not the links at the top. I won't bore you with the details as to why). View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4203772#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...