Hi, I have two application servers and we're using EJB3 style stateless session beans. I intentionally want to lookup from one app server, a remote EJB from the other. I attempt to do this as follows: Properties props = ... props.put(InitialContext.PROVIDER_URL, "otherAppServer:1099"); InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext(props); remoteEJB = ctx.lookup(EJB_NAME); The problem is, nothing fails! I can successfully create the initial context. However, when I the lookup happens, instead of returning a remote reference to the EJB in the other app server, it gives me back a local reference! Is there a way to disable this optimization for certain session beans? What's the best way to accomplish what I'm after? I'm using jboss 4.0.4 and EJB3. If this is not an EJB issue and there is a better forum to post this in, please let me know Thanks in advance, Justin View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4046632#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...