Hi ! First of all you cannot cast a remote interface but must use "PortableRemoteObject.narrow": Object objRemote = initialContext.lookup("...."); BoardGamesServiceFacade bgsf = (BoardGamesServiceFacade) PortableRemoteObject.narrow(objRemote, BoardGamesServiceFacade.class); The JNDI-name of your bean is by default "EarName/BoardGamesServiceFacadeBean/remote" (where EARName is probably "bgsw" in your sample, your JNDI snippet is missing the first line where the ear name is shown ;-) ). Hope this helps Wolfgang View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3978098#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...