Do this. Open a terminal windows, cd to the bin directory and enter: ./shutdown.sh Read the description of the various options. If you started the app server with the option "-b 192.168.111.234", then any of the shutdown commands that contain the option "-s 192.168.111.234:<jndi-port>" should work, provided that the JNDI port is open in the firewall. Try running this: telnet 192.168.111.234 <jndi-port> what do you get? The last line should look something like this: UnicastRef2192.168.111.234-gibberish- The IP addresses should match View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4175119#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...