The first problem is you don't connect to your remote provider in ejbCreate(). JBoss does this for you. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3978874#3978874 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3978874