JBoss inaccessible from an adjacent workstation, why?

[nephthys76]

I am very new to administration of JBoss.

I have set up my first instance locally on my Windows XP box.

I have launched the "-c all" version (and also the default) and in spite of a version warning for UDP, everything starts fine. I have also launched Axis2 as a servlet, and deployed a webservice - all of which seem to be working if accessed locally.

Now that I have asked a co-worker to test the service from HIS machine (which is in the same LAN, just next door)... he times out. He can't even get to the "Welcome to JBoss" page, let alone run my service.

The network admin claims there are no firewalls set up to block his computer from accessing mine.

I also went into the security settings and opened up port 8080.

Still no help.

Can somebody direct me to some literature that will help me adjust JBoss to accept requests from other computers.

Thanks,
Tonya

[peterj]

Which version of JBoss are you using?

[nephthys76]

JBoss 4.2.0
JDK 1.5.0_11
AXIS2 1.2
Windows XP

Thanks,
Tonya

[nephthys76]

I should also mention that I don't have any trouble reaching my co-worker's "Welcome to JBoss" page on his machine.

He does not recall if/which settings he modified to make his accessible to other computers.

He is also running JBoss 4.2.0 and JDK 1.5.0_11.

Thanks,
Tonya

[peterj]

From the readme file:

JBossAS now binds its services to localhost (127.0.0.1) *by default*, instead of binding to all available interfaces (0.0.0.0). This was primarily done for security reasons because of concerns of users going to production without having secured their servers properly. To enable remote access by binding JBoss services to a particular interface, simply run jboss with the -b option, but be aware you still need to secure you server properly.

[nephthys76]

Thank you.

I spent all day trying to find some documentation on-line, never occurred to me to check the readme

Tonya