My java client ( run from within eclipse ) now gives me the following SASL error when i make an attempt to connect to an external server . When the server is local then the executions is OK .

- JBREM000200: Remote connection failed: javax.security.sasl.SaslException: Authentication failed: all available authentication mechanisms failed - Could not register a EJB receiver for connection to remote://10.160.148.61:4447 java.lang.RuntimeException: javax.security.sasl.SaslException: Authentication failed: all available authentication mechanisms failed

I have tried to follow the steps mentioned EJB invocations from a remote client using JNDI - JBoss AS 7.1 - Project Documentation Editor

The exception tells me there is something wrong in my configuration files related to authentication . Here is my ejb_client_properties file

remote.connectionprovider.create.options.org.xnio.Options.SSL_ENABLED=false  
remote.connections=default
remote.connection.default.host=10.160.148.61 
remote.connection.default.port = 4447 
remote.connection.default.connect.options.org.xnio.Options.SASL_POLICY_NOANONYMOUS=false
remote.connection.default.username=tan 
remote.connection.default.password=f2b1c3c7d3f1e224cbf6508494cf0418

Note : the user tan is added to my mgt.user.properties file on the server . I used add-user.bat to add a user in the server . I also added an application user . I use the same credentials to pass to the server .I tried both mgmt user & application users.

I cant think of anything else .

My ejb calling is as follows :

   final Hashtable jndiProperties = new Hashtable(); 
  jndiProperties.put(Context.URL_PKG_PREFIXES, "org.jboss.ejb.client.naming"); 
   InitialContext aJNDI = new InitialContext(jndiProperties);
   Ppi handle = (Ppi) aJNDI .lookup("ejb:PPIEAR/PService/PConnect!com.gem.p.PConnection?stateful");

I see numerous threads related to the exception but unable to fix it Can someone help .

I also have a legitimate SSL certificate installed on the server . Do i need to do something extra to take care of that ?