Running code from JSP wrapped in WAR and deployed to {tomcat}/webapps. The code runs fine from testclass at commandline, barfs in webapp with following:

javax.naming.CommunicationException: Receive timed out [Root exception is java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Receive timed out]

jnp-client.jar is in WEB-INF/lib btw

The JSP:

Hashtable env = new Hashtable();
env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory");
env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "localhost:1099");
Context jndiContext = new InitialContext(env);
Object ref = jndiContext.lookup("AcademyPersonService");
AcademyPersonServiceHome servicehome = (AcademyPersonServiceHome)
PortableRemoteObject.narrow(ref, AcademyPersonServiceHome.class);
AcademyPersonService service = servicehome.create();
String xmlOutput = service.GetHelloMessage();