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RMI Remote connection fails

I have a very simple RMI server/client that works fine on the same machine. I'm trying to now execute the server on one machine and client on another both are on the same network. I've set the property to network ip using:

    System.getProperty("java.rmi.server.hostname", "192.168.x.x");

& disabled firewall on both machines but connection still fails.

Client code uses this to connect to server (the server uses createRegistry on 8888):

    Registry registry = LocateRegistry.getRegistry("192.168.x.x",8888);
    ITest stub = (ITest) registry.lookup("ITest");

However the execption being caught seems to show an IP not the same as the one given eg 192.168.x.x vs 169.254.x.x:

Client exception: java.rmi.ConnectionException: Connection refused to host: 169.254.x.x; nested exception is ...
Solution

  • As dave_thompson_085 said I was calling System.getProperty which was a typo that I completely missed. Calling System.setProperty corrects this problem and now works.