Same machine RMI stuff

Question

Hi.
I have a client and a server running on the same machine, communicating via rmi. They both work fine on one machine but when I tried to run them both on a different machine, I get a NotBoundException at sun.rmi.registry.RegistryImpl.lookup(REgistryImpl.java:106).
Now, this is bizarre. Since both the client and the server refer to "localhost", it's definitely not a problem with the machine adress. The server comes up fine, which would suggest no exceptions when registering with the rmiregistry (which I have tried restarting but that didn't work). However, the client fails to find the server.
*** Server Code ***
String rmiRegistryPort = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter rmiregistry port");
if (rmiRegistryPort.equals("")){
rmiRegistryPort = "1099";
AREngine engine = new AREngine();
String serverObjectName = "//localhost:" + rmiRegistryPort + "/AREngine";
Naming.rebind(serverObjectName, engine);
engine.run();
*** Client code ***
String serverObjectName = "//localhost/AREngine";
engine = (AREngineInterface) Naming.lookup(serverObjectName);
at which point I think I get the exception.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

Answer 1

String serverObjectName = "//localhost:" + rmiRegistryPort + "/AREngine";
String serverObjectName = "//localhost/AREngine";
localhost should be the server's IP and on the client side also the port. something like this:
server-side:
String serverObjectName = "//200.192.164.1:" + rmiRegistryPort + "/AREngine";
client-side
String serverObjectName = "//200.192.164.1:1099/AREngine"; (if our server-port is 1099)