Didn't work. Please keep the suggestions coming! This network (my home) is DHCP. I reserved the IPs and created hostnames on each platform:
== Windows (brokerA.xml) ============= <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:amq="http://activemq.apache.org/schema/core" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd http://activemq.apache.org/schema/core http://activemq.apache.org/schema/core/activemq-core.xsd"> <broker xmlns="http://activemq.apache.org/schema/core" brokerName="BrokerA" dataDirectory="${activemq.base}/data"> <networkConnectors> <networkConnector uri="static:(tcp://homelinuxbox:61617)" /> </networkConnectors> <transportConnectors> <transportConnector name="openwire" uri="tcp://localhost:61616" /> </transportConnectors> </broker> </beans> -- linux (brokerB.xml) -------------------------------- <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:amq="http://activemq.apache.org/schema/core" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd http://activemq.apache.org/schema/core http://activemq.apache.org/schema/core/activemq-core.xsd"> <broker xmlns="http://activemq.apache.org/schema/core" brokerName="BrokerB" dataDirectory="${activemq.base}/data"> <transportConnectors> <transportConnector name="openwire" uri="tcp://thisbox:61617" /> </transportConnectors> </broker> </beans> -- View this message in context: http://activemq.2283324.n4.nabble.com/newbie-can-t-get-brokers-on-two-computers-to-connect-tp4156142p4159364.html Sent from the ActiveMQ - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.