>What am I missing? Why do some computers work and some don't?

Just some guesses

Review TCP/UDP log (http://www.ethereal.com)
slow connection or response? Increase the SOAP timeout.

>Here is the WSDL file:
>http://206.40.220.158/chaseecf/chaseecf.wsdl
>Try the SOAPSTATUS() method.

Ok, just tested and works fine for me.

loWS=CREATEOBJECT("mssoap.soapclient")
loWS.mssoapinit("http://206.40.220.158/chaseecf/chaseecf.wsdl")
? lows.soapstatus()

I got:

Running on CBISMAIL # IUSR_CBISMAL. It is now: 01/08/2003 03:51:09 AM Data DSN=ChaseEFC

My PC:

Windows 2000 Spanish
SOAP Toolkit 2 SP2
VFP 7 + SP1