Unable to connect to RTC server hosted in a Guest VM

I have the Rational CLM solution installed in a Linux VM hosted in VM Ware Player 5.0.1.  Everything works fine in that Linux VM -- I can connect to RTC using the web client or eclipse client and they work no problem.  When I try to connect from my host OS (Windows 7) or from another machine on the network, I am unable to connect.

I would like to be able to connect to the solution from my host OS, and from other computers on the LAN.  I appreciate any advice towards this end.

Here is a bit of background of the current state:

• Both my host OS (Windows) and my guest OS (Linux) are able to connect to the internet
• My host OS is able to connect tot he guest OS using SSH
• My guest OS is able to browse the internet
• For troubleshooting, I have disabled the firewall on both the guest and host OS
• SE Linux is not installed on the guest OS
• netstat confirms that the JTS is listening on port 9443
• The network adapter for my virtual machine is configured in bridge mode, and is getting a valid IP address from the network

The solution is set up with a evaluation topology using the bundled derby database and tomcat server, as we are using it for some testing and proof-of-concept work.