I'm running the app engine devserver on localhost:8080, and want to access it from ie7 running on parallels.

I've tried all of the tips here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/61449/how-do-i-access-the-host-from-vmware-fusion

And they seem like they should work, particularly accessing via the gateway ip address. I've also

sudo ipfw add allow tcp from 8080 to 8089

for good measure. Still no dice. I can access the external internet from ie7. The connection settings on parallels are set to 'Shared networking'. I'm out of ideas.