JBoss AS 7 not accepting remote connections

The answer is to edit standalone.xml and insert the tag any-address instead of inet-address bound to 127.0.0.1

<interfaces>
    <interface name="management">
        <inet-address value="127.0.0.1"/>
    </interface>
    <interface name="public">
       <any-ipv4-address/>
    </interface>
</interfaces>