title: adb can't connect to 127.0.0.1:5555
body: <p>I was trying to follow the instructions provided in <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1554099/slow-android-emulator/6058689#6058689">this reply</a> to the question of having a faster adb. However upon doing step 6, I run into the error <code>unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:5555</code>.</p>
  
  <p>The only difference in my set-up from the one described in the link is that I am using VMware. During VM set-up, I didn't see any options to set-up a "Network: PCnet-Fast III", but it is already set to NAT. (Okay. Pardon me as I am not very comfortable with networking stuff yet.)</p>
  
  <p>Doing netcfg gives me</p>
  
  <pre><code>lo   UP   127.0.0.1 255.0.0.0 0x00000049
  eth0 DOWN 0.0.0.0   0.0.0.0   0x00001002
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any hints?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>
  
  <p>(BTW, sorry if linking to another thread/answer is bad form in StackOverflow. I'm used to forums discussion and, in the thread I linked to, I no longer see anyway to add a comment or something.)</p>