127.0.0.1 is what's known as the loopback address, it is not the actual IP of your PC.
To find your PC's actual IP address Click START ---> RUN ---> type CMD and hit ENTER ---> now type IPCONFIG and hit ENTER. There is your actual IP address of your PC.
To test ftp connectivity from within your network, ping that IP you discovered above, but add :21 to the end of the IP. Like this:
PING xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:21
hehe, lets start from there regarding success. It shouldn't be this difficult.
hey thanks for all the help guys but i still can't get it to work i have tryed everything if anybody can tell me step by step guide or link me to 1 i would be grateful my router is a thomson TG585v7 from o2 i have tryed to open the ports and just not wroking i can only connect on the 127.0.0.1 notthing eles
Best is to Google "localhost" and gain an understanding of what that means. Then learn about ftp after.
well i get what localhost is now sorry for being a pain lol but why can't i get any other ip or dns to work ? i think i have them all is ther any settings with in windows that need to be changed ?
There are testing sites online that if you enter in the info into them, it will connect to your ftp (if everything setup correctly) and tell you it was cool or not.
Google again is best bet. If you have troubles finding something like this, let me know. Or other questions too.
well i have a dyn dns now if that makes things any easyer and also i have reset my router back to defaults and aloud access to and from ftp servers with the add games and apps part of my router the only thing is now that i can't get to work is accessing it from another pc outside my network my pc only can access it and what are these sites to test everything ?
Send me a private message with your public ip address, port number that the ftp server is on (it's 21 if you didn't change it) and login credentials and I'll test it for you.
You could send me your host name with dyndns instead of ip address.
Once it works, you have to remember to set permissions for the directories under the accounts. Some you may want full access and some read only etc...
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