How do i FTP to my box from pc please guys?

[soulchild]

Ok i know i sound a right wally for asking this!
Ive only had my Dbox2 for a few days so really dont know too much on how to use them yet.

Its gone down obviously due to the key changes..and ive tried putting the new keys in manually but still no luck
Also the previous keys that was in keylist.txt and softcam.key have dissaperared and they are completely empty folders..will this be a problem?

I was going try winkers application in the download folder that automatically updates the keys but cant without knowing how to ftp properly.

sorry 4 being a total loser at all this tech stuff!
if anyone out there with some good knowledge on this subject can help id be so grateful!

Oh and i have searched the forums for the answer to this before anyone mentions that..just couldnt find anything on it.
also am using the virginmedia image and evocam if that helps.
Thanks guys and keep up the good work.

SC.

[winker]

You need to go into the settings and setup the network, so the IP address is valid on your homenetwork. You also need the dbox plugged into your network. If you can ping your box address from a command window then you can probably use my app as is.

[Darrenm72]

Heres one i made earlier Step by Step Guide to Using FXP (with pictures)

[soulchild]

Lovely thanks guys ill give both suggestions a try now

SC.

[brooklynb]

to connect via FTP (File transfer protocol) directly from your PC to any device you need to use a Cross Over cable, this is a network cable but its different from the nom,

Normal network cables are straight though(both the network sockets have the same color wires going to the same pins on the connectors) a cross over cable has 2 different wires going to different pins on the sockets, you can check this by looking at the connectors at the end of the cable.

bearing in mind that, if you connect to the internet via a (wired) router or a hub you dont need a cross over cable and a normal network cable will work fine, as long as you plug the device into the same router/hub, this is because the router/hub can route traffic to that device and it will work correctly,

now that you have the right cable, you need to connect to the device,

first of all you need a static IP on the device which you want to connect to from the PC, goto network settings on the device and set the following
IP 192.168.1.111
subnet 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1 - this is not important but must be entered though
DNS Servers 192.168.1.1 this is also not important

Both DNS and Gateway are only important if you want the device to connect to the internet..

now you need to configure the network card on the PC/laptop your using.(there are several different ways of doing this) it all depends on which windows version your using.
my instructions are for Windows XP, But this is all from memory as ive een using Kubuntu linux for the last 5 years now,

Click START menu and right click on network properties/network neighbourhood, goto properties,
In the new window which open scroll down to TCP/IP - select Static IP option and enter the following
IP 192.168.1.110
Subnet 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1 <-- not important as there is no external network
DNS 192.168.1.1 <-- not really required for this task

At this point both devies have static IP's and both devies are connected to each other via a cross over network cable or, directly or via a router,

first of all lets check we have connection to the device - click START, click RUN and enter CMD in the run window, this will open a command line - type ipconfg/all, hit enter- this should display the network card you have just configured, make sure the IP address of the network card beings with 192.

now that we know the PC is configured, lets type ping 192.168.1.111 (the IP address of the device)and hit enter, you should have a reply from 192.168.1.111 <-- at this point if the command window says network time out/network un-available we have a problem, go back and check your settings.

if all is ok at this point, download an ftp client for your OS, i would recommend using flashfxp for windows but thats just me, enter the IP address of the device you want to connect to, enter the IP, the default port(22) for FTP and hit connect.

Congratualtions you are now connected via FTP.

HTH

[winker]

@brooklynb: nice post.

[brooklynb]

Originally Posted by winker

@brooklynb: nice post.

Nice one mate, took me a minute to get my head round window settings again in Linux all i have to do is type:
ifconfig eth0 192.1681.110 up

and im done

[hoggle]

Any suggestions of FTP software for Apple Mac?

Many thanks