So I'm trying to set up an ftp server just suing windows ftp stuff.

Now I'm a little confused on what IP address to use. It would be my wan ip right?

If I enter in my 192.xxx.x.x. IP, I am prompted with a usr/psswrd screen, but I keep getting this error.

error '8002801c' Error accessing the OLE registry.
/iisHelp/common/500-100.asp, line 17

Is the FTP server for lan only or do you want to have access to it from anywhere? I recommend getting a better FTP program, SourceForge.net: Software Search , you should find something better there.

netFTP.com is all youll ever need for uploading FTP files, but for actually using you IP for FTP files youll need one of them apps, are you just using this over your lan, or are you tring to get it online so you can dwnload filesfrom anywhere.

I'm trying to set it up so I can access it from anywhere.

Go to IP Chicken - What is my IP? Find Your IP Address! and that will tell you the IP you need to enter to access it. I like filezilla as a free FTP server software too. FileZilla Homepage - Index

you will probably need to enable the IIS service in windows and use it for FTP...

Setting up an IIS FTP Server - IIS FTP Articles - IIS Tips Tricks & Resources

pretty quick, pretty easy, doesent require anything but your Windows disk to install IIS, and a web browser to access it...

and to elaborate a little, yes, if you are at a remote location (outside of your LAN), you will need to use your *public* IP address (use www(dot)whatismyip(dot)com as stated above to resolve your pub ip), and with IIS *listening* on your home computer, your inbound request will be *NAT'ed* to the ip of your localmachine. a nice plus of using Windows IIS service is that it automatically supports IE as a client (as well as most browsers using anything resembling default settings), this makes life very easy if you are on the go and just want to grab something or upload something without having to download a specific FTP client...

also, on a lan, you simply use your host machines LAN IP (192.168.whatever.whatever), if you are ON the machine, you can use the word "localhost" or the IP# 127.0.0.1, but that would be stupid on so many levels...

EDIT: wow, by typing the exact url for whatismyip, it shows the link followed by MY public IP address!!! very, very strange...

Ok, I will get this sorted out.

But I need help with soemthing else.

So I have two pc's in my room here. And both need a connection to our cable line. Now, our router is in the living room, about 30" away. So I run one cable form that router, to mine, in my room. This router then distrobutes my connection to the two pc's in my room. One problem. It's cuaseing me alot of issues.

It's not letting anyone join my ventrilo servers, nor will it let me connect to our home network.

Quote: Originally Posted by Wafflesomd So I have two pc's in my room here. ... I run one cable .. distrobutes my connection to the two pc's in my room.

this raises a question or two....like how you are "distributing" your connection between two PC's with one cable coming off your router...

EDIT: nevermind, i see what you are saying, and i can sort of answer your question with this....you should only be using ONE router, not two, i am pretty sure that connecting two routers together and then trying to connect to a workgroup/domain/network resource connected to the other will result in some serious headaches...they are designed to work alone...

run another cable from the living room router to your other computer, and eliminate the router that you have in your bedroom entirely, that should take care of all your problems...if you dont like cables, get a wireless router to replace the one in the LR, but regardless, keep it down to one router (unless you are really good at port forwarding, configuring NAT, subnets, etc)...

the problem sounds like a failure to communicate from LAN to LAN (which is what you have with 2 routers, whether you know it or not), and the network addresses are too arbitrary or being firewalled such that NAT cant see a service behind one router, from behind the other...hell, with two DHCP servers (one on each router) running on the network, im surprised you havent had any other more dramatic scenarios with IP addresses conflicting!

You can use the setup you have now just make sure that the firewall is disabled on the router in your room then assign both of your computers statics IP's in the router settings. On my Netgear its in the LAN IP setup then address reservations. That should work although running two cables is much easier. Also if its a cheap old router in your room it just might not work. I had a cheap router where only one computer could connect to the internet and it was whichever on booted up first.