[Dane Benko]

[quote]Open Compressor and go to Compressor > Preferences. At the bottom is a box headed: Enter IP addresses or ranges for manually selected computers; click the + bottom at bottom left. Put in the name of your computer and the IP address you made a note of. Then say OK.[/quote]

What do you do if, upon entering computer name and IP address, you get the message “Host is down” and can’t add it?

Details:

In my System Preferences I have File Sharing On and FTP sharing on (I also tried AFP with the same results). I’ve tried entering the IP address by itself and with the ftp:// (and the afp:// when I tried that), I’ve tried naming the host the computer, the user, and the nomenclature instructed under System Preferences (it says, “Other people can access your FTP server at ftp://(ipnumber) or by searching for (nomenclature).”) I’m the host on my computer and not sure why it seems I’m locked out of my own sharing preferences….