hosted users

[ocalhoun]

What are the benifits of being a "hosted user"?
What are the requirements?

[TFCAdmin]

CHeck out the TFCentral Hosting FAQ at http://www.tfcentral.com/forum/faq.php

[ocalhoun]

Sounds good. I'll see how the reliability compares with my current host.
One of them will become a backup to be redirected to in event of a crash. That way both servers have to go down to kill my site... very good!

[ocalhoun]

I seem to be hosted now, but how do I access it?
I use the ftp client of either internet explorer or konqueror, depending on what computer I'm on at the moment. However they get this error message:
421: unable to set up secure ananymous access.
Do I have to use an ftp client that apparently has to be purchased?

[TFCAdmin]

You will need to use an FTP client. Try WS_FTP or SecureFX.

[ocalhoun]

Sorry to be a bother...

[18:32:21] Resolving host name "ftp.tfcentral.com"
[18:32:21] Connecting to 66.90.73.98 Port: 21
[18:32:21] Connected to ftp.tfcentral.com.
[18:32:22] 220---------- Welcome to Pure-FTPd [TLS] ----------
[18:32:22] 220-You are user number 2 of 50 allowed.
[18:32:22] 220-Local time is now 18:32. Server port: 21.
[18:32:22] 220-IPv6 connections are also welcome on this server.
[18:32:22] 220 You will be disconnected after 15 minutes of inactivity.
[18:32:22] USER ocalhoun
[18:32:22] 331 User ocalhoun OK. Password required
[18:32:22] PASS (hidden)
[18:32:22] 530 Authentication failed, sorry

Shouldn't it be ******, like my password to log into tfcentral?

[TFCAdmin]

Hosting passwords are seperate from tfcentral.com passwords.

If you still get a bad password error, pm me with a new one.

-tfcadmin

[ocalhoun]

I think I have it figured out now.
When I try to log into ftp.tfcentral.com, I get: username OK password bad
When I try to log into ftp.xxxx.tfcentral.com I get: cannot resolve host name
I'm thinking I don't have privilages to the former, but don't have the proper URL for the latter.
Curiously, ocalhoun, onet, and equinedr all seem to be valid usernames. However, entering any of these into the URL returns a cannot resolve host name.
urls I've tried:
ftp.<
ocalhoun
ocalhou
equinedream
equine
equinedr
onet
>.tfcentral.com

sorry I'm being such a bother, but what exactly is my URL?