Why can't I connect to my home SSH (SFTP) server? What am I doing wrong?
- by Rolo
I am new to this topic of creating a SFTP server on one's computer. I would like to be able to access the folder on my Windows XP computer via SFTP from another computer or a phone.
The following is what I have done so far:
I have installed SSH Windows and everything is setup correctly because I can access it (the folder on my pc) via WinSCP.
I however cannot access it from my phone. It doesn't connect.
The phone can be on the same wireless network as the Windows XP computer, but I would prefer to be able to access this when not in the same network.
Now, from what I have read and understood, the following is the information needed to connect:
1) Host Name: This would be my computer's ip address which I access by typing ipconfig in a cmd prompt (I access this easily on my computer because I simply put in localhost or 127.0.0.1)
2) Port Number: That would be port 22 (I have also added this to my router in the port forwarding section).
3) Username: This would be my Windows XP username. This however is my full name, including my middle initial followed by a period. I am wondering if this is maybe causing problems in accessing it from my phone, since the name has spaces and punctuation (the period).
4) Password: The password of my Windows XP computer
Extra Info: When I say phone, I mean an Android phone and I am using an ftp / sftp app to access my pc via the phone's cellular network (I also tried the wireless, but that didn't work as well). I have tried more than one program. On one program it tells me Connection timed out and on another it tells me "timeout:socket is not established"
Also, I know that I can use the site noip, but I prefer to connect this way first. Also, because I am new to this, I would like to look into what exactly noip is doing and if they would be seeing my files as they are transferred from phone to pc.
Thanking you in advance for your help.
