The machine you are trying to connect to must have a server running for you to be able to connect. Most internet service computers will have an FTP server running. Personal computers however will more than likely not have a server running. This can be the name of the server or the IP address of the server. There are two forms of files that you can transfer between accounts, text files and binary files.
Binary files are most all other files.
Word or Word perfect documents, zip files, exe files, graphic files, and others are binary files. You have to make sure you select the correct method of transferring before you transfer the files. Binary mode - To change into binary mode to transfer most files you just type bin at the FTP prompt. This will change the download method over to binary so that you can download files of this type. It is important that you transfer Word documents, and other word processor files using the binary method.