Connecting to my computer remotely?

Hey there. I am trying to make it to where I can connect to my computer remotely using FTP file sharing. In Sharing preferences, I have FTP access turned on and have set my local hostname to The Chariot. When I select File Sharing, it tells me that other people can access my FTP server at ftp://thechariot/.
The problem is, they cant. I have tried it from my friends mac at his house, and it says connection failed. the weird thing is that I can access it from my computer. when I try to connect to it from my own computer, it prompts me for my computer user name and password, I enter it, and there I am connected to my own FTP server. Why does it not do this from anyone else's computer?
Does anyone know how to resolve this?

You are currently protected from the internet through your router. Your router has an ip address which the world knows, sort of. Nobody outside your router knows what your ip address on The Chariot is at all. Further, your router prevents anything from getting through from the outside world.
So, first, you have to learn how to open up your router to forward the ftp port (21) to your Mac's IP address. You then need to learn that the rest of the world will be able to access your computer. Further, you may find out that FTP passwords are passed in the clear, so it is possible, while not likely, that someone can sniff your password and gain access to your Mac. Now, if you are running as an Admin user, that person can do all sorts of things to your computer.
While you are learning about this, you should look into sftp or ssh instead.

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