Wordpress FTP errors on Easyspace

Im fairly new to using Wordpress, my sites are hosted on Easyspace, and I have had no end of issues getting the Plugin Installer to add new plugins.
My first problem was that my server was a Microsoft IIS hosted system, and the function CHMOD to change folder write permissions did not work.
Easyspace do not offer a service to change permissions yourself, and using the //data/ folder did not work. I called them and they offered to set the permissions for me, but I asked them to change my hosting to a Unix system instead. The changeover took two hours and left me with the freedom to set up access using CHMOD.

I thought this was the solution, however, once the write permissions where set up, it asks for FTP information, and the usual settings entered into your FTP software will most likely not work.

Error: There was an error connecting to the server, Please verify the settings are correct.

The reason for this is that the Wordpress site itself is trying to connect via FTP, and not the computer you are normally FTP’ing from.
The solution is, in the HOST name, enter one of the following instead:

Server Name    – ftp.yoursite.com
Server IP           – 192.168.1.1 (to find out the IP of your server, open a DOS command promtp, ((Start, Run, CMD, Enter)) type; ‘ping ftp.yoursite.com’
Default Name   – localhost
And this final one is what worked for me on Easyspace:
Deafult IP          – 127.0.0.1

If none of these work for you, try adding ‘:21′ to the end of all/any of the above, for example ftp.yoursite.com:21 or localhost:21