Alesis HD24 to Mac transfer

[Rakmount]

I am using Fetch for my FTP tranfer of my sessions on the HD24 to my iBookG4. I have set up the AppleTalk, Ethernet and Network setting between my HD24 and iBook to the same settings wrt IP Address, Subnet Mask, all of that. My problem is entering the correct HOST information for my Fetch search form. I enter the common IP address that i've manually entered for my laptop and the HD24 unit. I get no connection. I've tried using my user name info of my laptop as well as the HD24 system. I use this format for the host information..."ftp://192.168.001.100" just as it specifies me to.

When i enter the ftp address in my Network Prefs, I am matching what is entered on the HD24. Then i get a message on the Mac that says,

IP Configuration
192.168.1.100 in use by 0:5:95:0:48:5d (which is the HD24, i'm sure)

I want to use the same IP address for both the HD24 and my network prefs, right?

Any clues to help me on my way are much appreciated.
Thanks