FTP Server:

PORT 21 Issue Rectification

Prepared by:
Mubashir Moin
+91-9906722400

As we all know the FTP is a very important tool

without which we cannot transfer software files or
baselines from our laptop to equipments like
MINILINK TN, Node- B, or Ceragon Tx Equipments etc.
Sometimes ( unluckily at some outage times), we are
not able to start FTP server and we get a following
message :
Port 21 already in use.
This ppt shows exactly which particular application
is using the FTP port and how to terminate that
program, thus making port 21 free.

As you can see in this screenshot we

are not able to put FTP server
online.

Go to Start> Run> cmd

Type the following command in cmd:- netstat p tcp -ano

In the output of the command we need

to look for two parameters:
1. Port no: 21
2. Corresponding PID (Process Identifier)

Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to run Task

Manager

Enable PID function by navigating

through VIEW> Select Columns

Check PID Column

Search for the PID obtained in CMD which was 736

in this case.
Select the process and press END PROCESS.

Now the PORT 21 is free and we can use it for our

desired application.

Thanks for Watching.