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Passive FTP

Passive ports are used to allow multiple FTP connctions   by moving open FTP connections from port 21 to a port specified in the passive port range (40,000-40,100 standard UKFast passive port range 

 

Check in /etc/proftpd.d/passive ports folder  

 

 

 

Can connect but can't retrieve directory listing: 

80,244,185,220,156,149  

First 4 numbers are the server IP,   

Multiply 5th number by 256 = x  

X+6th number = passive port which is being used  

156x256=39936+149=40085  

Test ports on client server