Connection attempt failed with "ECONNREFUSED - Connection refused by server"

Question

I am trying to connect to a networked machine's FileZilla server but my FileZilla Client is giving the following error while connecting. The error is:

"Connection attempt failed with ECONNREFUSED - Connection refused by server"

Windows Firewall is turned off on that machine and i had provided the valid credentials in my FTP Client.

Thanks in advance

Server Fault has a canonical question about [Connection Refused](http://serverfault.com/questions/725262/what-causes-the-connection-refused-message). — Raedwald, Sep 30 '15 at 12:36
check the link [filezilla-help](https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Network_Configuration) and this [image-link](https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/wiki/images/d/d9/Settings_activemode.png) — Günay Gültekin, Aug 15 '17 at 16:28
instead of site name in domain give FTP hostname from your control panel and it will work with 21 port for ftp... — varotariya vajsi, Jan 17 '22 at 12:19
Just make http://localhost:8000 to http://127.0.0.1:8000. It works — Bitfinicon, May 02 '22 at 06:32

score 97 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 09 '16 at 11:50

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FTP protocol may be blocked by your ISP firewall, try connecting via SFTP (i.e. use 22 for port num instead of 21 which is simply FTP).

For more information try this link.

edited Dec 09 '16 at 11:50

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answered Nov 25 '12 at 04:46

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select SFTP and account type should be - normal and port -22 ..cheers!!! – sudeep_dk Jan 14 '16 at 00:26
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Great tip on difference between port numbers 22 and 21 – kgui Mar 28 '17 at 18:00
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its work.... :) – RIYAJ KHAN Jun 02 '17 at 10:27
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Totally works ! – Detained Developer Jan 27 '20 at 07:04

score 39 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 02 '14 at 01:57

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Use port number 22 (for sftp) instead of 21 (normal ftp). Solved this problem for me.

answered Jul 02 '14 at 01:57

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You need a SFTP-Server to use the port number 22. It does not work for a normal web server with FTP connection! – Suriyaa Jan 05 '16 at 11:42

score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 29 '19 at 05:03

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I solved this error

A connection attempt failed with "ECONNREFUSED - Connection refused by server"

by changing my port to 22 that was successful

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Any chance on more details that might help others? Which port, where to change that. – Anthon Apr 02 '13 at 05:06
You change the port when you save the server or, when using quick connect, the Port: text box immediately left of the Quickconnect button. Note: Quickconnect uses port 21 (SFTP/SSH) by default. – Eric H Jul 08 '13 at 22:21

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 15 '14 at 22:05

For me, I was receiving this error when connecting to the new IP Address I had configured FileZilla to bind to and saved the configuration. After trying all of the other answers unsuccessfully, I decided to connect to the old IP Address to see what came up; lo and behold it responded.

I restarted the FileZilla Windows Service and it immediately came back listening on the correct IP. Pretty elementary, but it cost me some time today as a noob to FZ.

Hopefully this helps someone out in the same predicament.

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