what will be the port number in the ip+port combination?

Question

Password:
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> ls reports
227 Entering Passive Mode (153,18,17,11,238,169)
150 Here comes the directory listing.
Entering Passive Mode (153,18,17,11,238,169)

the port number here decoded comes out to be 61097. its huge!! is it correct?

Answer 1

Yep, the last two digits are the port number, so 238 in hex is EE, and 169 in hex is A9.

EEA9 = 61097 decimal

IANA allows for port numbers up to 65535