How to properly disconnect from FTP server with FtpWebRequest

Question

I've created a ftp client that connects several times during the day to retrieve log files from a FTP server.

The Problem is that after a few hours I am getting an error message from the FTP server (-421 session limit reached..). When I check the connections with netstat, I can see several 'ESTABLISHED' connections to the server even though I've "closed" the connection.

When I try to do the same over the command line or FileZilla, the connections are properly closed.

ftpRequest = (FtpWebRequest)FtpWebRequest.Create(host + "/" + remoteFile);
ftpRequest.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(user, pass);
ftpRequest.UseBinary = true;
ftpRequest.UsePassive = true;
ftpRequest.KeepAlive = true;
ftpRequest.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.DownloadFile;
ftpResponse = (FtpWebResponse)ftpRequest.GetResponse();
ftpStream = ftpResponse.GetResponseStream();
FileStream localFileStream = new FileStream(localFile, FileMode.Create);
int bytesRead = ftpStream.Read(byteBuffer, 0, bufferSize);
/* Resource Cleanup */

localFileStream.Close();
ftpStream.Close();
ftpResponse.Close();
ftpRequest = null;

How can I close/disconnect the connection properly? Did I forget anything?

Answer 1

Try and set the FtpWebRequest.KeepAlive property to false. If KeepAlive is set to false, then the control connection to the server will be closed when the request completes.

ftpWebRequest.KeepAlive = false;