Easily Memorize Port Numbers! (for CompTIA A+ Exam 220-1101, 220-1102, and more)

[@my-free-academy]

*** IMPORTANT NOTE: There are 65,535 ports, NOT 65,353 ports, it was just a typo that for some reason I didn't catch when I was recording the voiceover. I'm not sure how I didn't catch this when I was recording it, and I'm pretty mad at myself about it. It's a common number in PC terms, since in binary, it's 2 to the 16th power minus 1. I apologize for the confusion, and I will see if I can add an annotation in the video itself.

[@DuitLikeThis]

I take my a+ in an hour so I appreciate the video!!

[@my-free-academy]

@@DuitLikeThis Good luck and happy cramming :D don't stress too much, take your time with the questions, re-read everything, make sure you're hydrated and have a snack beforehand so you have energy and not just focused on being hungry and struggle to focus. They give you plenty of time, so you can go back and review questions you struggled on and give them more attention :)

[@DuitLikeThis]

@@my-free-academy Just came back here to let you know I did end up passing and thank you for this video!

[@my-free-academy]

@@DuitLikeThis Congratulations!!! Very happy for you :) What's next on the career path?

[@DuitLikeThis]

@@my-free-academy part 2 😂😂😂 then continuing on for the other comptia certs and school

[@4867503]

SNMP sounds like "snimp" which sounds like "shrimp", and 161 looks like |6| and the 6 is an upside-down cocktail shrimp in the middle of the "road"

[@Fernandez218]

It sounds more like "simp" and simps are attentive and submissive to women. 6 is an upside down 9 and a 9/10 woman is very attractive. Someone worthy of simping towards. Upside down 1's are still 1's so we have a 9/10 rating woman surronded by 1s which boosts her attactiveness up to a 10. Similarly SNMP (simp) sends out queries (attention and adoration) to port 161 (object of affection) for the discovery and monitoring process (clingy).

[@Superior_Self]

@@Fernandez218 no joke i instantly thought of it sounding like the word simp and was trying to memorize it similiarly and you did it first! Thanks bro

[@Fernandez218]

@@Superior_Self haha. I have too much time on my hands.

[@brentbeard6858]

You got 69 like on this idea. I like it but I couldn't bring myself to hit that like and messing it up

[@chantalh4033]

Cool

[@jacobzacarias]

53 - DNS 5 syllables (do-main name sys-tem) 3 words (domain name system)

[@ryanmcnichol3620]

as a canadian, this is so much easier to remember than a American president haha. Thanks a lot!

[@smallppgangg]

way easier to remember

[@NyneIX9]

Nice!

[@RazzleJazzle420]

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[@partygamer62gamereviewsand76]

@@ryanmcnichol3620 as an american, this is so much easier to remember than an american president

[@bayliedaedra347]

i watched this, went back to studying flashcards thinking it did not work. IT WORKED THANK YOU.

[@my-free-academy]

Glad it helped :) Yeah these are silly, but sometimes the silly stuff sticks :D

[@vannesaashby8989]

Same for me lol

[@bayliedaedra347]

Nine months later and the A+ and network+ passed, thanks again for helping me remember these

[@adog3129]

LDAP is 389 and RDP is 3389. so if you remember one, you remember both. that's helped me.

[@Abdirahmaann]

123 NTP easy to remember 😁

[@ivanoska13]

Yessss! I do the same

[@believeume122]

I'm trying to remember the 636 one

[@jeremychi5674]

Holy crap I was struggling with memorizing these ports for soo long, but after watching this video three times in a row, I aced them on quizlet flashcards. THANK YOU

[@titusgitari]

Thank you so much! I'm thrilled to share that I passed the CORE 2, and it wouldn't have been possible without the invaluable information from the video. 🙏🎉

[@my-free-academy]

Glad I could help!

[@spykefu19]

THIS HELPS OUT ALOT! Thank you for this! Memorizing Port numbers has been torturing me , no matter how many times I study them & your examples are great! (I also had trouble trying to relate DNS to something relevant to me but couldnt either so dont worry lol) Also, a fun one that helped me that I thought I would share would be for Port 143: Typical IMAX movie screen ratios are in 1:43 .....IMAX / IMAP both utilize 143 (not sure if viewers know IMAX but those that do, hope this alternative helps as well) Wish everyone all the best in their endeavors! "There is no glory in practice, but without practice, there is no glory"

[@viktorvaxby5985]

Why does this channel only have 660 subs?!! Best CompTIA certification content on yt frfr

[@Keylink1]

His content is great and helpful, but I wouldn't say it's the best. I'd have to give that to Professor Messer, he is actually partnered with CompTIA so if you're serious about passing give him a shot :)

[@rasheedahrasheedah5972]

Bless You!!!! ☺I just memorized 13 ports after watching this once! Also, thank you to the people who left comments on how they memorized a few. All of it helped.

[@toxiclucien8168]

man i gave my interview for a networking company and they asked me which port is 23...i instantly remembered ur video and said Telnet and it was correct later i cleared the job interview....fun fact is i watched ur video 7 months ago but till date i remember al these 😂😂...thanks for the video man....this surely helped a lot in my exams too....highly suggested😁😁

[@lexbro95]

I just want to thank you for this video, it's been insanely helpful for cramming the port numbers especially as someone who hasn't really considered IT / tech to be a viable job path until very recently

[@SandeepKumar-zb5uf]

Thanks bro, I appreciate the way you explained. I am planning to take a CompTIA A+ soon and your video is really helpful in remembering the ports.

[@des-Troy-ed]

Thanks for this concise and straight to the point video, hopefully, i pass core 1 this time (it cost me £180 to do the exam again).

[@jaykayaye5260]

Good luck

[@EligosIV]

Definitely going to rewatch this over and over.

[@marko1788]

This is exactly how I used to memorize stuff I needed to learn back in grade school, coming up with simple little things to help me remember! God bless you sir! This is just what I needed!

[@deangulberry1876]

Very helpful. I’ve read the more crazy, weird, profane the image is, the better you remember it.

[@Etliah]

Best video I have encountered this week! I really needed this, thank you

[@margaretlapell2461]

You have no idea how much this helps 👌🏻🙏🏻❤️

[@dragons02018]

I have my 220-1101 on Wednesday and where I'd been struggling mostly was how to memorise the ports! Thank you for this!

[@my-free-academy]

You're very welcome :)

[@susieogle9108]

I am honestly getting a little thrill with seeing this and seeing that someone else used two of the ways I remember some of these ports! I was telling a buddy about 22 turned around is SS, and also told him how 143 means, I love you, and I always think about how much I love IMAP because it maps out my email to all of my devices. I have NOT thought of 20/21 for Forget That Period. THAT is awesome! It just felt great for him to forward me this video and seeing two of the ones I told him matched up exactly. Thank you!!

[@Rose_8124]

honestly this is going to help so much, I'm taking part one of the A+ next Wednesday and ports and printers are my biggest struggle.

[@KINGSAVAGEVLOGS]

Same here bro I struggled with it on my 1101 exam I’m taking 1102 this Saturday just remember what you learned and be prepared for a lot of customer service questions and knowledge based questions

[@my-free-academy]

What printer problems are you having trouble with? Maybe I can make some resources for those.

[@stevenmossor9927]

bro i have never laughed so much let alone during a tech video that im learning from. thanks brother you are a king

[@robbybaker7536]

Thank you! I have been "Santa Mailing" my way through my A+ studies.

[@CemeteryConfessions]

This is insane but it fucking worked. I laughed my ass off and remembered every single one. You're a mad genius.

[@yaboyjay7068]

just wanna lyk, after watching this videolike 2 times ive literally gotten all of them right multiple times in my little matching games. Thank you!

[@Lilpenguino1028]

Earned a like for the Roman network protocol stretch/bit. I had a good laugh and will now likely never forget 161 is the SNMP port. Thank you❤🎉 Not to memorize the other dozen 😅

[@danielb833]

Thanks for making this video! I screen captured each one so I can print them and hang them at my work desk so I see them every day!!!

[@joshuamercer854]

This is great. There's even more ports to know for CompTIA Network plus it would be awesome if you made a video for that.

[@ethancarel7621]

For LDAP, 3 Ate(8) 9 then took a LONG NAP (LNAP), which sounds like LDAP. For HTTPS, There are two (4’s) in a row that match two (H’s), in a row. Then there are (3) letters remaining (H,P, and S). Visually, it’s (44)3 and H(TT)PS Hope this helps!

[@Blazethedmn]

I passed my test and a lot of those came in handy, thanks!

[@Mamakaz86]

Thanks for this! I have my 1101 exam tomorrow morning and I'm refreshing my memory on port numbers and some of these will come in handy!

[@my-free-academy]

Best of luck!

[@BugattiLo_]

Bro this was hella unique and effective. Subbed.

[@lantieee]

This 10000% helped me to remember these ports. Thanks for this!

[@relaxeasy5410]

Found this while studying for the CC by ISC2, very useful and really helped in the exam, love TEL it to the NET :D

[@beatzbyjay24]

This is genious man made it alot easier to remember thank you for making this video

[@my-free-academy]

Glad it helped :)

[@TmissinglinkC]

I've just barely started my A+ journey, but this video helped me memorize these port numbers in less than 20 minutes. Thank you.

[@my-free-academy]

You got this!

[@ryanscalcione2166]

This was incredibly helpful, thank you!

[@ConTroll87]

Yup. Watched this once and already remember most of it.

[@admmm_]

I like to remember LDAP as an LA-PD police vehicle with the number 389 written on the back of it being the vehicle identifier LOL

[@coldCoders]

Honestly loved the NetBios way to remember, actually super dope

[@michaelwood7489]

Helped me pass my exam! Thank you!

[@jasonseyba9421]

Thanks. Found this video both helpful and fun.

[@firstfourthfirst5097]

This is actually brilliant

[@my-free-academy]

Thank you glad it helped :)

[@Jadon_WYSE]

Thank you so much for this video. I believe this must have taken some work, so I just wanted to let you know I appreciate it.

[@albertovazquez9867]

dude all of them helped. you are a freaking beast

[@32cassey]

It was the DHCP for me, won’t think of it another way again🙂 thank you all are helpful

[@musicbyd]

Downtown Has Cheese Pizza at the corner of 67 & 68

[@jakebroz9116]

I am terrible at memorizing stuff like this so I'm most stressed about this part of the exam since there's probably going to be a performance-based question to match port numbers with their protocols. Your example for 53 was quite a stretch but 23, 25, 67/68, 110 and 389 make perfect sense, overall nice video!

[@lettersfromanihilist9092]

this is the best video on the internet

[@deemantheboss67]

I don't usually comment on videos but thank you so much, I was ready to throw in the towel

[@anonnimoose7987]

HTTP: Around The World In 80 Days (in a hot air balloon) Seriously, watch the movie. NTP - think of the clock - 1 2 3 69 TFTP - The F- (welp it became awkward)

[@Warp2567]

Thanks. This actually helps for Sec+ exam too! Although there are a few more ports to remember, like Secured LDAP By the way, Secured LDAP is by far the most confusing port number to remember: 636....LDAP is 389! So it's nowhere close to the number of the secured version 😂

[@garrettdeanna]

Thank you! So helpful ❤

[@criznittle968]

I found these to be the most memorable: (great work coming up with them) 20/21(FTP), 22(SSH), 23(Telnet), 25(SMTP), 67/68(DHCP), 110(POP3), 143(IMAP), 445(SMB) But these ports are a bit abstract without preexisting knowledge of what's being referenced: 53(Eisenhower), 137/139(NetBIOS), 161/162(SNMP), 389(LDAP)

[@40wattstudio41]

Excellent, exactly what I was looking for!

[@40wattstudio41]

Update: Just passed my Comptia A+ Core 1 exam. Thanks to this video, I'm pretty sure I got all the port number questions right!

[@-bagg]

ive watched this probably 20 times by now and im watching it one last time before my exam tmr, for real this video helped me memorize all of them even on some of the stranger ones i even ended up making up some other ways of memorizing them myself thank you for the video!!!!!!!

[@humanbean8008]

how was the exam?

[@-bagg]

@@humanbean8008 good I passed with 725/900

[@my-free-academy]

Congratulations! :D Time to make that sweet money now!

[@my-free-academy]

Glad it helped :D

[@mortal1501]

What I am glad I clicked on this video. I have been having a hard time remembering these ports. Do you have any more A+ or IT videos that can help me to remember like the Raid's?

[@my-free-academy]

Yes. There's a file systems video, malware removal steps video, linux and windows commands video, and more to come :)

[@7topseven7]

great video helps so much thank you. for the 389 LADP and 3899 RDP this worked for me 4 letters = 3 Numbers and 3 letters = 4 numbers they're opposites

[@galloe]

This probably works better for those who live in the U.S., but for port 53 - Domain Name System, you can relate it to the presidential race. Dwight D. Eisenhower (D) became president in 1953 by defeating Adlai Stevenson II (S), and Eisenhower's running mate was Richard Nixon (N). So you can say... In 19(53), [D]wight and [N]ixon defeated [S]tevenson.

[@anonnimoose7987]

I was about to use the beetle car but this works better

[@roncall6065]

Thank you!!!!

[@my-free-academy]

Very welcome :)

[@aliamir7147]

This totally helps. Thanks

[@mentaldotnotebook]

DNS - Dad! No Salt! Ur 53

[@AnotherOpinionatedIdiot]

I just passed core 2 today. Thank you. Your video, online practice exams, and note taking helped me.

[@the_retro_reviewer]

The super mario bros bit is just genius lol

[@caseychester3626]

i'll never forget DHCP since i'm a 37 year old child. Thank you

[@user-gt1fp9im5e]

Great video made me laugh 😂 I enjoy your other videos as well. Studying for my sec+ I hope you keep making awesome videos thank you

[@booknikYT]

Dude, I love this

[@twistedsmilez]

Thank you sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@bipolartorecovery1485]

Thanks for helping with the study burn out

[@tianxiu]

Thank you!

[@my-free-academy]

Welcome :) Hope it helps.

[@tonyr.5673]

Thank you for making it, anything helps, and you made it funny at times.

[@my-free-academy]

Welcome :) Glad it helped :)

[@WillPowah]

Super helpful thank you

[@DatMexicanJesus]

These are really good and super helpful!!! Thank you :)

[@Gh_xst6]

Fantastic!!! Thank you very much for putting this together! ❤

[@rwxrw]

you earned a like and a sub. I'm grateful for you, seriously.

[@matthewcooper2916]

This is gold dude

[@chrisbrown4279]

got it down thanks to this, thanks!

[@my-free-academy]

Glad it was able to help, Chris :)

[@rasheedahrasheedah5972]

TFTP is Port 69 Trivial File Transfer Protocol Trivial means something that doesn't matter. During 69 it doesn't matter if your the 6 or the 9, your both getting pleased at the same time.

[@davei2938]

This video should cost money to access. Yet its free! thanks bro.

[@garywright4106]

I already did the 23 Jordan trick. I'm glad I'm not the only one

[@lancelyde]

1.4.3 your channel thank you! ❤❤

[@NBuono15]

This is super helpfull and made me laugh thank you!

[@chaichanaa]

It helped, thank you!!

[@rickyg4185]

Thank you 👊🏼

[@murdock3829]

Thank you for a good study video

[@SAM7167]

Super cool. I think I'll remember them, especially for SMB, port 445! Now I have the little music stuck in my head! 🤣

[@1776_Reasons]

20, 21 FTP, 22 SSH, and 23 telnet helps me! Someone else said SNMP sounds like shrimp = 161 which could symbolize a shrimp on a plate. For as many of the remaining ones as possible, I associate them with the first thing I think of or something significant to me. To learn the rest, make flash cards and start with 2 cards and add or subtract one each time you feel you have it or need help. Take turns going by name/# and just don't let the discouraging thoughts in and you will learn them in an hour or two of dedicated studying.

[@debraspann-horne7782]

Thank you for this! It helped a lot!

[@my-free-academy]

Glad it helped! :)

[@stoneguy85]

This was a big help. Thank you

[@BarryHampton-s7e]

Thank you sir, this does help

[@jr_dev-xg2xo]

This was super helpful thank you!

[@abdulalialotaibi7062]

I love you, thank you

[@johndoyle6035]

Definitely helps!

[@dogeattack6320]

For SMB, the super Mario brothers example, I changed it to “Save” = 4, “Miss” = 4, “Peach” = 5

[@ingridpaixaor]

This is awesome! Thanks

[@sulu165]

Thank you

[@thekngmarc]

🐐

[@jessesimonds6744]

Holy crap this is great, thank you

[@CyberKingNova]

For the RDP port 3389 this is how I remember it: RD reminds me of the initials for Robert Downey Jr, from the Iron Man/MCU movies (who's rich btw). And the P can almost look like someone sticking their tongue out if you turn your head. So RDP on top of 3389 being the largest port in the video, makes me think of Tony stark teasing that he has a lot of money.

[@Nicoli9349]

Thank you so much fr this video!

[@my-free-academy]

Welcome, my pleasure :)