I set up SuSEfirewall2 on my linux box, which is used as a router / firewall for my small home network. It runs a DHCP server, SuSEfirewall2, Squid. All the browsers on the local network (including the linux box) use squid as their http proxy. I have not set up an ftp proxy (unless this is a default installation option and I have missed it). Are there any settings I need to watch out for regarding FTP in order to carry out an on-line update using YOU. It may be a co-incidence but since setting up the firewall YOU keeps timing out. It spends some time getting a list of mirror FTP sites to use (10 minutes) but then times out after 20-30 minutes trying to fetch the list of patches available. How can I figure out what is going wrong ? Oh I have SuSE Linux 8.2 Professional. Would appreciate any advice that can be offered. Thanks .. Philip