Hi, im kinda new using cpan, the problem is that is not working, i mean whenever i want to install any new module, i get connection timed out, conection refused, even when i have port 21 opened at the firewall, and i ´ve setted up ftp to run in passive mode. So as at cpan mailing i can´t get any help, i want to remove cpan directory and reinstall it again, but ill only do this if im not loosing installed modules with the removal.

Can anyone help me with this??

Thanks.
Emilio

Do you mean /root/.cpan?

You should just be able to blow it away and start again fresh. If you want to be 100% sure you don't lose any sources you downloaded then:
mv /root/.cpan /root/cpan-bak

Maybe you can help me with this, when i type install MD5 or whatever module i might need to install this is the output:

Resolving mirror.sit.wisc.edu... 144.92.104.38
Connecting to mirror.sit.wisc.edu[144.92.104.38]:21... failed: Connection refused.

System call "/usr/bin/wget -O - "ftp://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz" > /root/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt"
returned status 1 (wstat 256)
Warning: expected file [/root/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz] doesn't exist
Issuing "/usr/bin/ftp -n"
ftp: connect: Connection refused
Not connected.
Local directory now /root/.cpan/sources/authors
Not connected.
Not connected.
Not connected.
Not connected.
Not connected.
Not connected.
Bad luck... Still failed!
Can't access URL ftp://mirrors.bannerlandia.com.ar/mi...mailrc.txt.gz.

Issuing "/usr/bin/ftp -n"
ftp: connect: Connection refused
Not connected.
Local directory now /root/.cpan/sources/authors
Not connected.
Not connected.
Not connected.
Not connected.
Not connected.
Not connected.
Bad luck... Still failed!
Can't access URL ftp://ftp.linux.org.ar/pub/cpan/auth...mailrc.txt.gz.

even changing the repository, i´ve tried lots but he result is quite the same.

What can i do???

Emilio

Can you ftp to that address normally without using cpan?

Nope, it says: Connection Refused, but how is this possible, in my firewall i´ve got port 21 opened?

Perhaps something else along the line is blocking you. Try:
ftp ftp.kernel.org