Hi Team,

When i try to install a Perl Module using CPAN on Windows XP system i see the following in the Command Prompt 

cpan> install File::Split
Running install for module 'File::Split'
Running make for M/MI/MIDDLETO/File-Split-0.30.tar.gz
Fetching with LWP:
  http://cpan.perl.org/authors/id/M/MI/MIDDLETO/File-Split-0.30.tar.gz
LWP failed with code[500] message[Can't connect to cpan.perl.org:80 (c
+onnect: ti
meout)]
Warning: no success downloading 'C:\Perl\cpan\sources\authors\id\M\MI\
+MIDDLETO\F
ile-Split-0.30.tar.gz.tmp6052'. Giving up on it. at C:\Perl\lib/CPAN/D
+istributio
n.pm line 379
Fetching with LWP:
  ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/authors/id/M/MI/MIDDLETO/File-Split-0.30.tar.
+gz
LWP failed with code[404] message[Can't chdir to authors]
Fetching with Net::FTP:
  ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/authors/id/M/MI/MIDDLETO/File-Split-0.30.tar.
+gz
  Couldn't cwd pub/authors/id/M/MI/MIDDLETO: Can't change directory to
+ pub/autho
rs/id/M/MI/MIDDLETO: No such file or directory
Fetching with Net::FTP
  ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/authors/id/M/MI/MIDDLETO/File-Split-0.30.tar.
+gz.gz
  Couldn't cwd pub/authors/id/M/MI/MIDDLETO: Can't change directory to
+ pub/autho
rs/id/M/MI/MIDDLETO: No such file or directory
Warning: no success downloading 'C:\Perl\cpan\sources\authors\id\M\MI\
+MIDDLETO\F
ile-Split-0.30.tar.gz.tmp6052'. Giving up on it. at C:\Perl\lib/CPAN/D
+istributio
n.pm line 379
Fetching with LWP:
  http://www.perl.org/CPAN/authors/id/M/MI/MIDDLETO/File-Split-0.30.ta
+r.gz
LWP failed with code[500] message[Can't connect to www.perl.org:80 (co
+nnect: tim
eout)]
Fetching with LWP:
  ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/authors/id/M/MI/MIDDLETO/File-Split-0.30
+.tar.gz
Fetching with LWP:
  ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/authors/id/M/MI/MIDDLETO/CHECKSUMS
Checksum for C:\Perl\cpan\sources\authors\id\M\MI\MIDDLETO\File-Split-
+0.30.tar.g
z ok
File-Split-0.30/
File-Split-0.30/MANIFEST
File-Split-0.30/META.yml
File-Split-0.30/Changes
File-Split-0.30/lib/
File-Split-0.30/lib/File/
File-Split-0.30/lib/File/Split.pm
File-Split-0.30/t/
File-Split-0.30/t/File-Split.t
File-Split-0.30/README
File-Split-0.30/Makefile.PL

  CPAN.pm: Going to build M/MI/MIDDLETO/File-Split-0.30.tar.gz

Set up gcc environment - 3.4.5 (mingw-vista special r3)
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
WARNING: Setting ABSTRACT via file 'lib/File/Split.pm' failed
 at C:/Perl/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm line 583
Writing Makefile for File::Split
cp lib/File/Split.pm blib\lib\File\Split.pm
  MIDDLETO/File-Split-0.30.tar.gz
  C:\STRAWB~1\c\bin\dmake.exe -- OK
Running make test
C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, '
+blib\lib',
 'blib\arch')" t/*.t
t/File-Split.t ..
t/File-Split.t .. 1/1 #   Failed test 'use File::Split;'
#   at t/File-Split.t line 9.
#     Tried to use 'File::Split'.
#     Error:  Can't locate Array/Dissect.pm in @INC (@INC contains: C:
+\Perl\cpan
\build\File-Split-0.30-H7KYhz\blib\lib C:\Perl\cpan\build\File-Split-0
+.30-H7KYhz
\blib\arch C:/Perl/site/lib C:/Perl/lib .) at C:\Perl\cpan\build\File-
+Split-0.30
-H7KYhz\blib\lib/File/Split.pm line 5.
# BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\Perl\cpan\build\File-Split-0
+.30-H7KYhz
\blib\lib/File/Split.pm line 5.
# Compilation failed in require at (eval 4) line 2.
# BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 4) line 2.
# Looks like you failed 1 test of 1.
t/File-Split.t .. Dubious, test returned 1 (wstat 256, 0x100)
Failed 1/1 subtests 

Test Summary Report
-------------------
t/File-Split.t (Wstat: 256 Tests: 1 Failed: 1)
  Failed test:  1
  Non-zero exit status: 1
Files=1, Tests=1,  0 wallclock secs ( 0.06 usr +  0.02 sys =  0.08 CPU
+)
Result: FAIL
Failed 1/1 test programs. 1/1 subtests failed.
dmake.exe:  Error code 129, while making 'test_dynamic'
  MIDDLETO/File-Split-0.30.tar.gz
  C:\STRAWB~1\c\bin\dmake.exe test -- NOT OK
//hint// to see the cpan-testers results for installing this module, t
+ry:
  reports MIDDLETO/File-Split-0.30.tar.gz
Running make install
  make test had returned bad status, won't install without force
Failed during this command:
 MIDDLETO/File-Split-0.30.tar.gz              : make_test NO

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Firstly iam not sure whether the Module "File::Split" was installed properly or not and second please help fix the below issue i face 

" Fetching with LWP:
  http://cpan.perl.org/authors/id/M/MI/MIDDLETO/File-Split-0.30.tar.gz
LWP failed with code[500] message[Can't connect to cpan.perl.org:80 (c
+onnect: ti
meout)] "

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