Thankyou for your suggestion rpanman, 
[sjoh@nucleix method]$ perl ftp1.pl
Net::FTP>>> Net::FTP(2.75)
Net::FTP>>>   Exporter(5.58)
Net::FTP>>>   Net::Cmd(2.26)
Net::FTP>>>   IO::Socket::INET(1.27)
Net::FTP>>>     IO::Socket(1.28)
Net::FTP>>>       IO::Handle(1.24)
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x9da13a0)<<< 220 (vsFTPd 2.0.5)
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x9da13a0)>>> user anonymous
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x9da13a0)<<< 331 Please specify the password.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x9da13a0)>>> PASS ....
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x9da13a0)<<< 230 Login successful.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x9da13a0)>>> CWD /pub/CPAN
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x9da13a0)<<< 250-The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
+ (http://www.cpan.org/)
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x9da13a0)<<< 250-master site has been from the very beg
+inning (1995) hosted at FUNET,
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x9da13a0)<<< 250-the Finnish University NETwork.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x9da13a0)<<< 250-
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x9da13a0)<<< 250-
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x9da13a0)<<< 250 Directory successfully changed.
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x9da13a0)>>> PASV
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x9da13a0)<<< 227 Entering Passive Mode (193,201,200,224
+,185,150)
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x9da13a0)>>> RETR README.html
Net::FTP=GLOB(0x9da13a0): Timeout at ftp1.pl

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but now if I add as tirwhan suggested, 
my $ftp=Net::FTP->new("ftp.cpan.org", Firewall => "XXXX", Debug => 1)
ine 8

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Where XXXX- proxy of my institute
I am getting message
Couldnt connect:Net::FTP: connect: Connection refused

In reply to Re^2: Problem with Net::FTP by cool
in thread Problem with Net::FTP by cool

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