I set my Suse 9.0 to get files from the web ... it worked without a problem.
Make sure to do this:
for ftp servers or http servers (I use http becuase it's faster) make sure your entries are like this:
(I'll include the mirrors I am using right now)
When adding a new http source, put this in for server:
Here is the path to the files:
http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/suse/i386/9.0/But use this for the entry:
server: mirror.mcs.anl.gov
path: suse/i386/9.0/(no http:// in the server box .... no slash before, but one after the path....)
Here are a couple other
http mirrors:
http://suse.oregonstate.edu/suse/i386/9.0/server: suse.oregonstate.edu
path: suse/i386/9.0/
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distri.../suse/i386/9.0/server: distro.ibiblio.org
path: pub/linux/distributions/suse/suse/i386/9.0/
http://sunsite.utk.edu/ftp/pub/linux/suse/.../suse/i386/9.0/server: sunsite.utk.edu
path: ftp/pub/linux/suse/suse/i386/9.0/
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In my opinion, http is better than FTP for several reasons ...
1. You don't normally get the too many users logged in.
2. The downloads are not normally restriced to xx kb/sec per connection
3. The downloads start faster because there is no overhead for a login ... even if it is anonymous.
4. Most firewalls allow port 80 out even if they block ftp downloads....can be easier for some users.
These mirrors are for SUSE 9 ... if you have another version, then find the correct paths for that version.