I had the same problem recently. On the patch download page, Oracle offers: "You may also download patches using any FTP client by connecting to updates.oracle.com. Connect with your Metalink username and password and read the welcome banner for more instructions." I must've been on that page hundreds of times, but never noticed this paragraph until I had an issue with obscenely slow download speeds (i.e < 7K/sec) and opened up a SR. HTH Joe Cooper Senior Oracle DBA Department of Veteran Affairs Austin Automation Center Austin, TX "Mercadante, Thomas F (LABOR)" <Thomas.Mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: All, I'm attempting to download a 9.2.0.7 patch for NT. The McAfee virus scan failed on my machine because of a stupid time limit setting. I tried downloading thru Metalink. Is there an Ftp site where I can do this any easier? Thanks Tom -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big.