+# it seems that some companies block ftp access by default, therefore http access is preferred here
+!define MiKTeXRepo "http://ftp.fernuni-hagen.de/ftp-dir/pub/mirrors/www.ctan.org/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/"
+#!define MiKTeXRepo "ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/tex/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/"