What causes the NPM package installation process to hang on fetchMetadata -> network?

Question

npm

Good afternoon.
Can't install or update npm packages at all. Installation process hangs at:
C:\User\work\node>npm update
fetchMetadata -> network \ |############################ ##########-------------------------- Updated the
node and npm did not solve the problem.
What could be the problem?
Thanks in advance!.

Answer 1

1. Does the firewall allow you to look into the network? Check the settings.
2. What is the network itself? (ports, restrictions on the router, other software, etc.)

Answer 2

The problem was solved by explicitly specifying the repository in the NPM configurations
npm config set registry=" registry.npmjs.org "