What is the contents of your apt configuration files (/etc/apt/apt.conf and 
/etc/apt/sources.list)?

> 
> Hi guys, 
> 
> Got a major problem here. I cannot update my potato installation: all
> connections in apt or ftp, apt directly or through dselect, are timed out
> as soon as they try to download anything. Manual downloding with ftp from
> the very same sites okay. Unfortunately the diagnostics are really just as
> sparse as that; all other error messages that I can get if I choose ftp as
> access mode are secondary to the first timeout in an ftp - presumably the
> Packages file again... 
> 
> ANY help appreciated! (Last update failed on Nov 6 (Japan), if that helps)
> 
> Thanks in advance, cheers, Kai
> 
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>       Kamioka Observatory
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