after using: $ sudo synaptic -o APT::http::Timeout=240 I installed a few updates and run into no timeouts however I did run into a "Connection was reset by peer" (is the cause of this known?) requiring a retry to finish downloading. That's why an autoretry would make things easier.
-- Download timeouts in synaptic for modem users (auto-retry option?) https://launchpad.net/bugs/59739 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
