My system installed OK. I can ftp using the ftp client. apt-get hangs while attempting to download from the package server. I've pointed it at ftp and http servers. I've configured it to use my local mirror and separately the US site. No dice.
Also, it takes a long time for the first packets to get through after then machine boots. I've tested this using ping -c 1 and found that it takes several seconds, ten or so, before the first successful ICMP packet returns. Many fail before one succeeds.
