[plug] apt-get update slow, even stuck on au.archive.ubuntu.com raring ?

[Simon Wise]

On 01/03/14 15:29, Shanon Loughton wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Over the last few weeks, my apt-get update doesnt quite finish. I let it go
> for 30 mins and it crawls very few sources, that it seems to eventually
> 'Ign" anyway.
>
> ...
> Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com raring Release.gpg
> 91% [Waiting for headers]

something seems wrong with that link, it leads to aarnet and following the 
Ubuntu link there says ...

Description: Could not connect to the server "202.158.214.36".


Simon