base-config assumes "testing" even after changing source.list and apt.conf

["H. S." <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com>]

Hi,

I am in the process of installing Debain Unstable on an Inspiron 5160 
laptop. I am using the new Debian Installer (great job, developers! 
Yeh!). I passed the step where base-config askes for apt sources and did 
practically nothing except choosing one source - which was by default 
"testing". Then, in order to get unstable, I changed the sources.list to 
change "testing" to "unstable" and also gave the default distribution as 
"unstable" in apt.conf. Did apt-get clean; apt-get update; apt-get 
dist-upgrade. Still, when I run base-config and tell it to choose 
another source for apt, it looks and uses a "testing" source. I guess I 
am missing something here. But what?

Second, this is weird, the security site is not working for the apt. 
This is the source that base-config includes by itself. I tried both 
with testing as well as stable, still apt times out.

thanks,
->HS