Comment 90 for bug 431217

Well for me configuring /etc/hosts file did the trick.
(I also had the timeout issue on resolving the dns names)

I had to add alot more servers than the posters above:

216.34.181.59 downloads.sourceforge.net
130.59.138.21 switch.dl.sourceforge.net
213.203.218.122 mesh.dl.sourceforge.net
194.95.236.6 dfn.dl.sourceforge.net
193.1.193.66 heanet.dl.sourceforge.net
150.65.7.130 jaist.dl.sourceforge.net
211.79.60.17 nchc.dl.sourceforge.net
200.236.31.1 ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net
150.101.135.12 internode.dl.sourceforge.net
208.122.31.14 voxel.dl.sourceforge.net
212.219.56.167 kent.dl.sourceforge.net
69.88.152.3 internap.dl.sourceforge.net
194.71.11.73 sunet.dl.sourceforge.net
62.109.128.5 ignum.dl.sourceforge.net
130.59.138.21 surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net
88.191.250.132 freefr.dl.sourceforge.net
216.34.181.59 prdownloads.sourceforge.net