http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31438
--- Comment #35 from Rosanne DiMesio dimesio@earthlink.net 2012-12-31 19:10:42 CST --- I tried to reproduce the problem in 1.5.20, and I can't, at least not as originally reported (impossible to download anything).
I was able to download, install, and start Battlefield 1942. What I can confirm is that the download did stall several times, but I was always able to restart it by pausing and then resuming it, and nothing was lost. I cannot say for certain whether the stalling was due to a bug in Wine or glitches in my internet connection.
Error messages about {dcb00c01-570f-4a9b-8d69-199fdba5723b} spammed the console the whole time it was downloading (that's bug 30384), but it didn't prevent the download from completing.
My test was on openSUSE 11.4 x86_64, in a pristine 32 bit wineprefix.
Has anyone verified that the stalling does not happen on Windows, or that if it does, the downloader is able to reconnect on its own?