Esse link funcionou para mim com sucesso.
$: wget ftp: //hgdownload.cse .ucsc.edu / goldenPath / hg19 / cromossomas / chr1.fa.gz - 2013-09-30
23:34:58-- ftp://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg19/chromosomes/chr1.fa.gz
=> 'chr1.fa.gz.1'
Resolving hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu (hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu)... 128.114.119.163
Connecting to hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu (hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu)|128.114.119.163|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD (1) /goldenPath/hg19/chromosomes ... done.
==> SIZE chr1.fa.gz ... 73773666
==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR chr1.fa.gz ... done.
Length: 73773666 (70M) (unauthoritative)
3% [=> ] 2,810,568 101K/s eta 10m 57s
No meu /etc/wgetrc
passive_ftp = on
$: wget --version
GNU Wget 1.13.4 built on linux-gnu.
+digest +https +ipv6 +iri +large-file +nls +ntlm +opie +ssl/openssl
Wgetrc:
/etc/wgetrc (system)
Locale: /usr/share/locale
Compile: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DSYSTEM_WGETRC="/etc/wgetrc"
-DLOCALEDIR="/usr/share/locale" -I. -I../../src -I../lib
-I../../lib -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Iyes/include -g -O2
-fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat
-Wformat-security -Werror=format-security -DNO_SSLv2
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -g -Wall
Link: gcc -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat
-Wformat-security -Werror=format-security -DNO_SSLv2
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -g -Wall -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions
-Wl,-z,relro -Lyes/lib -lssl -lcrypto -lz -ldl -lz -lidn -lrt
ftp-opie.o openssl.o http-ntlm.o ../lib/libgnu.a
SO: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS 64 bit
Estou na minha LAN doméstica conectada em um roteador DHCP, conectada ao modem a cabo WAN com um endereço IP dinâmico para um ISP residencial.