Some routers may not have a firewall and most will not be able to run Skynet, only certain Asus routers (see Skynet ).
Some routers will have a function called “Static routing”. I won’t bore you with the details but we can use this option to divert traffic from an IP to a device on your network. In this case, the bad game server IPs to a dummy/fake device on your network.
So for instance, if you block the German servers what happens is the connection test tries to communicate with an IP on your network but can not reach it. So like Skynet and the firewall method, it can not give a latency figure and that location thinks you are unreachable.
In this picture I have circled relevant IPs. Rather than finding out the correct IP (under the “Destination Network” column) for the testing server, this person knew it fell under a certain range and blocked the range. To block so many IPs can cause other network users, who use Amazon, to have issues when using that site and other sites hosted by AWS. This is an extreme version of what we should do. EA and AWs have tidied up IP useage since this pic was first done. The IPs have also changed on some destinations so please don’t use these.
Ignore the subnet masks used also. we will be using 255.255.255.0 only.
Under default gateway you will need to use a DHCP address from your router within the useable range but NOT used by any devices.
In “Default Gateway” you will need to enter an unused network IP from within the DHCP range on your home router.
If your home router’s IP is 192.168.1.1 , then usually the DHCP range will start from 192.168.1.2 to anything up to 192.168.1.254. Check first otherwise this method may not work.
On this example the dummy address is 192.168.1.160.
Under “Status” you have to have the option enabled for it to be blocked. What this person did was to set all the then European server locations to be able to toggle to ban or to leave available. Saves a lot of messing around.
What you need to do is use the testing server IP from the list below (I will update this list frequently) and enter the 1st 3 sets of numbers followed by a .0 and /24 just like in Skynet and the firewall method.
For example Spain is 213.179.217.69 so you enter 213.179.217.0/24 into the £Destination Network.
Then enter the Subnet mask 255.255.255.0. Then the Ip for the dummy device. Then enable. Apply setting s and then start up FIFA.
Like Skynet and the firewall method, you will sometimes get put on the undesired server but it will be rare.