[MattSprack]

First off, the title suggests it IS the solution, it mught not be but it gets people reading and it genuinly help people

Ok, i know there are many many people suffering with this and the dreaded
THIS SESSION IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE alert.
And since i bought the game i have been too (until yesterday morning that is)

I'm not saying this IS the answer, but it somehow worked for me.
I am not familiar with the jargon
(ie port forwarding, DMZ, NAT, ip address etc)
BUT, after 3 hours on the phone to BT, 1 hour to EA and 30 mins to PLAYSTATION, im a bit more in the know.

And instead of writing on various threads, because there are so many on this topic and rightly so, i thought id make one, with a possible solution.

Bare in mind, i have a BT home hub, and a ps3...

First off. i rang BT and we tried opening the ports through the BT homehub admin page. didnt work.
so we tried DMZ (opens ALL ports in and out bound. didnt work (infact stopped my ps3 even connecting to the internet for some reason for 5 mins)

Rang EA - they said the same, and if all else fails erase all data...

Now a million people on this forum have told me to do a million different things in a range of different ways, but one guy J_Wheazy, solved it totally for me...

This is how i have fixed it...

First off, delete ALL game data from 08 and 09 that is saved ANYWHERE on the ps3.

Then create a new user.

(i set up a new WIRED connection to the ps3 though not sure thats needed)

yes i forwarded the ports on the BT home hub admin page with the help of BT cust service.

THEN, set up a static i.p address for the ps3. this is because, apparantly everytime your ps3 boots ip, it finds a new ip address. so if your ports are forwarded (like in the manual) they wont always be linked to the same ip address (ps3) in your house

to set that up, you need to...

go to Settings
scroll down to the very bottom and enter Network Settings


now enter Internet Connection

go to Custom


choose wired or wireless depending on what you have


now Auto Detect, then Manual


IP: - you use the same number as your default router, but change the last 3
(seek help on what to change them to. like i said, i dont know how it works, i just did it)

subnet: (seek help)
default router: whatever your router address is -
primary DNS: (seek help)
2nd DNS: (seek help)

that will have you static IP setup on your PS3.
now test the connection and see if it works.



so then,
go into your admin on ya router admin page and check the ps3 (device) is the same as that static ip address
then make sure under that device, the application you have set up (FIFA 09) is added, and enabled.

then boot up fifa 09 and start totally from scratch. (in your new user)

if it works in this new user, it should work in your old one bearing in mind you have had to delete ALL the old data b4 you did any of this...


Now i know many of you out there know more about this than me, but i am just genuinely trying to help. this may not work for you, but it defiantly did for me.
i could connect to like, ONE in 25 attempts at an online match and interactive leagues didnt work at all.
now i havent had a single problem since...

i really do hope this helps guys.
and i hope im not out of my depth posting this.

fifa should not be this complicated to play online. i know many people dont have a problem, but soooooo many do. and it frustrated the heck out of me

and seeing as EA dont come on and give any solution, i was damn well appreciative of the guy that helped me get this sorted, so respect to JWheazy

cheers guys
matt