Guys..I am an IT Consultant and net programming is my job.
Forwarding ports and the like to fix this is just a fluke...its the lalalala fifa 09 code. If your fifa 08 worked or any other game for that matter then just leave everything alone.
When you open connections to servers (in code) it comes from the machine itself and opens a "tunnel" to it which stays open throughout. The router knows where to send the data. Port forwarding is needed if you are setting up a server on your PC or something like that.
If for some strange reason they have made it so you actually do need to change router settings then they need to change it quickly and make it like every other xbox live game.
I have troubles with fifa online games (i played over 500 online games on fifa 08 without a problem) and I think everyone does at the moment. My mates have the same problem too and they are all programmers.
So sit tight and wait until EA fix it.
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