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[CS GO] Picking matchmaking servers.
Code Artisan Jul 30, 2016
Counter-Strike GO searches for a server by doing a ping to all of them until one respond with a decent ping. By blocking some ip ranges, you can effectively select which region you want to play on.

Blocking a range of IPs on linux is as simple as (Need to be root)

iptables -A INPUT -s 146.66.152.0/24 -j DROP

Valve servers ip ranges can be found here https://github.com/denniskupec/csgo-matchmaking-ip-ranges

A bash script (Comment the regions you want to allow)

#!/bin/bash

# EU North
iptables -A INPUT -s 146.66.156.0/24 -j DROP # (Stockholm, Sweden)
iptables -A INPUT -s 146.66.157.0/24 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -s 185.25.180.0/24 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -s 185.25.180.0/24 -j DROP

# Poland
iptables -A INPUT -s 155.133.240.0/24 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -s 155.133.241.0/24 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -s 155.133.242.0/24 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -s 155.133.243.0/24 -j DROP

# EU East
iptables -A INPUT -s 146.66.155.0/24 -j DROP # (Italy)
iptables -A INPUT -s 185.25.182.0/24 -j DROP

# EU West
iptables -A INPUT -s 146.66.152.0/24 -j DROP # (Luxembourg)
iptables -A INPUT -s 146.66.158.0/24 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -s 146.66.159.0/24 -j DROP

# Spain
iptables -A INPUT -s 155.133.246.0/24 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -s 155.133.247.0/24 -j DROP

# Middle East
iptables -A INPUT -s 185.25.183.0/24 # (Dubai)

# US East
iptables -A INPUT -s 208.78.164.0/24 -j DROP # (Ashburn, Virginia)
iptables -A INPUT -s 208.78.165.0/24 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -s 208.78.166.0/24 -j DROP

# US South-East
iptables -A INPUT -s 162.254.199.0/24 -j DROP # (Atlanta, Georgia)

# US West
iptables -A INPUT -s 192.69.96.0/24 -j DROP # (Seattle, Washington)
iptables -A INPUT -s 192.69.97.0/24 -j DROP

# US South-West
iptables -A INPUT -s 162.254.194.0/24 -j DROP # (California)

# South Africa
iptables -A INPUT -s 197.80.4.37/32 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -s 152.111.192.0/24 -j DROP # (Cape Town)
iptables -A INPUT -s 197.80.200.0/24 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -s 196.38.180.0/24 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -s 197.84.209.0/24 -j DROP

# Australia
iptables -A INPUT -s 103.10.125.0/24 -j DROP # (Sydney)

# South America
iptables -A INPUT -s 209.197.29.0/24 -j DROP # (Brazil)
iptables -A INPUT -s 209.197.25.0/24 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -s 205.185.194.0/24 -j DROP

# India
iptables -A INPUT -s 180.149.41.0/24 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -s 116.202.224.146/32 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -s 45.113.191.0/24 -j DROP

# Japan
iptables -A INPUT -s 45.121.186.0/24 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -s 45.121.187.0/24 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -s 61.14.157.158/32 -j DROP

# Hong Kong
iptables -A INPUT -s 155.133.244.0/24 -j DROP

# Singapore
iptables -A INPUT -s 103.28.54.0/24 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -s 103.28.55.0/24 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -s 103.10.124.0/24 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -s 45.121.184.0/24 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -s 45.121.185.0/24 -j DROP
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