Script to block EAC phonehomes temporarily to run elden ring

block-eac.sh

#!/bin/bash

set -euo pipefail
# Script to temporarily block EAC acesss so Elden Ring can start up

# from dig modules-cdn.eac-prod.on.epicgames.com -- this might be different for
# you
iprange=18.65.229.0/24
sleeptime=10

sudo -v

echo "Blackholing $iprange"
sudo ip route add blackhole $iprange

echo "Sleeping for $sleeptime seconds"
sleep $sleeptime

echo "Deleting route for $iprange"
sudo ip route delete $iprange