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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Please send me the instructions for doing that and I will try that if my relay continues to struggle. Thank you.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:conrad@rockenhaus.com">Rock Rockenhaus</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, April 26, 2018 10:41 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org">tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [tor-relays] FW: Relay unreachable byauthorities(Was:Re:Questiononrelay allowed downtime)</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, 2018-04-26 at 22:03 -0700, Keifer Bly wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #729FCF 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'>My apologies. My router can produce up to 866mb per second, so it should be fast enough. I’ll just see what happens.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'>I am running it off a wireless connection so could that have something to do with it?<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Again, as you were previously told, the issue isn't speed, it's how many simultaneous connections the router can support.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Here is an idea, try running it as a bridge and see if you are able to get everything working that way,.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Or you can just setup your relay on a VPS or Cloud Instance.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>R/.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Rock<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #729FCF 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:teor2345@gmail.com">teor</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, April 26, 2018 9:44 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org">tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [tor-relays] FW: Relay unreachable by authorities(Was:Re:Questiononrelay allowed downtime)<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt'><br>On 27 Apr 2018, at 14:01, Keifer Bly <<a href="mailto:keifer.bly@gmail.com">keifer.bly@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #729FCF 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.6pt'>What would be your advise for not forever being stuck with an unstable relay? Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'>Please read people's replies before asking the same questions again:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #729FCF 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.6pt'>Perhaps you should run a bridge rather than a relay.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.6pt'>Or get a better router.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.6pt'>Or run your relay remotely on a cheap VPS instead.<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #729FCF 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.6pt'>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:9.6pt'><br>On Apr 26, 2018, at 8:27 PM, teor <<a href="mailto:teor2345@gmail.com">teor2345@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #729FCF 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.2in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.2in'><br>On 27 Apr 2018, at 09:42, Keifer Bly <<a href="mailto:keifer.bly@gmail.com">keifer.bly@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #729FCF 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:19.2pt'>There are no warnings with the tor software regarding the maximum network connections. Perhaps it is my router (A Netgear Orbi Wifi Router, all wireless);. I’ve noticed that my router does sometimes drop my connection then bring it back randomly so you might be right.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:19.2pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:19.2pt'>According to my research <a href="https://kb.netgear.com/31097/How-many-devices-can-my-Orbi-system-support">https://kb.netgear.com/31097/How-many-devices-can-my-Orbi-system-support</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:19.2pt'>, the orbi router does have a maximum amount of devices it allows to be using it’s connection at once, depending on what they are using it for. I am wondering, how could I edit my torrc to only allow the number of connections my router would allow and still eventually gain respectable status?<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.2in'>Sorry, that's not possible.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.2in'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #729FCF 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:19.2pt'>You can not modify your torrc file to limit the number of connections.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.2in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.2in'>T<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.2in'>_______________________________________________<br>tor-relays mailing list<br><a href="mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org">tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays">https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:40.8pt'>_______________________________________________<br>tor-relays mailing list<br><a href="mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org">tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays">https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________</pre><pre>tor-relays mailing list</pre><pre><a href="mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org">tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</a></pre></blockquote><pre style='margin-left:4.8pt'><a href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays">https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays</a></pre><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>