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March 2026

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No. of connections according to nyx
by tor＠busybear.se 01 Mar '26

01 Mar '26

Hello! I would like to know what is considered a normal amount of connections and what affects that? My exit 7BE9E2EF2BB41BB662D9A3CD68289B9E3DBF8A08 WYSWYG hovers around 4500 inbound, 4200 outbound and sometimes a few directory connections, according to nyx. Output in Mb varies, but increases with the normal lifespan of relays. Is this important, will this increase over time, thus generate more traffic, or does it matter? From what I remember, this have been roughly the same during the lifetime of this relay, no matter what connection speed (5Mb - 1Gb) or which machine I've been running. No restrictions in torrc, as far as I know; Nickname WYSWYG Contactinfo <tor AT busybear DOT se> ExitRelay 1 IPv6Exit 1 Log notice file /home/*/torlog SafeLogging 1 ProtocolWarnings 1 RunAsDaemon 1 ControlPort 9051 CookieAuthentication 1 CookieAuthFileGroupReadable 1 CookieAuthFile /home/*/Downloads/control_auth_cookie ConnDirectionStatistics 1 ExtraInfoStatistics 1 DirPort 65534 ORPort 65535 NumCPUs 6 Any comments or suggestions are welcome! Cheers! //Bamse

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Hibernate vs 10 Mbps throttle when bandwidth cap exceeded
by forest-relay-contact＠cryptolab.net 01 Mar '26

01 Mar '26

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hello. Many server providers have a monthly bandwidth limit. It's easy enough to deal with that by using the AccountingMax option so that Tor will hibernate when it reaches the bandwidth cap to avoid service suspension. I run a relay on a provider that, rather than suspending the service, simply throttles the bandwidth to 10 Mbps until the next month when the 8 TB/month traffic cap is reset. I run through that traffic in just half a month, so the relay is only operational 50% of the time. But 10 Mbps is not nothing. What should I do here? I can think of a few options: 1. Set AccountingMax and let the relay hibernate like normal, ensuring that, whenever it is on, it can achieve maximum performance. The "free" 10 Mbps bandwidth can then be used for other things, such as I2P which does not have a ramp-up period. 2. Keep the relay running, relaying up to 1.5 TB/month extra for free, but with the caveat that the relay suddenly becomes overloaded each time it reaches the 8 TB mark until the consensus weight falls. 3. Shortly before the bandwidth cap is exceeded, automatically adjust the torrc to include "MaxAdvertisedBandwidth 10 Mbits", and remove it when the bandwidth cap resets. What is a reasonable thing to do here? Regards, forest -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYKAB0WIQQtr8ZXhq/o01Qf/pow+TRLM+X4xgUCaY/3wQAKCRAw+TRLM+X4 xtgQAQC2HWAGe7tcmuOGu2v/473IQC9lWHL03lUUpuJPSpGZpwD+LItXaqzV4vPy phr/rC4LNDZ1AY8m2ZuTzd4MwsVpsgI= =c+pq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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