Hi, Yes, that is not unusual. Snowflake proxies only serve users connecting through Snowflake, so traffic can be considerably lower and more intermittent than on a Tor relay. One thing to check is the NAT type reported in the log. unrestricted is preferable; a restrictive NAT can limit which clients can connect. Snowflake does not require a fixed forwarded port, but firewall/NAT settings can still affect WebRTC connectivity. If the proxy has unrestricted NAT, runs continuously, and isn’t bandwidth-limited, there is probably little else to tune as far as I know. Best, Mike On 25.08.2026 02:48, John Thompson via tor-relays wrote:
On 8/23/26 09:16, Laur via tor-relays wrote:
The snap package and the docker one are identical.
For port forwarding, Snowflake uses WebRTC so no, port forwarding is not needed.
Good to know; thanks! I have the snap package installed and running now.
Another question: perusing the tor-snowflake log file, it seems that the number of connections and amount of data transferred through tor-snowflake is substantially less than what I was seeing when I ran a tor relay. Is this to be expected, or is there something I can tweak to improve matters?