Hi everyone, Thank you for the reply and the information you provided. While preparing my response about the blocked traffic, I wanted to clarify the NAT and WAN rules in the screenshots and replace the aliases with the actual IP addresses. During that process I discovered that I (the numb nut of an administrator) forgot to fill in the NAT alias, so there was never an active NAT rule only the WAN rule was present. Because both the NAT and WAN rules are now active, the Tor relay is functioning correctly: no traffic to port 9001 is being blocked, and outbound traffic is unrestricted. I wonder why some connections were allowed by the WAN rule while others were denied and are now only allowed due to the NAT rule. Bandwidth: Average throughput: ~60 Mbps (occasionally up to 140 Mbps) Recent spikes: short bursts up to 420 Mbps training i guess? Due to frequent firewall restarts while I’m re‑configuring my network. I expect the traffic to stabilize as the network settles and after the training finished, and I’m happy if the relay can make use of any unused capacity. 1000Mbps would be the Maximum so there is alot of room to grow. :D Unexpected traffic bursts Every few hours I see dozens of Tor nodes connecting to my relay for 2–5 minutes, resulting in 1,000–7,500 connections dropping. These bursts don’t line up with the bandwidth spikes as far as i seen. My CPU usage, which is usually around 1 %, can rise to about 1.2 % during those periods. Im glad i already thought its static. :D I don’t think this is an attack—nothing I’ve seen, even a smart bulb, generates comparable traffic. I’m wondering if I still have a misconfiguration somewhere. Regarding Snowflakes Is it possible to Route all of my phones (apps) traffic still through WireGuard back to home while allowing Orbot to use the mobile network to open a Snowflake relay (my IP changes every 24 hours after a phone reboot). I have an unlimited 25Mbit not fast but steady. Im on GrapheneOS Screenshots I’ve attached screenshots that highlight exactly what is being blocked, so you can see the traffic patterns I described. Thanks again to everyone who runs relays; your experience helped me finally get mine working. <3 Stay hydrated! Cheers
