Hi,
I keep having issues with my home router - it keeps failing due to the number of connections and I would be grateful for some advice.
I have been running a (non-exit) middle relay for some time and up until now my router has mostly coped. It is what is what I got from my ISP, I can't afford to get a new one. At the minute I had to reset it on a daily basis which not only breaks tor circuits, but I am finding it increasingly hard to convince other people I live with that we need the relay when it causes them browsing issues.
My relay connects via wire Ethernet. When I get to (approx) 900 incoming / 600 outgoing tor connections the router goes TITSUP. ACCOUNTING MAX is set to 8GBytes, I think the actual daily usage is about 4 GB though. RelayBandwidthRate is 250 KBytes, RelayBandwitdthBurst is 500KBytes. Although there are a few other devices / phones also connected, however I would estimate not more than a combined 2 GB daily HTTP / HTTPS traffic for all devices. No file sharing / P2P other than tor. My DSL speed is approx 50 mbits download / 15 mbits upload
I dont want to keep resetting my router every day, I would be grateful for any advice.
Many Thanks.
Hi Gary
Does it fail as well if you disable tor? Also 600/900 connections is not that high, and I would argue that you could get to that level even without Tor client, especially with internet-of-things, where all devices gain IP connectivity.
It might be a software stability issue. Have you verified with your isp if there are any software updates available? I could also be a hardware issue. As second option, try to get a replacement.
Kind regards Seb
On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 at 11:52 Gary jaffacakemonster53@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I keep having issues with my home router - it keeps failing due to the number of connections and I would be grateful for some advice.
I have been running a (non-exit) middle relay for some time and up until now my router has mostly coped. It is what is what I got from my ISP, I can't afford to get a new one. At the minute I had to reset it on a daily basis which not only breaks tor circuits, but I am finding it increasingly hard to convince other people I live with that we need the relay when it causes them browsing issues.
My relay connects via wire Ethernet. When I get to (approx) 900 incoming / 600 outgoing tor connections the router goes TITSUP. ACCOUNTING MAX is set to 8GBytes, I think the actual daily usage is about 4 GB though. RelayBandwidthRate is 250 KBytes, RelayBandwitdthBurst is 500KBytes. Although there are a few other devices / phones also connected, however I would estimate not more than a combined 2 GB daily HTTP / HTTPS traffic for all devices. No file sharing / P2P other than tor. My DSL speed is approx 50 mbits download / 15 mbits upload
I dont want to keep resetting my router every day, I would be grateful for any advice.
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Hi,
it keeps failing due to the number of connections
Are you sure it fails due to the number of connections?
I have been running a (non-exit) middle relay for some time and up until now my router has mostly coped
As the router was working until now, have you checked the number of connections have gone up? Perhaps this number of connections is not higher than before and it is failing due to other things.
I would be grateful for any advice.
Complain to the ISP, just mention them the router hangs or tell them you loose internet connection. Perhaps it is not you but them!
Personal experience: I thought I had the same problem. But luckily for me it was just pure coincidence and the issue was the ISP. My router wasn't failing, actually the ISP was failing, after some complains the ISP fixed something and now it works fine.
On 2018-07-16 10:51, Gary wrote:
I have been running a (non-exit) middle relay for some time and up until now my router has mostly coped. It is what is what I got from my ISP, I can't afford to get a new one. At the minute I had to reset it on a daily basis which not only breaks tor circuits, but I am finding it increasingly hard to convince other people I live with that we need the relay when it causes them browsing issues.
It's a long shot, but maybe you can replace the router firmware with something like openwrt/LEDE?
On 16 Jul 2018, at 19:51, Gary jaffacakemonster53@gmail.com wrote:
I keep having issues with my home router - it keeps failing due to the number of connections and I would be grateful for some advice.
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When I get to (approx) 900 incoming / 600 outgoing tor connections the router goes TITSUP.
If you can’t get a new router (or better firmware), run a bridge instead.
ACCOUNTING MAX is set to 8GBytes, I think the actual daily usage is about 4 GB though. RelayBandwidthRate is 250 KBytes, RelayBandwitdthBurst is 500KBytes.
This is the minimum useful Tor relay bandwidth. Please run a bridge, or increase the bandwidth.
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It is what I got from my ISP When I get to (approx) 900 incoming / 600 outgoing tor connections the router goes TITSUP.
Go download a dozen high seed unix iso's in parallel via clearnet bittorrent. If it still crashes it's not tor. You didn't say ISP, model of DSL modem and if you searched the net for that model and its firmware rev for other people having problems, and if the firmware is up to date. Some modems suck, especially when in 'routing' mode, or provided by ISP. Reprovision modem to "bridge" mode and install a unix / OPNsense on some old box as your "router"... the box and OS are free. Or pick up a good used modem locally to replace the ISP suck. Whatever you do, investigate things step by step to find the problem first.
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