[tor-bugs] #4249 [Tor Client]: Tor not respecting bandwidth limit

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#4249: Tor not respecting bandwidth limit
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 Reporter:  funkstar    |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect      |         Status:  needs_information 
 Priority:  normal      |      Milestone:                    
Component:  Tor Client  |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.3.5-alpha
 Keywords:              |         Parent:                    
   Points:              |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by Sebastian):

 When you select 512kbps in Vidalia, it configures your Tor client with a
 512kbps long-term limit and a burst of up to twice that much, which means
 that for short periods of time Tor can go over the limit. Vidalia doesn't
 currently allow finer-grained control for a separate value.

 Also note that Vidalia only sets the RelayBandwidthRate and
 RelayBandwidthBurst options, so if you are using tor as a client and also
 provide a relay, only the relay traffic is affected by the bandwidth
 limit.

 It seems like you want to add this to your torrc file:
 BandwidthRate 64KB
 BandwidthBurst 64KB

 to be on the safe side.

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