[tor-bugs] #11053 [Tor]: Bandwidth not used by Tor on very fast connections

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#11053: Bandwidth not used by Tor on very fast connections
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 Reporter:  mcwerewolf  |          Owner:
     Type:  defect      |         Status:  new
 Priority:  critical    |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor         |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.4.20
 Keywords:              |  Actual Points:
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 I've installed a tor relay on a KVM system (windows server 2012) that has
 a very fast connection to the internet (1Gbps), and despite me setting
 royal bandwidth limits for the relay to use, it advertises as 20 kb/s (the
 minimum) and is therefore not using any of the available bandwidth.

 I assume it's caused by the bandwidth self-check not getting sane results.

 A note on the setup: Although the KVM has a virtual NIC by name (as an
 Intel Pro/1000 MT), the NIC itself never returns any throughput data; the
 overall network measurement (network layer measurement) in resource
 monitor works fine, however. I gather this is a KVM oddity, but there's no
 way to bypass this self-check in tor either in case of problems. I assume
 it would set to 20KB/s if it gets "0" as a result.

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