[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
   Resolution:              |   Keywords:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [ticket:11053 mcwerewolf]:
 > 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.
 Please post your torrc, especially (but not limited to) the
 RelayBandwidthRate and RelayBandwidthBurst lines.
 After this, read this blog post https://blog.torproject.org/blog
 /lifecycle-of-a-new-relay.

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