[tor-relays] Few questions about relaying

Blaise Gagnon quebecfibe at gmail.com
Sat Oct 11 06:57:59 UTC 2014


and ... what is "hibernating" ?

2014-10-11 2:55 GMT-04:00 Blaise Gagnon <quebecfibe at gmail.com>:

> OK I've set MaxAdvertisedBandwidth, but I did set it in the past, with no
> results ....
>
> Anything else beside running multiple relays ?
>
> Many many thanks again !
>
> 2014-10-11 2:48 GMT-04:00 Matthew Finkel <matthew.finkel at gmail.com>:
>
> On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 02:05:24AM -0400, Blaise Gagnon wrote:
>> > Hi and many thanks for developping this project !
>> >
>> > I have a dedicated 200Mb (25 MB) fiber optics connection and a dedicated
>> > quad-core Linux server (64). What is the best setup to get maximum
>> > bandwidth usage ? I'm still stuck at 46.4Kb measured speed and 3,51MB
>> > advertised bandwidth. The server has direct connection to the Internet.
>> >
>> > Fingerprint : 5EF740BB88C75915F8316DFEC8F1C8631FF26F12
>> >
>>
>> Hi Blaise,
>>
>> Thanks for running a relay!
>>
>> It looks like you're currently peaking at a little over 2MB (with a
>> mean of ~1MB)[0][1].
>>
>> I also see that the relay is currently hibernating. This will
>> certainly impact the amount of bandwidth you use. Did you configure
>> MaxAdvertisedBandwidth?
>>
>> Below is what the network knows about your relay (with some irrelevant
>> details removed).
>>
>> $ curl
>> https://onionoo.torproject.org/details?fingerprint=5EF740BB88C75915F8316DFEC8F1C8631FF26F12
>> {
>>   "version":"1.1",
>>   "relays_published":"2014-10-11 05:00:00",
>>   "relays":[
>>   {
>>     "nickname":"QuebecFibe",
>>     "fingerprint":"5EF740BB88C75915F8316DFEC8F1C8631FF26F12",
>>     [...]
>>     "last_seen":"2014-10-11 06:00:00",
>>     "last_changed_address_or_port":"2014-10-07 07:00:00",
>>     "first_seen":"2014-07-17 17:00:00",
>>     "running":true,
>>     "flags":["Fast","Running","V2Dir","Valid"],
>>     [...]
>>     "consensus_weight":5950,
>>     "host_name":"69.159.127.80",
>>     "last_restarted":"2014-10-08 06:31:26",
>>     "bandwidth_rate":26214400,
>>     "bandwidth_burst":26214400,
>>     "observed_bandwidth":3512594,
>>     "advertised_bandwidth":3512594,
>>     "exit_policy":["reject *:*"],
>>     "exit_policy_summary":{"reject":["1-65535"]},
>>     [...]
>>     "advertised_bandwidth_fraction":2.777751E-4,
>>     "consensus_weight_fraction":2.4263727E-4,
>>     "guard_probability":0.0,
>>     "middle_probability":7.2791905E-4,
>>     "exit_probability":0.0,
>>     "recommended_version":true,
>>     "hibernating":true}
>>   ],
>>   [...]
>> ]}
>>
>> [0]
>> https://globe.torproject.org/#/relay/5EF740BB88C75915F8316DFEC8F1C8631FF26F12
>> [1]
>> https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/5EF740BB88C75915F8316DFEC8F1C8631FF26F12
>>
>> > Should I run multiple relays on the same machine/IP ?
>>
>> You can, and it may help, but there may be a simpler problem that can
>> be fixed here.
>>
>> - Matt
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