[tor-relays] Few questions about relaying

Blaise Gagnon quebecfibe at gmail.com
Sat Oct 11 07:39:15 UTC 2014


still "hibernating", BUT ... bandwidth went up like crazy !

2014-10-11 2:57 GMT-04:00 Blaise Gagnon <quebecfibe at gmail.com>:

> 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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>>>
>>
>>
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