[tor-relays] Smallest, cheapest, lightest computer for tor relay

[Tristan]

I believe the 2 and 3 are the same price as the 1 though. At any rate, you
should probably compile the latest Tor from source if you can't use the
official repository.

On Oct 16, 2016 5:12 PM, "diffusae" <punasipuli at t-online.de> wrote:

> The RPi is good to use as relay with your requirement. You can expect a
> total transfer rate of 11 MBytes (100 Mbits/sec). If you use Raspberry
> Pi 1 Model B+ you cannot use the official Tor repository, but the
> Raspbian repos (armel) do it as well. The Pi 1 has a significant lower
> power consumption with only one core and 32-bit OS. As an Onion Router
> it does it job very well. You can buy a used one, too.
>
> Regards,
>
> On 16.10.2016 23:26, Fredrik Olofsson wrote:
> > I do run a exit node on a raspberry today.
> >
> > And a raspberry pi 3 can handle 50Mbit/sec (~5Mb/sec both directions.)
> > without any problems.
> >
> > So I would say go for it. The pi are excellent to use as a Tor node.
> >
> > /Fredrik
> >
> >
> >
> > ---- On sö, 16 okt 2016 22:37:51 +0200*Farid Joubbi <joubbi at kth.se>*
> > wrote ----
> >
> >     A raspberry will do fine as long as you do not expect huge speeds.
> >
> >     The CPU is not capable of pushing data very fast.
> >
> >     Expect somewhere around 0,5 Mbyte/s (4 Mbit/s).
> >
> >     If you go smaller and cheaper you will not reach even that speed.
> >
> >     So it depends on what kind of speeds you are after.
> >
> >
> >
> >     A relay does not need a lot of attention. Just make sure that you
> >     update the OS and Tor every now and then.
> >
> >
> >     There are plenty of guides on how to do it which can be found by
> >     googling.
> >
> >     This is a good example which has a link to Atlas with some relays
> >     running on Rpi:
> >
> >     https://github.com/DFRI/dfri-rpi-tor
> >
> >
> >
> >     ------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------
> >
> >     *From:* tor-relays <tor-relays-bounces at lists.torproject.org
> >     <mailto:tor-relays-bounces at lists.torproject.org>> on behalf of
> >     Tamara West <sinister.hama at googlemail.com
> >     <mailto:sinister.hama at googlemail.com>>
> >     *Sent:* 16 October 2016 21:22
> >     *To:* tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
> >     <mailto:tor-relays at lists.torproject.org>
> >     *Subject:* [tor-relays] Smallest, cheapest, lightest computer for
> >     tor relay
> >
> >     I've got a few family members across the country who have broadband
> >     they are not using for more than email and social. I wanted to go
> >     about setting up a relay at each house can can be run with minimum
> >     amount of power and attention. I was considering something like
> >     RaspPi or Compute Stick.
> >
> >     Main questions (1) anyone else use these or something similar? (2)
> >     recommend of strong alternatives suggested? (3) is there something
> >     smaller, lighter and cheaper that will do the job? (*) did I maybe
> >     miss something obvious that needs attention?
> >
> >     Thank you.
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