[tor-relays] IPV6 address keeps changing every 2-3 days

[John Csuti]

Are you sure you are setting a private auto generated address that Ubuntu changes so that you can’t be tracked?

Thanks,
John C.

> On Jan 19, 2022, at 1:49 AM, Quentin Campbell <q.g.campbell at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm running a non-exit relay on a home British Telecom broadband connection (FTTC, 20Mb up/80Mb down).
> 
> Its IP addresses (IPV4 & IPV6) are allocated dynamically.
> 
> The IPV4 address can remain the same for weeks. However the IPV6 address seems less stable and lasts no more than 2 or 3 days before changing.
> 
> A consquence of this is that Tor Metrics (atlas) shows a lot of downtime for the node.
> 
> When I see that the node is down I restart the (UBUNTU) NetworkManager although the host should pick up the new address eventually without doing that?
> 
> I would like to run a stable node with as little downtime as possible. Any suggestions on how I might improve things; in particular can I automate the checking and restart of the network/TOR whenever the IPV6 address changes? Do I really need to do this?
> 
> On that last point, I thought that TOR nodes handled more gracefully the issue of dynamic address changes? Is there any source of info on this for dynamic IPV6 addresses?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Quentin
> 
> 
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