[tor-relays] Relay bandwidth issue

[Frank Lý]

v0.4.8.12 just released, so try updating to the latest version and see if your situation improves. Other than bandwidth shaping, you may want to consider using accounting options as well.

https://support.torproject.org/relay-operators/limit-total-bandwidth/

Frank

Jun 5, 2024, 6:24 AM by tor-relays at lists.torproject.org:

> Hello everyone,
>
> i got a local relay running with v0.4.8.11 and the following configuration:
>
> ...
> RelayBandwidthRate 4 MBytes
> RelayBandwidthBurst 7 MBytes
> ExitPolicy reject *:*
> ExitRelay 0
> SocksPort 0
>
> About a month ago, the relay started to behave differently than it used to:
> A few hours after each restart, it didn't respect the bandwidth limits anymore, meaning it took what it could get. After a while my isp interrupts my connection, i guess because of exhaustive traffic or connections being established, not sure.
>
> This leads to the following loop:
> 1. The relay notices it's ip changed and starts over
> 2. It consumes max bandwidth after a while
> 3. The isp disconnects
> 4. Start at 1, until after enough loops the relay is broken and doesn't connect anymore
>
> I'm not sure what caused the different behaviour, i don't have a close look on when my relay gets an update. The issue is severe for me though, so any help in fixing the bandwidth limit again would be really appreciated.
>
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