Bandwidth limits

Dan Collins en.wp.st47 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 12 16:49:50 UTC 2007


Enigma wrote:
> I selected a new subject line since this isn't on topic anymore
> (letter from the feds). I noticed in the German version the help text
> is not completely displayed so the user doesn't know what that limit
> is really about (and the help icon is talking about the old limit, the
> INcoming traffic limit only).
> So I switched to English and it tells me to put in my upload speed. So
> I tried out 40 kb/s maximum and 20 kb/s minimum and get the following
> error message each time I start my (middleman) server:
> Jan 12 16:54:38:703 [Warning] bandwidthrate unreadable or 0. Failing.
> Jan 12 16:54:38:703 [Warning] router_rebuild_descriptor(): Couldn't
> allocate string for descriptor.
> Jan 12 16:54:38:921 [Warning] bandwidthrate unreadable or 0. Failing.
> Jan 12 16:54:38:921 [Warning] router_rebuild_descriptor(): Couldn't
> allocate string for descriptor.
> Jan 12 16:54:40:187 [Warning] bandwidthrate unreadable or 0. Failing.
> Jan 12 16:54:40:203 [Warning] router_rebuild_descriptor(): Couldn't
> allocate string for descriptor.
> 
> It goes on and on like that. I looked at the torrc file and it
> correctly saved what I typed in:
> BandwidthBurst 40960
> # A token bucket limits the average incoming bandwidth on this node to the
> # specified number of bytes per second.
> BandwidthRate 20480
> 
> If I put in 3 digit numbers (for example 300 kb/s and 200 kb/s) I
> don't get the error message. However, my bandwidth is completey taken
> by Tor and denies any other internet activities unless I had all the
> time of the world available. ;)
> 
> Sincerely,
> Enigma
> 
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