Problem with dynamic IP

[zmj]

on your second question:
it's a default dir, it's like this:  C:\Documents and Settings\"YOUR USER
NAME HERE"\Application Data\tor\keys

my user name is zmj, so my dir is: C:\Documents and Settings\zmj\Application
Data\tor\keys


On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Geoff Down <downie at castlecops.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>  the Tor FAQs mentions bugginess with how Tor detects the IP of a relay
> when it isn't fixed.
> I think I have this problem - the logs show Tor changing the IP it
> advertises to the world for the ORPort even though my IP has not in fact
> changed:
>
> Nov 04 03:47:29.242 [Notice] Our IP Address has changed from xxx to yyy;
> rebuilding descriptor.
> Nov 04 03:56:44.210 [Notice] Self-testing indicates your ORPort is
> reachable from the outside. Excellent. Publishing server descriptor.
> Nov 04 04:17:58.142 [Notice] Our IP Address has changed from yyy to xxx;
> rebuilding descriptor.
> Nov 04 04:19:05.460 [Notice] Self-testing indicates your ORPort is
> reachable from the outside. Excellent. Publishing server descriptor.
> Nov 04 04:19:37.005 [Notice] Performing bandwidth self-test...done.
> Nov 04 04:38:19.808 [Notice] Our IP Address has changed from xxx to yyy;
> rebuilding descriptor.
> Nov 04 04:43:44.802 [Notice] Self-testing indicates your ORPort is
> reachable from the outside. Excellent. Publishing server descriptor.
>
> Here yyy is the false IP - odd that it is supposedly reachable from the
> outside world.
> The false IP is however on the right network, and could be one I had
> earlier in the day/week/month. Any idea how to stop this happening please?
> It's Tor 0.2.0.31 (r16744) MacOSX 10.3.9.
>  Also, I'm advised to back up my relay's private key 'stored in
> "keys/secret_id_key" in your DataDirectory' . Where is that? I don't have a
> DataDirectory defined in the torrc.
>
> Thanks,
> downie
>
>
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