[tor-talk] a question about ip addresses

[reza-askari at riseup.net]

On 2015-05-11 23:30, Heigrade wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am new to TOR and networking in general and had a question about ip
> addresses that TOR connects to.
> 
> My question is this:
> 
> After analyzing tcpdump data of TOR traffic, I've noticed that TOR
> always connects to the same ip address, even after restarts, whereas I
> had expected it to connect to different addresses across restarts. Is
> this address my ISP?
> 
> Thanks
> /h

when you start tor for first time it will select a node as first hope, 
and as while as it works for you, tor will connect to that node. i think 
it's because tor tries to start as fast as possible.