On 7/28/07, Michael_google gmail_Gersten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/27/07, Anil Gulecha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I used TOR around a year back, but couldn't use it much as initial > > setting up (directory and initializations) took up around 1 mb of my > > download. Multiply that by 7 or 8 reboots per day and I lost serious > > bandwidth.. > > > > What is the situation now? How much does the directory weigh (if > > present at all) and what are the average speeds one gets with TOR now. > > I used to be able to have 20 KBps.. which wasn't blazing fast but > > sufficient. > > > > Cheers > > Anil > > I find that the speed ranges from 15 to 35 K bytes/sec, typically. If > I want a higher speed, I toss a couple of "new identity"'s at it until > I get above 70. I will occasionally, but only occasionally, get a > circuit that fills my 150 K bytes/sec download speed. > > The current version will not even make me a directory server -- claims > that my 384 upload DSL is not fast enough. > > Startup? Tor caches everything it needs now, and one big discussion > going over the list is "Should we expire all those old caches now that > we're doing some things differently?". > > 7 or 8 reboots a day? If I reboot every 7 or 8 days, that's a lot. >
Thanks for the reply. The reason I need to reboot is I constantly shift b/w windows/ Solaris/ linux (for gaming/projects I'm working on). I'll have a go at the current version of TOR. Cheers Anil
