Re: [tor-relays] sharing tor relay at night or working hours ? make sense ?

2017-06-20 Thread Petrusko
It can be a cool feature ! In torrc file, like Transmission (torrent client) for example, you can set up times with bandwidth ;) Why not setting days too ?! 5 working days / week, hours, bandwidth used during those different hours... As an example, the Transmission's web interface, where you can

Re: [tor-relays] sharing tor relay at night or working hours ? make sense ?

2017-06-12 Thread Anders Andersson
On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 4:29 PM, Zalezny Niezalezny wrote: > > I have 100mbit Up/Down connection at home. Most of the day, my connection is > not use. Mostly between 22:00-17:00. > > I would like to share my Internet connection for Tor. If I will setup some >

Re: [tor-relays] sharing tor relay at night or working hours ? make sense ?

2017-06-11 Thread je suis
> Not sure how fast you will ramp up during the night though (if at all), e.g. > if the bandwidth authorities measure your relay during the day and get a > very > low number. For me, now it takes one-two hours to reach its full potential, but in the beginning it might take a week or more (given

Re: [tor-relays] sharing tor relay at night or working hours ? make sense ?

2017-06-11 Thread f55jwk4f
On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 09:00:48AM -0700, Zalezny Niezalezny wrote: > ok , if I will replace configuration file with the new settings, do I need > to reload or restart my tor node ? > I do not want to loose my active connections. How to do it properly ? Tor has a control port that can be used to

Re: [tor-relays] sharing tor relay at night or working hours ? make sense ?

2017-06-11 Thread Roman Mamedov
On Sun, 11 Jun 2017 09:00:48 -0700 Zalezny Niezalezny wrote: > I thought about it, the best solution for me will be to change Bandwith > settings during working hours using crontab. > > I will prepare two separate configuration files with different Bandwidth >

Re: [tor-relays] sharing tor relay at night or working hours ? make sense ?

2017-06-11 Thread je suis
Hello > How to properly configure such a relay which is working only for a few > hours per day ? If it matters, I, for one, start tor in the morning with the laptop, and it lasts all day, until evening. In average, that's about 12~14 hours/day, give or take, during which I share (a relay) with

Re: [tor-relays] sharing tor relay at night or working hours ? make sense ?

2017-06-11 Thread Zalezny Niezalezny
Hi, thanks for Your reply. I thought about it, the best solution for me will be to change Bandwith settings during working hours using crontab. I will prepare two separate configuration files with different Bandwidth settings and using it, two times per day cronjob will increase/decrease

Re: [tor-relays] sharing tor relay at night or working hours ? make sense ?

2017-06-11 Thread Paul M Furley
Hi Zalezny, On 11/06/17 15:29, Zalezny Niezalezny wrote: > Hi, > > I have 100mbit Up/Down connection at home. Most of the day, my > connection is not use. Mostly between 22:00-17:00. > > I would like to share my Internet connection for Tor. If I will setup > some crontabs to start/stop my tor

[tor-relays] sharing tor relay at night or working hours ? make sense ?

2017-06-11 Thread Zalezny Niezalezny
Hi, I have 100mbit Up/Down connection at home. Most of the day, my connection is not use. Mostly between 22:00-17:00. I would like to share my Internet connection for Tor. If I will setup some crontabs to start/stop my tor relay between that hours, will it work ? Does it make sense ? Will TOR