Re: [tor-relays] Noob query, wish to run a bridge relay for tor community.

2021-01-27 Thread lists
On 23.01.2021 09:55, ramesh bhootra wrote: I was thinking about running a relay for Tor, (maybe a bridge relay) at night since both my laptop and internet are unused at night. I have following queries: As the others have already written, relay or bridge should run 24/7. You should check out

Re: [tor-relays] Noob query, wish to run a bridge relay for tor community.

2021-01-25 Thread enrollado
1. Yes. The relay won't interfere with other applications, although you should be aware that it will consume some bandwidth depending on how you configure it. 2. That depends on which OS you're using. However, running a part-time relay is not optimal. Selection of a relay for middle or guard

Re: [tor-relays] Noob query, wish to run a bridge relay for tor community.

2021-01-25 Thread dmz21
Hi, I'm no authority on this, but I would like to try to answer your questions. My message might sound a bit unappreciative of your willingness to help, which was not my intention, but I want you to know the issues involved (as I see them) before running a relay. On Saturday, January 23, 2021

Re: [tor-relays] Noob query, wish to run a bridge relay for tor community.

2021-01-25 Thread kaliania
Yes, you can throttle bandwidth of your relay (both in terms of overall thoroughput and the amount you let through per second), you can schedule when it runs, and you do not need to adhere to any sort of schedule. None of this needs to be manual aside from the initial configuration. As long as

Re: [tor-relays] Noob query, wish to run a bridge relay for tor community.

2021-01-23 Thread ramesh bhootra
Hi, I have been using Tor since a decade, always had limited resources and couldn't give back anything to the community. Now I wish to run relays in an effort to give back something. Right now I have a 100 mbps reliable internet connection on a gaming laptop with windows 10 "HP Envy K204tx", I