On 09/11/2013 07:20 PM, Jesse Victors wrote: > > Hello everyone, newcomer here. > > I'm behind very fast connection (11.5 MB/sec down, 7.5 MB/sec up) > and I thought that the Tor network could benefit from my > connection, especially since it's apparently been under high load > recently. Per the latest blog posts, I downloaded the beta TBB and > configured it as a relay under Linux. It's been up for almost two > days now, yet it's still being utilized at a very, very small > fraction of it's potential. In the network map, I see that my relay > has an advertised speed which is again much slower than it actually > can be. To my knowledge, a web server can be put under full load > right away, and distributing computing projects use the most of > your computer right off the bat. Why doesn't Tor run computational > and/or bandwidth tests and advertise my relay at a much more actual > speed? I don't see why a fast relay has to start at the very bottom > of the barrel to begin with. I can see the logic in slowly ramping > up connections in testing for stability and scalability, but the > progress is slow because it's continually fighting against that > existing average. I can set my requested average and burst > bandwidth, but AFAIK I can't affect my advertised bandwidth. Why > are things this way, and is there anything I can do to speed up the > utilization growth? > > Thanks in advance for any help you can provide, Jesse V. > >
On 09/11/2013 12:43 PM, Roger Dingledine wrote:> Many people set up new fast relays and then wonder why their bandwidth > is not fully loaded instantly. In this post I'll walk you through > the lifecycle of a new fast non-exit relay, since Tor's bandwidth > estimation and load balancing has gotten much more complicated in > recent years. > > https://blog.torproject.org/blog/lifecycle-of-a-new-relay > > --Roger I think the best thing to do is be patient. :) _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
