But is it normal for the fast flag to be off and on? Thank you. On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 4:16 PM teor <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > On 14 Nov 2018, at 07:11, [email protected] wrote: > > > Hello List, my bridge relay at > https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/148BD64BED9F2C27637D986DE032ECF14E5B9E9A > > Is reporting the relay speed is between 50 kb/s and 60 kb/s, when the > speed of the internet connection it is running off of is actually much > faster than this, generally about 50mbps (the relay is running on a home > internet connection, where the isp is Charter Communications / Spectrum). > As a result, I have the “fast” flag on/off randomly. > > I do not want my bridge to suck up a huge amount of my internet speed, but > why would the tor software report relay speed that is so much slower than > the speed of the internet connection it runs off of? > > The advertised bandwidth is not the bandwidth of your > connection but the bandwidth observed. > Your relay probably hasn't been used as a relay so far. > When it's being used the advertised bandwidth will rise. > Are bridges chosen based on their advertised bandwidth? > > > Yes, but it's clamped to a narrow range, so it doesn't have > much impact on which bridge a client chooses. > > It's been up nonstop for 7-8 days, so I would say it's definitely been > used. It jumped down to 10kb/s for a day then back up to 55kb/s. Any > thoughts on why this might happen are appreciated, thank you. > > > BridgeDB allocates bridges to different pools. Some pools > are not used by many users, and there is a reserve pool. > > Even if your bridge is sent to users, those users might not be online > all the time. > > Please don't worry about the usage of your bridge or relay. > It is very normal for usage to vary. > > T > _______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays >
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