Dear List,
I run a middle node at home. I jacked up my bandwidth from 300/500 KB to 500/700 KB a fortnight ago, and my usage has more than doubled. I run it on Verizon FIOS at home; I'm looking at about 650-750 G/month estimate now from vnstat. I read that Verizon starts to take notice if I get to a TB/month, so I am asking for advice on easing this back if necessary.
I can limit the daily bandwidth - or can I just ease down the bandwidth? Clearly each time I increased the bandwidth I got more connexions; would they drop off if I went back to my old bandwidth? I'm a little unclear how long it would take other relays to attach to other middle relays once they have found mine.
The more general question behind this is: is it better to have a higher bandwidth for a limited time each day or a lower bandwidth up all day?
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On 21 Aug 2017, at 04:07, Torix torix@protonmail.com wrote:
Dear List,
I run a middle node at home. I jacked up my bandwidth from 300/500 KB to 500/700 KB a fortnight ago, and my usage has more than doubled. I run it on Verizon FIOS at home; I'm looking at about 650-750 G/month estimate now from vnstat. I read that Verizon starts to take notice if I get to a TB/month, so I am asking for advice on easing this back if necessary.
I can limit the daily bandwidth - or can I just ease down the bandwidth? Clearly each time I increased the bandwidth I got more connexions; would they drop off if I went back to my old bandwidth? I'm a little unclear how long it would take other relays to attach to other middle relays once they have found mine.
The more general question behind this is: is it better to have a higher bandwidth for a limited time each day or a lower bandwidth up all day?
A higher bandwidth for part of the month. Use AccountingMax and AccountingStart month. See https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en for details.
This is a regular question: we should add a FAQ for it. Search the list for more details.
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