[tor-relays] bandwith unit
Dear folks, I'm tor relay operator since several years but newbie on this list. I just moved node 'traktor' from physical host to virtual machine. So I revised all settings and checked if all works well. I found a funny thing. My RelayBandwidthRate is set to 1 MB (i.e. 8 Mbps). ## Define these to limit how much relayed traffic you will allow. Your ## own traffic is still unthrottled. Note that RelayBandwidthRate must ## be at least 20 KB. ## Note that units for these config options are bytes per second, not bits ## per second, and that prefixes are binary prefixes, i.e. 2^10, 2^20, etc. #RelayBandwidthRate 100 KB # Throttle traffic to 100KB/s (800Kbps) #RelayBandwidthBurst 200 KB # But allow bursts up to 200KB/s (1600Kbps) RelayBandwidthRate 1 MB However on page https://globe.torproject.org/#/search/query=traktor the "Adverised Bandwith" column shows cca. 125 kB/s. Did I misunderstand the difference between kbps and kBps? Gabor ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
Re: [tor-relays] bandwith unit
Isnt it just: kb = kilobits kB = kilobytes using standard convention...? On 17 December 2013 12:38, Kiss Gabor (Bitman) wrote: > Dear folks, > > I'm tor relay operator since several years but newbie on this list. > > I just moved node 'traktor' from physical host to virtual machine. > So I revised all settings and checked if all works well. > I found a funny thing. > > My RelayBandwidthRate is set to 1 MB (i.e. 8 Mbps). > > ## Define these to limit how much relayed traffic you will allow. Your > ## own traffic is still unthrottled. Note that RelayBandwidthRate must > ## be at least 20 KB. > ## Note that units for these config options are bytes per second, not > bits > ## per second, and that prefixes are binary prefixes, i.e. 2^10, 2^20, > etc. > #RelayBandwidthRate 100 KB # Throttle traffic to 100KB/s (800Kbps) > #RelayBandwidthBurst 200 KB # But allow bursts up to 200KB/s (1600Kbps) > RelayBandwidthRate 1 MB > > However on page > https://globe.torproject.org/#/search/query=traktor > the "Adverised Bandwith" column shows cca. 125 kB/s. > > Did I misunderstand the difference between kbps and kBps? > > Gabor > ___ > tor-relays mailing list > tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
Re: [tor-relays] bandwith unit
> Isnt it just: > > kb = kilobits > kB = kilobytes > > using standard convention...? I thought myself too so far... Another possiblity: "Advertised Bandwith" in Globe shows not the limit but my actual traffic. That is incidentally 1/8 of the maximum. :-) Gabor -- A mug of beer, please. Shaken, not stirred. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
Re: [tor-relays] bandwith unit
On Dec 17, 2013, at 13:38 , Kiss Gabor (Bitman) wrote: > Dear folks, > > I'm tor relay operator since several years but newbie on this list. > > I just moved node 'traktor' from physical host to virtual machine. > So I revised all settings and checked if all works well. > I found a funny thing. > > My RelayBandwidthRate is set to 1 MB (i.e. 8 Mbps). > > ## Define these to limit how much relayed traffic you will allow. Your > ## own traffic is still unthrottled. Note that RelayBandwidthRate must > ## be at least 20 KB. > ## Note that units for these config options are bytes per second, not bits > ## per second, and that prefixes are binary prefixes, i.e. 2^10, 2^20, etc. > #RelayBandwidthRate 100 KB # Throttle traffic to 100KB/s (800Kbps) > #RelayBandwidthBurst 200 KB # But allow bursts up to 200KB/s (1600Kbps) > RelayBandwidthRate 1 MB > > However on page > https://globe.torproject.org/#/search/query=traktor > the "Adverised Bandwith" column shows cca. 125 kB/s. > > Did I misunderstand the difference between kbps and kBps? > > Gabor There are 2 applicable options in your torrc: RelayBandwidthRate MaxAdvertisedBandwidth The former actually throttles your traffic; the latter does not. Both may be omitted. The lower of the two is what you should see in Globe or Atlas. MaxAdvertisedBandwidth should not be higher than RelayBandwidthRate. If you don't use any units, the number is the amount of Bytes per second. It may take some time for the site to reflect the correct information. I believe it is based on consensus data from directory authorities. -Job > ___ > tor-relays mailing list > tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
Re: [tor-relays] bandwith unit
On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 02:10:21PM +0100, Kiss Gabor (Bitman) wrote: > Another possiblity: "Advertised Bandwith" in Globe shows not the > limit but my actual traffic. That is incidentally 1/8 of the maximum. :-) I think that's it. See also https://exonerator.torproject.org/serverdesc?desc-id=16d5317bd0957887e43e3a9647c2d3bb943d3c11 where your relay is advertising a rate limit of 1mbyte/s and has self-estimated its capacity so far at 121446 bytes/second. --Roger ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
Re: [tor-relays] bandwith unit
> There are 2 applicable options in your torrc: > > RelayBandwidthRate > MaxAdvertisedBandwidth > > The former actually throttles your traffic; the latter does not. > Both may be omitted. > The lower of the two is what you should see in Globe or Atlas. > MaxAdvertisedBandwidth should not be higher than RelayBandwidthRate. Many thanks for the clarification. :-) Regards Gabor ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
