DirPort and BandwidthRate

[Roger Dingledine]

On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 10:18:35AM -0700, Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote:
> > > My log shows:
> > > Sep 17 09:32:44.918 [notice] Not advertising DirPort (Reason:
> > > BandwidthRate under 50KB)
> > > Sep 17 09:32:55.968 [notice] Self-testing indicates your ORPort is
> > > reachable from the outside. Excellent. Publishing server descriptor.
> > >
> > > Sep 17 09:33:03.643 [notice] Performing bandwidth self-test...done.
> > >
> > >
> > > My torrc says:
> > > BandwidthRate  51 kb
> > > BandwidthBurst 51 kb
> > >
> > > Since the bandwidth self test hasn't been done at the "not
> > > advertising" line, and my torrc states that the bandwidth is enough,
> > > why isn't this working?
>
> Sep 17 09:31:04.585 [notice] Tor v0.1.2.16. This is experimental
> software. Do not rely on it for strong anonymity.
> 
> Hmm... I thought I was running the 2. series.

Hm. If you had BandwidthRate set to 50KB, I would have an explanation:
http://archives.seul.org/or/cvs/Feb-2007/msg00032.html

But for 51KB, I don't have a good answer. Perhaps you have another line
in your torrc somewhere, like MaxAdvertisedBandwidth?

In any case, which nickname are you, so we can look at it more carefully?

--Roger