[tor-relays] Understanding bandwidth rate

[BugZ]

B=bytes
b=bits

therefore,
Your config setting of 2MB = 16mb
Your config setting of 4MB = 32mb



On 12/10/2013 5:47 AM, Florian Lindner wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using tor 0.2.3.25 from Debian Wheezy, the exit policy is recject *.*, I'm not using the node myself.
>
> arm shows these actual bandwidths:
>
> Bandwidth (limit: 16 Mb/s, burst: 32 Mb/s, measured: 48.6 Kb/s):
> Download (13.9 Mb/sec   - avg: 11.3 Mb/sec, total: 211.9 GB):
> Upload (16.0 Mb/sec   - avg: 12.6 Mb/sec, total: 237.9 GB):
>
> This is my related config:
>
> BandwidthRate             5 MB   # not set in config
> BandwidthBurst            10 MB  # not set in config
> RelayBandwidthRate        2 MB   # set in config
> RelayBandwidthBurst       4 MB   # set in config
>
> I'm a bit puzzled....
>
> Why is bandwidth limit 16 Mb/s? Why bandwidth burst 32 Mb/s?
>
> Since I'm not using the node for anything else but relaying I except the bandwidth is more or less equal the RelayBandwidth limit I set. But the averages are so much higher than either the BandwidthRate and the RelayBandwidthRate?
>
> What is my problem of understanding here?
>
> Thanks,
> Florian
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