[tor-relays] Tor bandwith question

[teor]

> On 1 Nov. 2016, at 23:12, Louie Cardone-Noott <lcn at fastmail.net> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 1 Nov 2016, at 11:42 AM, teor wrote:
>> 
>>> On 1 Nov. 2016, at 15:58, <anemoi at tutanota.de> <anemoi at tutanota.de> wrote:
>>> 
>>> In order to clarify this once and for all: If I setup a Tor relay with 200 kBps, do I slow down the Tor network? What amount of bandwith is needed in order to not slow down the network? 
>> 
>> In order to get the Fast flag, you need a relay capable of 2 megabytes
>> per
>> second. Most clients won't use you for anything if you don't have the
>> Fast
>> flag, so you'll have minimal impact on the network.
> 
> Do you mean 2 megabit/s?
> 
> Last time I checked 2 Mbps was the minimum for Fast, i.e. 256 KBps. Note
> the differing units. I ran a 2 Mbit relay from home for a while and it
> got the Fast flag.

Oops, you're right, Fast is 100 KByte/second, Guard is 2 MByte/second.

To get the fast flag, you also need to be in the top 7/8ths fastest relays.

T

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