[tor-relays] Smallest, cheapest, lightest computer for tor relay

[diffusae]

The RPi is good to use as relay with your requirement. You can expect a
total transfer rate of 11 MBytes (100 Mbits/sec). If you use Raspberry
Pi 1 Model B+ you cannot use the official Tor repository, but the
Raspbian repos (armel) do it as well. The Pi 1 has a significant lower
power consumption with only one core and 32-bit OS. As an Onion Router
it does it job very well. You can buy a used one, too.

Regards,

On 16.10.2016 23:26, Fredrik Olofsson wrote:
> I do run a exit node on a raspberry today. 
> 
> And a raspberry pi 3 can handle 50Mbit/sec (~5Mb/sec both directions.)
> without any problems. 
> 
> So I would say go for it. The pi are excellent to use as a Tor node. 
> 
> /Fredrik
> 
> 
> 
> ---- On sö, 16 okt 2016 22:37:51 +0200*Farid Joubbi <joubbi at kth.se>*
> wrote ----
> 
>     A raspberry will do fine as long as you do not expect huge speeds.
> 
>     The CPU is not capable of pushing data very fast.
> 
>     Expect somewhere around 0,5 Mbyte/s (4 Mbit/s).
> 
>     If you go smaller and cheaper you will not reach even that speed.
> 
>     So it depends on what kind of speeds you are after.
> 
> 
> 
>     A relay does not need a lot of attention. Just make sure that you
>     update the OS and Tor every now and then.
> 
> 
>     There are plenty of guides on how to do it which can be found by
>     googling.
> 
>     This is a good example which has a link to Atlas with some relays
>     running on Rpi:
> 
>     https://github.com/DFRI/dfri-rpi-tor
> 
> 
> 
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>     *Subject:* [tor-relays] Smallest, cheapest, lightest computer for
>     tor relay
>      
>     I've got a few family members across the country who have broadband
>     they are not using for more than email and social. I wanted to go
>     about setting up a relay at each house can can be run with minimum
>     amount of power and attention. I was considering something like
>     RaspPi or Compute Stick.
> 
>     Main questions (1) anyone else use these or something similar? (2)
>     recommend of strong alternatives suggested? (3) is there something
>     smaller, lighter and cheaper that will do the job? (*) did I maybe
>     miss something obvious that needs attention?
> 
>     Thank you.
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