[tor-relays] Advertised bandwidth

[Matt Traudt]

On 4/23/18 11:57, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> In /etc/tor/torrc, I have:
> 
>  ahiker!507 ~# fgrep -i bandwidth /etc/tor/torrc | grep -v '^#'
> RelayBandwidthRate 64 MBytes
> RelayBandwidthBurst 512 MBytes
> 
> But metrics.torproject.org says:
> 
> Details for: ahiker
> Configuration
> 
> Nickname
>     ahiker
> OR Addresses
>     IPv4
> Advertised Bandwidth
>     55.99 KiB/s
> 
> Why?
> 

If you hover over Advertised Bandwidth, you'll find a tooltip that reads:

> The volume of traffic, both incoming and outgoing, that this bridge is
willing to sustain, as configured by the operator and **claimed to be
observed from recent data transfers.**

So your bridge hasn't seen more than about 56 KiB/s recently.

Side note: I doubt you'll ever see your RelayBandwidthRate hit. 64 MBps
is 512 Mbps and only the absolute fastest relays get anywhere near
that[0]. Plus, you're a bridge, and bridges don't see as much use as relays.

Thank you for contributing to Tor.

Matt

[0]: https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#toprelays