[tor-relays] New relay on dynamic IP address

[torix at protonmail.com]

Dear Mario,

In almost 2 years I've been running a middle relay from home, I have had about 15 ip changes.  One time they came and replaced my equipment and it was down about 5 hours.  It started back up with about 6 connections, but was back at a full 3000 in a few hours.  I've never had a guard flag, even with my current 3+months tor uptime with the same ip address.  I only run a terabyte a month through it, so maybe that's too little, though it does have the fast flag.

The first 6 or 8 months before a new tor version came out, there was a lot more traffic than I wanted to handle, just to keep under my ISP's radar, so I had the config set up to turn off tor when the daily limit was reached, usually between 8 and 10 pm.  Then it would start up again after midnight.  I asked if this was still worth it, and the gurus said yes.  So I'd say that a few ip changes are going to be small potatoes compared to turning the relay off for hours every night.

So glad you are running a relay.  "A chicken in every pot, and a relay in every house."

--torix


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‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Thursday, January 23, 2020 2:19 PM, Mario Costa <mario.costa at icloud.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I started a new relay at home. I was really surprised to see it gain a Guard flag in about a week since it first came online. My first relay (on a VPS) became a Guard well over a month after I set it up. How can I assess what was different this time?
>
> Also, I’m wondering what will happen when the dynamic IP changes. Sooner or later I’ll have a power outage or restart the modem. Last time my IP changed it happened overnight for no evident reason. Will this relay lose its flags? Is a really with a dynamic IP address useful at all?
>
> Cheers,
>
> -m
>
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