(FWD) Re: ISP Cutoff

[Roger Dingledine]

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From:  JustFillBug <mozbugbox at yahoo.com.au>
Subject:  Re: ISP Cutoff
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 01:48:56 +0000 (UTC)

On 2005-06-17, Pat Frank <pat at patfrank.com> wrote:
> Hey all.  I've been having some problems with my ISP disconnecting me every
> few minutes while running a Tor server.  Here's some technical information: 
>
> Server: Windows Server 2003 (Tor running in Service mode)
> ISP: BellSouth (FastAccess DSL, heavy-duty 3mb connection w/perm IP addy)
>
> I have not yet tried throttling the bandwidth, and I'll probably give that a
> shot next, but I thought I'd also go ahead and check here and see if anybody
> else has had trouble in this area.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>

As with Bittorrent, this kind of application always test the duplex of
the NIC and the router to the extreme. Try set the duplex to half-duplex
and see if the problem goes away. If it does, change your nic or router.

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