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Re: [tor-relays] RPi Relay Maximum Speed



okay, pls ignore my post.

2016-10-12 14:49 GMT+02:00 Tristan <supersluether@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Last I heard, the Raspberry Pi was only capable of 100Mbps because the
> ethernet port is on the same bus as the USB ports, and the chipset used only
> supports 100Mbps. I could be wrong though.
>
>
> On Oct 12, 2016 7:42 AM, "Markus Koch" <niftybunny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Everyone should have full duplex by now.
>>
>> So he has 200 mbit on a fast ethernet port.
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On 12 Oct 2016, at 14:20, Tristan <supersluether@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Remember, a relay has to download and upload as well, so your 100Mbps link
>> would really only be able to _relay_ at 50Mbps anyway.
>>
>>
>> On Oct 12, 2016 4:17 AM, "Farid Joubbi" <joubbi@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> The hardware in your raspberry is way too weak to be able to push 100
>>> Mbit/s.
>>>
>>> My guess is that Atlas will show somewhere just below 1 MByte for your
>>> relay.
>>>
>>>
>>> I have tried to find cost effective hardware for a relay that is able to
>>> push around 100 Mbit/s. All the options I have looked at turned out to be a
>>> bit too expensive for my taste (and wallet). Either the initial cost or the
>>> energy usage is too high for such hardware for my purposes.
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: tor-relays <tor-relays-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of
>>> Volker Mink <volker.mink@xxxxxx>
>>> Sent: 12 October 2016 09:09
>>> To: tor-relays@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: Re: [tor-relays] RPi Relay Maximum Speed
>>>
>>> So the best would be to use two raspis or your old gaming-workstation -
>>> depends on the costs for energy
>>>
>>> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 12. Oktober 2016 um 07:55 Uhr
>>> Von: "Roman Mamedov" <rm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> An: Manny <felich@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: "Tor relays" <tor-relays@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Betreff: Re: [tor-relays] RPi Relay Maximum Speed
>>> On Wed, 12 Oct 2016 07:18:56 +0200
>>> Manny <felich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> > I have a 1gbit symmetric connection at home and would like to donate
>>> > 100mbit with my raspberry pi 3 model b. Since it has a 100mbit Network
>>> > Interface, I'm limited to that anyways.
>>> >
>>> > What Settings do I Need in my torcc to get the Maximum Speed? At the
>>> > Moment I entered 12 Mbytes - which Shows up at 96 mb/s in Arm - is that
>>> > correct and my understanding of things is just the opposite?
>>> > Max Speed, I think, should be 12.7mb/s for a 100mbit Connection?
>>>
>>> mb is not a thing that exists;
>>> Mb is megabits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabit
>>> MB is megabytes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabyte
>>>
>>> What you entered in torrc is currently correct. But since your board has
>>> a 100
>>> Mbit interface anyway, it would be better if you just omit the bandwidth
>>> limit
>>> line entirely.
>>>
>>> Also, actually hit anything remotely close to 100 Mbit, you'll absolutely
>>> have
>>> to run two instances of Tor. The Raspberry Pi 3 has 4 CPU cores, but each
>>> core
>>> on its own is not very fast. One copy of Tor only uses about 1 to 1.3
>>> cores,
>>> so to fully utilize your hardware you need more than one. Ideally you'd
>>> set up
>>> four, but the Tor network will only accept two running from the same IPv4
>>> address. It appears that these days there's a built-in script for that,
>>> see
>>> "man tor-instance-create".
>>>
>>> --
>>> With respect,
>>> Roman
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