Re: Idle client bandwidth usage

[scar <scar@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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Ringo Kamens @ 2008/07/05 15:06:
> Dawney Smith wrote:
>> Hello,
> 
>> Are there any figures on how much bandwidth an idle tor client uses just
>> to tick over? Ie, when it's not actually being used. Also, are there any
>> configuration parameters that can be tweaked to reduce the bandwidth usage?
> 
>> best wishes,
>> dawn
> I would also be interested in something like this, as I've wondered the
> same thing.
> Comrade Ringo Kamens

for what it's worth,

on this machine tor-0.2.0.28-rc is not being used but is running.  i
simply opened up vidalia, let it do it's initial download of the geoip
database, then reset the bandwidth usage graph.  after 12 hours, 1.51 "MB"
had been received and 169.75 "KB" has been sent.




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