discuss I2P

lgillis wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 2:10 pm BBt has installed an automatic system which, after consultation with zzz, is based on empirical values. If there are only a few remote stations, the number of tunnels remains low. As the number of remote stations increases, more tunnels are added.

When setting by hand, it depends on what you intend to do with it. Good empirical values are in the range of three to six tunnels. If speed is more important to you than the supposed anonymity, reducing the tunnel length from three to two or one hop would be the right way to go. Of course, this requires basic knowledge of how tunnels and hops interact. Do you have this knowledge?

anikey wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 10:30 pm By the way, one connection to a peer uses only one pair of tunnels, so if your torrent client makes only one or two connections, you don't need many tunnels. Many tunnels are only beneficial when you make lots of connections (probably on popular torrents, like >10 peers).

Also, you can increase only one half of the tunnels: if you primarily seed to many people, make more outbound tunnels, if you primarily download, increase inbound tunnels. BUT this applies only if you are on popular torrents, or on simply many torrents.

I'm not familiar with BiglyBT, but if it's done in collaboration with zzz (the main i2p developer, probably), it's probably best left as default, unless you have lots of knowledge.

Hexer wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 11:43 pm I am curious though about the automated system, I have an option tick that says "Automatically adjust tunnel quantities based on load" is this the option?

lgillis wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2025 11:32 am

Hexer wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 11:43 pm I am curious though about the automated system, I have an option tick that says "Automatically adjust tunnel quantities based on load" is this the option?

Yes exactly. See also the illustration: BiglyBT I2P-Helper tunnel settings.