Once the installation process is nearing completion, you should see one of two messages.

Press Y and Enter after receiving a message informing you’ll need additional disk space.

Open a terminal and type the following:.

The rest of this tutorial will assume that Debian is the OS of choice.

There is a Tor package located in the Debian repository that makes installation very simple. The operating system is ultimately up to you but Debian (or Ubuntu) would be the best choice. It’s also a good idea to load everything using at least 64-bit architecture. You need around 250KBps minimum internet download speed, although the more the merrier. Now is the time to choose the hardware and operating system your Tor relay will run. If there are some, locate which ports are being used and configure them to use different ones, if possible. The same can be said if there are any social applications with transmissions that should be concealed.

It will also benefit you to keep in mind if you are using a proxy server, NAT, firewall or router in your network. The address will be displayed at the top of the page. Next, quickly figure out what your public IP address is by heading to ip4.me. If you’re not currently under contract for an unlimited bandwidth plan, you’ll also need to understand the limits placed on your data each month. Test the speeds during peak hours to get a more accurate ballpark of how much bandwidth is afforded to you during busy traffic loads.

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