this is supposed to execute every second to be able to calulate the difference of the transmitted bytes

main.go

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"syscall"
@@ -334,10 +333,10 @@ func requestPerMinute() {
 // returns, which most of the time is 403 (Forbidden). But this error code is not
 // exclusive to IP blocks, it's also returned for other reasons like a wrong
 // query parameter like `pot` (po_token) or anything like that.
-func blockChecker(gh string, cooldown int) {
+func blockChecker(gh string) {
 	log.Println("[INFO] Starting blockchecker")
-	// Sleep for 30 seconds before commencing the loop
-	time.Sleep(30 * time.Second)
+	// Sleep for 60 seconds before commencing the loop
+	time.Sleep(60 * time.Second)
 	url := "http://" + gh + "/v1/openvpn/status"
 
 	p, err := procfs.Self()
@@ -354,7 +353,7 @@ func blockChecker(gh string, cooldown int) {
 		stat, _ := p.NetDev()
 		current := stat.Total().TxBytes
 		aux := current - last
-		if float64(aux)*0.000008 < 3.0 {
+		if float64(aux)*0.000008 < 2.0 {
 			body := "{\"status\":\"stopped\"}\""
 			// This should never fail too
 			request, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", url, strings.NewReader(body))
@@ -364,7 +363,6 @@ func blockChecker(gh string, cooldown int) {
 			} else {
 				log.Printf("[INFO] Request to change IP sent to gluetun successfully")
 			}
-			time.Sleep(time.Duration(cooldown) * time.Second)
 		}
 		last = current
 	}
@@ -546,11 +544,11 @@ func main() {
 	go requestPerSecond()
 	go requestPerMinute()
 	if bc {
-		num, err := strconv.Atoi(bc_cooldown)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("[FATAL] Error while setting BLOCK_CHECKER_COOLDOWN: %s", err)
-		}
-		go blockChecker(gh, num)
+		// num, err := strconv.Atoi(bc_cooldown)
+		// if err != nil {
+		// 	log.Fatalf("[FATAL] Error while setting BLOCK_CHECKER_COOLDOWN: %s", err)
+		// }
+		go blockChecker(gh)
 	}
 
 	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", host+":"+port)