

Grep 'CONFIG_NET_SCH_FQ' /boot/config-$(uname -r) Optional (Search and install the latest stable version)įirst lets fine the current Linux operating system, In this case Ubuntu 16.04.3 $ lsb_release -a On a Debian/Ubuntu Linux type the following grep command grep 'CONFIG_TCP_CONG_BBR' /boot/config-$(uname -r) Congestion control algorithms - running inside every computer, phone or tablet connected to a network - that decide how fast to send data. What is BBR?īBR (“ Bottleneck Bandwidth and Round-trip propagation time”) is a new congestion control algorithm developed at Google.

In my person test I saw about a 10% decrease in ping or latency and 12% increase in throughput. This is a guide on how to Increase throughput and reduced latency for Linux Plex Media Server the BBR algorithm was created by google and when used by them they have up to 14% increase in throughput.
