Enable BBR Congestion Control
Enable TCP BBR in Linux
Requires atleast linux kernel 4.9 or above. This is not an issue on modern linux distros. Everyone is kernel version 5.x.x
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sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf
Add the following at the end of the file.
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## Enable BBR Congestion Control
net.core.default_qdisc=fq
net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control=bbr
## Enable Window Scaling
net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling = 1
Reload sysctl config
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sudo sysctl -p
Output should be:
net.core.default_qdisc = fq
net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control = bbr
net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling = 1
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