On 16/09/16 18:33, Julien Goodwin via luv-main wrote:
> On 16/09/16 11:02, Toby Corkindale via luv-main wrote:
>> I noticed that Windows 10 now uses CTCP as the default TCP
>> congestion/rate control algorithm, but Linux still defaults to the old
>> Cubic algorithm.
>>
>> CTCP doesn't appear to be available on Ubuntu LTS at the moment, but
>> there's a whole host of others to choose from.
>> Has anyone here worked out which is the best one to use on typical
>> consumer internet links in Australia?
>
> Over and above the rate control algorithm Linux has a bunch of features
> that make it work much better than a to-the-spec cubic implementation
> (not surprising with a bunch of large content providers like $EMPLOYER
> submitting their fixes upstream).
>
> Things like TCP pacing and the work from the bufferbloat folk have
> really improved things.
>
> https://fasterdata.es.net/host-tuning/linux/fair-queuing-scheduler/

...and something that finally went public overnight is a new TCP rate
control algorithm from some of the folk at $EMPLOYER, I for one am very
much looking forward to this hitting upstream and then into a Debian kernel.

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/671069/

_______________________________________________
luv-main mailing list
luv-main@luv.asn.au
https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main