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Re:BBR, the new kid on the TCP block by collinmanderson on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @02:46PM (#14310578)
So, to be clear: BBR only applies to the edge nodes (the client and the server) whereas CoDel and other AQM are (mostly) for the routers in between, especially bottle-neck points, right?
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Re:BBR, the new kid on the TCP block by throwasehasdwi on Monday May 15, 2017 @12:31PM (#14342886)
Yes. CoDel/AQM can only help bufferbloat if you control the bottleneck. However it's possible to artificially make your router the bottleneck if you get really steady bandwidth.

BBR only helps TCP but will help prevent bufferbloat along the whole path

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Re:BBR, the new kid on the TCP block by labdsf on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @04:22PM (#14311298)
Right.
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