Emulate a bottleneck with tc (netem and tbf) and compare congestion controllers

Vary rate, delay, buffer depth and loss; measure throughput, RTT inflation and sharing between CUBIC and BBR flows.

Not attemptedHands-on project (Linux tc-netem and tc-tbf manual pages)Access: free

The exercise happens on Hands-on project (Linux tc-netem and tc-tbf manual pages). Canonical link: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/tc-netem.8.html. Link check: link responded (5 Oct 2026). Opened from this app 0 times; opening is not counted as an attempt.

Supports: Infrastructure roles and networking research. Needs a Linux machine or VM with root access; record the kernel version.

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