I would like to set the TCP congestion control algorithm to Westwood+. Is this possible in OS X?
MacOS – How to set the TCP congestion control algorithm on OS X
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Best Answer
According to http://www.macgeekery.com/gspot/2006-03/mac_os_x_network_tuning_guide you can actually modify the algorthims used by Mac OS X by using the sysctl command, but you cannot use anything but the New Reno algorithm:
The command is
sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.newreno=1
which you could reverse withsysctl -w net.inet.tcp.newreno=0
if you had issues with it.