Congestion in a network may occur when the load on the network is greater than the capacity of the network and consequently, performance degrades. Congestion control is a technique and mechanisms that can either prevent congestion before it happens, or remove congestion after it has happened. This work presents a comparative analysis of Drop Tail, RED and NLRED congestion control algorithm and performed a simulation experiment to show their relative effectiveness. The experiment was done using NS2 simulator on the basis of Endto-End Delay, Throughput, Packet Drop, and Packet Delivery Ratio in a wired network. The simulation result showed that NLRED performs best in high congestion network, while in low cohesive network, Drop Tail gives a good result. Drop Tail, RED and NLRED was also analysed in real audio traffic and the entire results showed that in congested network, NLRED and RED are better while in low congested network Drop Tail is better. This is because in heavy congested network, congestion avoidance mechanism aids the network to gain better performance while in low congested network unnecessary computation avoidance mechanisms degrades the performance of the network. If parameters are set effectively in RED, it will be the best queuing mechanism for that particular network. However, it is of great importance to know which congestion control mechanism is suitable for each network and traffic.