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Directional QoS: impair only one side of a link

How-to2 min readUpdated July 2026

Real WANs are rarely symmetric - a satellite uplink, an asymmetric DSL line, a congested path in only one direction. Selecting a link opens its Inspector with an impairment direction control at the top: apply delay, loss or a bandwidth cap to just A→B, just B→A, or both - the other direction stays untouched on the same wire.

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Click the link to select it - the Inspector opens on the right. The direction control sits above the delay/loss/bandwidth fields - A ↔ B (both ways, the default), A → B, or B → A.

Step 1: Directional QoS: impair only one side of a link
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Pick one of the one-way options, set a heavy delay, and Apply live. It shapes just that direction's tap on the real wire (the other direction's qdisc is explicitly cleared, not just left alone) - a ping still shows the delay, since every ping crosses the link both ways, but only one side of the wire is actually carrying the impairment.

Step 2: Directional QoS: impair only one side of a link

Delay, loss, bandwidth and corruption all respect the direction you pick - not just delay. Combine with "Shape a link" for the full set of impairment knobs and presets.