Live Bandwidth monitoring became easy with Netmonitor screenlet

Written on August 14th, 2010 at 15:56 pm by shredder12

So, I think my search for a live network bandwidth monitor finally ended with this screenlet, netmonitor. Bmon and vnstat were working fine, but I was looking for something that can be present all the time on the screen without hindering other apps. A Screenlet was indeed the best option to go for. For those who are not aware of screenlets, they are widgets for Gnome-Desktop. As far as appearance goes, they look great on a Desktop and best of all, they are light weight too.

So, while searching for the most appropriate screenlet, I found netmonitor - a bandwidth monitoring tool. You can place it wherever you want and configure it accordingly.

Installation

In order to use netmonitor, you will have to install the screenlets package. If you are running either an Ubuntu/Debian based system then either link or run the following command in a terminal to install screenlets.

[shredder12]$ sudo apt-get install screenlets

Now, go to Applications->Accessories->Screenlets and you will see the following window.

Now, double-click on the icon and it will be activated. Right click on the widget will show you various options to configure it. Modify it however you like and place it wherever you want, thats the benefit of using a screenlet .

5 Comments

Bhupendra (not verified)
August 14th, 2010 06:11 pm
Thanks for the screenlets
Luis Alvarado (not verified)
August 14th, 2010 08:41 pm
Am still looking for a Bandwidth monitor than can also manage the bandwidth. For example for a cyber that i need to control de upload/download for every and each PC. Also monitor how much they have downloaded over a period and any other options that help me with this. Am actually experimenting with squid proxy and bandwith management tools and still no luck to find one.
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shredder12
August 14th, 2010 08:55 pm

vnstat worked pretty well for me. It is capable of showing the b/w consumption on a monthly, dailiy and hourly(last 24 hrs only) basis. It might not be an optimum app but with a little scripting one might be able to work their way around.

CMD (not verified)
August 14th, 2010 09:37 pm
There's also a panel applet network monitor too
Anon Linuxer (not verified)
August 16th, 2010 03:27 am
conky, gkrellm

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