Comments on: Bandwidth Monitoring Tools For Linux

By: Carl

Carl — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:27:55 +0000

Nethogs (http://sourceforge.net/projects/nethogs/) is a great tool for finding out which process is using bandwidth. Should be added to the list!

By: RDuke

RDuke — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:15:40 +0000

pktstat seems to be a good way to find out which connections use up the DSL bandwidth.

By: Dr. Zivago

Dr. Zivago — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:09:02 +0000

Guyz,

Those of you wanting a meter for ur connections use vnstat . Awesome program , very easy to use and does the job elegantly.. Read the F’n man page for more ..

Zivago’s happy

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:48:12 +0000

KNemo looks interesting, and may do what a lot of people want in a very common usage scenario (single-station), but isn’t quite fully featured enough to do what I want. Specifically I’m looking for a solution that works for networks instead of just a single station, and preferably would allow me to execute commands when certain bandwidth statics conditions were met.
I’ve still got a solution in my head but other projects have taken precedence at the moment.

By: Sree Hari Reddy

Sree Hari Reddy — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 07:44:32 +0000

Hi guys…

Checkout the application KNemo..

U can install it via synaptic or ubuntu software centre…

I searched a lot for such program and this particular one is the only one which i feel is the right one is necessary for most of our needs

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:02:03 +0000

@omelette - that’s because they are (often) single guys just playing from scratch. That’s how I taught myself. Its fun and easy, but not useful.

By: Linux Network Monitor

Linux Network Monitor — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:11:50 +0000

I am using a Linux based web server and want to monitor in realtime that which of the web consumed how much bandwidth?
Please guide me..

By: omelette

omelette — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:10:13 +0000

I am also looking for a simple app/applet that allows me to monitor/cap my internet connection. My ISP doesn’t bill per-start-of month either which complicates things. The list above is very helpful but just confirms (having just installed half-a-dozen of them) what I already suspected - such an app doesn’t exist!

I will never, ever, ever understand how programmers continue to churn out (as above) the same old stuff again and again, most of which are never run more than once, but won’t write something that 10′s of 1000′s would use on a continuous basis - such as ‘jeff’ describes above…..

By: Subban

Subban — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:58:21 +0000

I’m in need of something to keep track of how much data I receive between 8am and Midnight (pesky fair use policy) and preferably a separate total for midnight to 8am for full coverage.

I was using VnStat with some homewritten scripts to handle the rolling 30 day limit, now I am unsure how to add in the time restrictions as well that the ISP added.

By: Guy McLaren

Guy McLaren — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:13:29 +0000

I am looking for something that will allow me to see which computers on my network are using up all my DSL. I basically want something that will scheck all traffic on the network ingoing and outgoing to the net. I run an UBuntu server but not all the machines have access to the server

By: Gordon

Gordon — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:36:44 +0000

Further to Jeff’s post.
You could *try* vnstat. I’ve only just installed this myself, so I’m not exactly familiar with it yet, and my ISP bill from the 1st of each month anyway so that aspect isn’t something I’ve needed to to look at, but it does say on their site “months can be configured to follow billing period”.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:51:56 +0000

I don’t think any of the above will tell you how much bandwidth you have left in your billing cycle, though I am working on something myself that does that. Will return and post a link when its finished.

Also, I don’t believe any of the above can place quotas on users; they are merely traffic monitors, not traffic controllers. You may be able to do that with iptables though.

Thanks for the list of bandwidth monitoring tools for linux, its immensely helpful!

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:24:48 +0000

Which one of these, if any, allows you to see how much of your monthly quota is left? I want to be able to check my quota without having to login to my isp’s website everytime.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:27:14 +0000

Hi, can any of the above place quotas on users? Kinda like the Gargoyle router management utility? I need to share an internet connection in my flat but still be able to assign a limit every user can use.

Thanks in advance.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:32:23 +0000

Great list!
Bmon link is old; here is the new one.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/bmon/

By: linux_care

linux_care — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:08:08 +0000

hi, i just bumped in to this page via googlling, and found it very useful, thanks man, keep it up,

By: ???????

??????? — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:55:44 +0000

Hey guys i have a Linux router i patched the kernel & iptables with the layer7 plugin successfully, now i need to monitor the bandwidth over the network, everyhost and how much bandwidth he is taking ..etc , and i prefer a web-based application that would be better, i’ll be thankful

By: Brett

Brett — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:48:51 +0000

You forgot Munin, which can be installed via

sudo aptitude install munin

and accessed via http://localhost/munin

By: Artem

Artem — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:31:19 +0000

Thanks for the list, it’s really great!

I would like to suggest GPL TES Platform as a monitoring tool listed here -- this is Linux based system and provides wide range of monitoring tools after commercial TES Application Package addon installation. I hope it may be useful for somebody.

Here is the link: http://www.bctes.com

By: jsalinase

jsalinase — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:31:28 +0000

Very nice list, thanks for this. It was really helpful.