Ubuntu – Network traffic tools on terminal

There are a lot of tools to display network traffic on terminal console. In this post I will introduce some of them:

• slurm
• iftop
• bmon

All of them can be installed by the following command(change application to your desired tool):

sudo apt-get -y install <application>

If you want to install all, use this command:

sudo apt-get -y install slurm iftop bmon

1. Slurm

• Start it by command: slurm -i <network-interface-name>

To get list of your network interfaces, use ifconfig command(network interface name on the left column)

• Press q to exit

2. Iftop

• You have to use root permission to start it: sudo iftop
• Exit it by pressing q

3. Bmon

• Start it by bmon command
• Exit it by enter q key
• Press ? for help