iftop does for network usage what top(1) does for CPU usage. It listens to network traffic on a named interface and displays a table of current bandwidth usage by pairs of hosts. Handy for answering the question "why is our ADSL link so slow?".


bmon is described as 'Free and open-source monitoring and debugging tool to monitor bandwidth and capture and display networking-related statistics. It features various output methods including an interactive curses user interface and programmable text output for scripting' and is a Network Monitor in the network & admin category. There are 2 alternatives to bmon for Linux and Go (Programming Language). The best bmon alternative is iftop, which is both free and Open Source.
iftop does for network usage what top(1) does for CPU usage. It listens to network traffic on a named interface and displays a table of current bandwidth usage by pairs of hosts. Handy for answering the question "why is our ADSL link so slow?".

