Installation
taufanlubis@toshiba:~$ sudo apt-get install speedometer
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python-urwid
The following NEW packages will be installed:
python-urwid speedometer
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Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe python-urwid 0.9.8.1-1 [165kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe speedometer 2.4-1 [13.3kB]
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taufanlubis@toshiba:~$
How to operate?
taufanlubis@toshiba:~$ sudo speedometer -rx ppp0
Note:
-rx network-interface display bytes received on network-interface
-tx network-interface display byte transmitted on network-interface
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I’ve just wrote an article, which is a a more complete explanation on speedometer capabilities with a lot of example use case. One interesting feature one might like is the maximum network throughput capabilities. You can check my article here http://www.pc-freak.net/blog/text-monitoring-of-connection-server-traffic-rx-tx-business-in-ascii-graphs-with-speedometer-easy-monitor-network-traffic-performance/