ifstat - showing real time network

Ever use ifconfig to configure or check your IP address. There is also "ifstat", the purpose is to show simple stats, and in real time the usage of your network bandwidth.

najmi@vostro:~$ ifstat -tib wlan0
  Time          wlan0      
HH:MM:SS   Kbps in  Kbps out
00:23:36     64.79     57.53
00:23:37     43.89     54.96
00:23:38     56.76     54.02
00:23:39     25.62     16.33
^C





Use CTRL+C to terminate.. as other console based tool.
Switch to -b flag to get the reading in KB or kbps


najmi@vostro:~$ ifstat -ti wlan0
  Time          wlan0      
HH:MM:SS   KB/s in  KB/s out
00:23:47      4.97      5.12
00:23:48      3.00      2.61
00:23:49      4.83      4.70
00:23:50      3.85      4.26

If this not satisfy you, check my tutorial on ntop.