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bmon

agent-ready non-interactive

bandwidth monitor and rate estimator

How to install bmon

brew install bmon

bmon use case

Monitor network bandwidth and interface statistics in real-time for debugging or scripting

When to use bmon

  • Diagnosing network performance issues on a live system
  • Collecting real-time bandwidth usage for multiple network interfaces
  • Automating network monitoring via scriptable text output

When not to use bmon

  • Performing deep packet inspection or protocol analysis
  • Requiring historical data logging over time
  • Need a graphical GUI-based monitoring tool

bmon features

  • · Interactive curses-based user interface
  • · Programmable text output for scripting
  • · Real-time traffic rate estimation
  • · Support for multiple network interfaces

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