Bmon Explained

bmon
Developer:Thomas Graf
Programming Language:C
Operating System:Linux and Unix-like
License:BSD
MIT

bmon is a 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.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] bmon allows the user to see:

  1. Network bandwidth real-time visualization
  2. Total amount of transmitted data
  3. CRC errors
  4. Collisions
  5. ICMPv6 traffic packets

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Henry-Stocker. Sandra. 2019-10-29. Viewing network bandwidth usage with bmon. 2020-12-07. Network World. en.
  2. Web site: McKay. Dave. 2020-04-08. How to Use bmon to Monitor Network Bandwidth on Linux. 2020-12-07. How-To Geek. en-US.
  3. Web site: Kili. Aaron. 2017-02-03. bmon - A Powerful Network Bandwidth Monitoring and Debugging Tool for Linux. 2020-12-07. www.tecmint.com. en-US.
  4. Web site: Vona. Steven. 2020-04-14. BMON - Monitor Bandwidth from the Linux Command Line. 2020-12-07. Putorius. en-US.
  5. Web site: bmon(1) - Linux man page. 2020-12-07. linux.die.net.