bwm-ng comes along at just the right time. We haven’t seen any network monitors in quite a while.
Of course, I have to make the obligatory offhand remark that there are hundreds — literally hundreds — of network monitors and visualizers out there.
I’ve listed a few of them on this site, but I’ve barely scratched the surface.
But, seeing as we are in the “B” section now, bwm-ng has good timing.
Rather like VU meters, on stereo equipment from a long time ago.
That’s not the default display, by the way. That is with the “curses2” flag, which I am sure you can hunt down on your own.
bwm-ng will also output to html or csv, and has options to make sure your data can be converted to another format, be it spreadsheet or browser or whatever.
And best of all? It’s not just a network monitor, it can also watch disk access, and output in the same style — VU meters, or whatever.
Pretty nifty, if you ask me.
Inconsolation 