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System monitoring is a necessary part when you’re a regular user of it as it helps

in different circumstances. Similarly, it is compulsory to keep an eye on the
system network to prevent your system from the issues that can create problems
in the future.
Monitoring a network allows you to observe network resources, over-usage, and

the reason behind slow performance. Hence, monitoring tools can help to display
a complete picture of what happens in a system network.
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Linux has offered a wide range of command-line tools to monitor your network
system. Some of the top tools that are used to observe and take a check on
network as listed below:
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1: netstat Tool
As the name describes, network statistics or netstat is one of the popular tools to
monitor network interfaces and protocol statistics, Transmission Control Protocol
(TCP), routing details and display each information on the screen.
Run the netstat command in the terminal to get network details on it. The -s flag
is used to display all the network statistics including TCP, UDP, and others:
$ netstat -s
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To display network details continuously i-e after each second use -c:
$ netstat -c
2: etherape Tool
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EtherApe is the tool to monitor the system networks introduced after etherman in
Linux and Unix-like systems. It is a packet sniffing open-source tool used to
display network details graphically. The EtherApe utility is free under the license of
GNU and provides a real-time monitor that supports different devices like SLIP,
PPP, Ethernet, and many others.
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It is not a built-in tool in Linux distributions, so, to get it on the system, run the
command:
$ sudo apt install etherape
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3: Nethogs Tool
Nethogs is an open-source network monitoring tool with features similar to Linux
top command. It is used to observe real-time network bandwidth and displays
every single detail of each application. Its main specification is to show which
process or application contains maximum bandwidth.

To install it on Linux Mint 21 system, type in terminal:
$ sudo apt install nethogs
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Now, run nethogs command with sudo privileges:
$ sudo nethogs
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4: nload Tool
The nload is a command-line utility used to keep an eye on network systems,
specifically incoming and outgoing real-time network traffic. It also monitors
additional details about network usage and how much data is transferred.
It is not a pre-installed tool; you can get it by executing the given command:
$ sudo apt install nload
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Launch it on the terminal to check what output it shows:
$ nload
5: iftop Tool
The Interface Top (iftop) is a command-line tool that is used to monitor
bandwidth-related statistics like which host works slowly. It analyzes the network
activities and prints the real-time information.
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To install it on the system, open the terminal and type:
$ sudo apt install iftop
Now, run the command to print network bandwidth on screen:
$ sudo iftop
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6: slurm Tool
The slurm is also the command-line tool to reverse network activities like network
traffic and display information with an ASCII graph.
To install it on Linux Mint 21 system, type in terminal:
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$ sudo apt install slurm
Now execute the mentioned command to print details:
$ sudo slurm -i wlan0
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7: tcpflow Tool
The tcpflow command-line utility is popular as one of the best server networking
tools in Linux systems. It is used by server administrators to capture complete
details about data transmission (received or transferred) and monitor them.
Run the given command to let it install on Linux Mint 21 system:
$ sudo apt install tcpflow
Now, execute the mentioned command to check its working on the Linux system:
$ sudo tcpflow
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Conclusion
Monitoring a network is important to avoid problems in the system. We have
several network monitoring tools offered by the Linux system. These tools help to
monitor every single detail of the network including their issues, bandwidth, and
transmission issues. This guide has briefly explained some of the top network
monitoring tools.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Syeda Wardah Batool

I am a Software Engineer Graduate and Self Motivated Linux writer. I also love
to read latest Linux books. Moreover, in my free time, i love to read books on
Personal development.
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$ sudo apt install etherape

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Type etherape in terminal and check what it does:

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To install it on Linux Mint 21 system, type in terminal:

$ sudo apt install nethogs

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Now, run nethogs command with sudo privileges:

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$ sudo apt install nload

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Launch it on the terminal to check what output it shows:

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To install it on the system, open the terminal and type:

$ sudo apt install iftop

Now, run the command to print network bandwidth on screen:

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To install it on Linux Mint 21 system, type in terminal:

$ sudo apt install slurm

Now execute the mentioned command to print details:

$ sudo slurm -i wlan0

Run the given command to let it install on Linux Mint 21 system:

$ sudo apt install tcpflow

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