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Network Traffic and Bandwidth Monitor - NTM (Network Traffic Monitor)

NTM (Network Traffic Monitor) is a monitor of the network and internet traffic for Linux. NTM is useful for the people that have a internet plan with a limit, and moreover the exceed traffic is expensive.

NTM (Network Traffic Monitor) features:
 * Choice of the interface to monitoring.
 * Period to monitoring: Day, Week, Month, Year or Custom Days. With auto-update.
 * Threshold: Auto-disconnection if a limit is reached (by Network Manager).
 * Traffic Monitoring: Inbound, outbound and total traffic; Show the traffic speed.
 * Time Monitoring: Total time of connections in the period.
 * Time Slot Monitoring: Number of sessions used.
 * Reports: Show of average values and daily traffic of a configurable period.
 * Online checking with Network-manager or by "Ping Mode".
 * The traffic is attributed to the day when the session began.
 * Not need root privilege.
 * Not invasive, use a system try icon.

NTM is write in python and is a open source software, the license is the GNU GPL v2.

NTM (Network Traffic Monitor) Installation:
Download the NTM deb file - here
After successful installation, double-click this deb file or type following command to install NTM
dpkg -i ntm-1.3.1.deb
After successful installation, open the ntm application from unity "dash", you can find the NTM application running under the system tray, click on this NTM application to setup the preferences and the interface on which you need to monitor the bandwidth.

After making the changes, wait for some time and click on the NTM icon to see your data transfer usage.






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