How to get network usage in percentage
I am able to get current upload and download rate, but how do I get the max upload and download rates for the network interface I am using, in *nix systems?
For example, Windows shows network usage in percent, as shown below:
EDIT: In other words, as one of the answers mentioned that Windows shows the utilization of my network hardware. I would like to know the same in Linux, how do I do it?
This will be very useful to know if my network adapter is causing the bottleneck.
network-monitoring
asked Feb 22 at 10:15
Saravanabalagi RamachandranSaravanabalagi Ramachandran
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I am able to get current upload and download rate, but how do I get the max upload and download rates for the network interface I am using, in *nix systems?
For example, Windows shows network usage in percent, as shown below:
EDIT: In other words, as one of the answers mentioned that Windows shows the utilization of my network hardware. I would like to know the same in Linux, how do I do it?
This will be very useful to know if my network adapter is causing the bottleneck.
network-monitoring
asked Feb 22 at 10:15
Saravanabalagi RamachandranSaravanabalagi Ramachandran
1144
3
Possible duplicate of Which application can I use for a network traffic monitor
– N0rbert
Feb 22 at 11:09
1
In that question, the OP is only looking for a way to find current down/upload rate and total traffic. I need the utilization of the network hardware
– Saravanabalagi Ramachandran
Feb 22 at 12:13
Windows doesn't show that neither: Just the higher level utilization, so that duplicate is an answer to your original question..
– Fabby
Mar 3 at 7:09
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I am able to get current upload and download rate, but how do I get the max upload and download rates for the network interface I am using, in *nix systems?
For example, Windows shows network usage in percent, as shown below:
EDIT: In other words, as one of the answers mentioned that Windows shows the utilization of my network hardware. I would like to know the same in Linux, how do I do it?
This will be very useful to know if my network adapter is causing the bottleneck.
network-monitoring
asked Feb 22 at 10:15
Saravanabalagi RamachandranSaravanabalagi Ramachandran
1144
I am able to get current upload and download rate, but how do I get the max upload and download rates for the network interface I am using, in *nix systems?
For example, Windows shows network usage in percent, as shown below:
EDIT: In other words, as one of the answers mentioned that Windows shows the utilization of my network hardware. I would like to know the same in Linux, how do I do it?
This will be very useful to know if my network adapter is causing the bottleneck.
network-monitoring
network-monitoring
asked Feb 22 at 10:15
Saravanabalagi RamachandranSaravanabalagi Ramachandran
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asked Feb 22 at 10:15
Saravanabalagi RamachandranSaravanabalagi Ramachandran
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edited Feb 22 at 12:15
Saravanabalagi Ramachandran
asked Feb 22 at 10:15
Saravanabalagi RamachandranSaravanabalagi Ramachandran
1144
asked Feb 22 at 10:15
Saravanabalagi RamachandranSaravanabalagi Ramachandran
1144
asked Feb 22 at 10:15
Saravanabalagi RamachandranSaravanabalagi Ramachandran
1144
1144
3
Possible duplicate of Which application can I use for a network traffic monitor
– N0rbert
Feb 22 at 11:09
1
In that question, the OP is only looking for a way to find current down/upload rate and total traffic. I need the utilization of the network hardware
– Saravanabalagi Ramachandran
Feb 22 at 12:13
Windows doesn't show that neither: Just the higher level utilization, so that duplicate is an answer to your original question..
– Fabby
Mar 3 at 7:09
add a comment |
3
Possible duplicate of Which application can I use for a network traffic monitor
– N0rbert
Feb 22 at 11:09
1
In that question, the OP is only looking for a way to find current down/upload rate and total traffic. I need the utilization of the network hardware
– Saravanabalagi Ramachandran
Feb 22 at 12:13
Windows doesn't show that neither: Just the higher level utilization, so that duplicate is an answer to your original question..
– Fabby
Mar 3 at 7:09
3
3
Possible duplicate of Which application can I use for a network traffic monitor
– N0rbert
Feb 22 at 11:09
Possible duplicate of Which application can I use for a network traffic monitor
– N0rbert
Feb 22 at 11:09
1
1
In that question, the OP is only looking for a way to find current down/upload rate and total traffic. I need the utilization of the network hardware
– Saravanabalagi Ramachandran
Feb 22 at 12:13
In that question, the OP is only looking for a way to find current down/upload rate and total traffic. I need the utilization of the network hardware
– Saravanabalagi Ramachandran
Feb 22 at 12:13
Windows doesn't show that neither: Just the higher level utilization, so that duplicate is an answer to your original question..
– Fabby
Mar 3 at 7:09
Windows doesn't show that neither: Just the higher level utilization, so that duplicate is an answer to your original question..
– Fabby
Mar 3 at 7:09
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Windows calculates network usage as a percentage of the link speed of your internet connection (like 45 or 150Mbps). This simply measures the utilization of your network hardware and is not a measure of available bandwidth. Hence not a good method to check if network is the bottleneck in your scenario.
However, if this is exactly what you want, find out the link speed as described in this answer. (change eth0 to appropriate interface)
dmesg | grep eth0
Using this value and your current speeds, you can estimate the network utilization.
Hope this clears your doubt.
answered Feb 22 at 11:25
JrctJrct
848
Unfortunately I am not able to get it. I trieddmesg | grep enp6s0, is it a 18.04 thing?
– Saravanabalagi Ramachandran
Feb 22 at 12:09
I would like to know how to find the utilization of the network hardware
– Saravanabalagi Ramachandran
Feb 22 at 12:14
add a comment |
To check your link speed you can run lshw -C Network
lshw -C Network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: internet0
serial: b8:27:eb:6f:c7:75
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
capabilities: ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=smsc95xx driverversion=22-Aug-2005 duplex=full firmware=smsc95xx USB 2.0 Ethernet ip=192.168.178.56 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate, you should run this program as super-user.
To check the actual up and download usage i use bmon
answered Feb 22 at 14:15
AlexOnLinuxAlexOnLinux
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Windows calculates network usage as a percentage of the link speed of your internet connection (like 45 or 150Mbps). This simply measures the utilization of your network hardware and is not a measure of available bandwidth. Hence not a good method to check if network is the bottleneck in your scenario.
However, if this is exactly what you want, find out the link speed as described in this answer. (change eth0 to appropriate interface)
dmesg | grep eth0
Using this value and your current speeds, you can estimate the network utilization.
Hope this clears your doubt.
answered Feb 22 at 11:25
JrctJrct
848
Unfortunately I am not able to get it. I trieddmesg | grep enp6s0, is it a 18.04 thing?
– Saravanabalagi Ramachandran
Feb 22 at 12:09
I would like to know how to find the utilization of the network hardware
– Saravanabalagi Ramachandran
Feb 22 at 12:14
add a comment |
Windows calculates network usage as a percentage of the link speed of your internet connection (like 45 or 150Mbps). This simply measures the utilization of your network hardware and is not a measure of available bandwidth. Hence not a good method to check if network is the bottleneck in your scenario.
However, if this is exactly what you want, find out the link speed as described in this answer. (change eth0 to appropriate interface)
dmesg | grep eth0
Using this value and your current speeds, you can estimate the network utilization.
Hope this clears your doubt.
answered Feb 22 at 11:25
JrctJrct
848
Unfortunately I am not able to get it. I trieddmesg | grep enp6s0, is it a 18.04 thing?
– Saravanabalagi Ramachandran
Feb 22 at 12:09
I would like to know how to find the utilization of the network hardware
– Saravanabalagi Ramachandran
Feb 22 at 12:14
add a comment |
Windows calculates network usage as a percentage of the link speed of your internet connection (like 45 or 150Mbps). This simply measures the utilization of your network hardware and is not a measure of available bandwidth. Hence not a good method to check if network is the bottleneck in your scenario.
However, if this is exactly what you want, find out the link speed as described in this answer. (change eth0 to appropriate interface)
dmesg | grep eth0
Using this value and your current speeds, you can estimate the network utilization.
Hope this clears your doubt.
answered Feb 22 at 11:25
JrctJrct
848
Windows calculates network usage as a percentage of the link speed of your internet connection (like 45 or 150Mbps). This simply measures the utilization of your network hardware and is not a measure of available bandwidth. Hence not a good method to check if network is the bottleneck in your scenario.
However, if this is exactly what you want, find out the link speed as described in this answer. (change eth0 to appropriate interface)
dmesg | grep eth0
Using this value and your current speeds, you can estimate the network utilization.
Hope this clears your doubt.
answered Feb 22 at 11:25
JrctJrct
848
answered Feb 22 at 11:25
JrctJrct
848
answered Feb 22 at 11:25
JrctJrct
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answered Feb 22 at 11:25
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Unfortunately I am not able to get it. I trieddmesg | grep enp6s0, is it a 18.04 thing?
– Saravanabalagi Ramachandran
Feb 22 at 12:09
I would like to know how to find the utilization of the network hardware
– Saravanabalagi Ramachandran
Feb 22 at 12:14
add a comment |
Unfortunately I am not able to get it. I trieddmesg | grep enp6s0, is it a 18.04 thing?
– Saravanabalagi Ramachandran
Feb 22 at 12:09
I would like to know how to find the utilization of the network hardware
– Saravanabalagi Ramachandran
Feb 22 at 12:14
Unfortunately I am not able to get it. I tried
dmesg | grep enp6s0, is it a 18.04 thing?– Saravanabalagi Ramachandran
Feb 22 at 12:09
Unfortunately I am not able to get it. I tried
dmesg | grep enp6s0, is it a 18.04 thing?– Saravanabalagi Ramachandran
Feb 22 at 12:09
I would like to know how to find the utilization of the network hardware
– Saravanabalagi Ramachandran
Feb 22 at 12:14
I would like to know how to find the utilization of the network hardware
– Saravanabalagi Ramachandran
Feb 22 at 12:14
add a comment |
To check your link speed you can run lshw -C Network
lshw -C Network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: internet0
serial: b8:27:eb:6f:c7:75
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
capabilities: ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=smsc95xx driverversion=22-Aug-2005 duplex=full firmware=smsc95xx USB 2.0 Ethernet ip=192.168.178.56 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate, you should run this program as super-user.
To check the actual up and download usage i use bmon
answered Feb 22 at 14:15
AlexOnLinuxAlexOnLinux
473110
add a comment |
To check your link speed you can run lshw -C Network
lshw -C Network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: internet0
serial: b8:27:eb:6f:c7:75
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
capabilities: ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=smsc95xx driverversion=22-Aug-2005 duplex=full firmware=smsc95xx USB 2.0 Ethernet ip=192.168.178.56 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate, you should run this program as super-user.
To check the actual up and download usage i use bmon
answered Feb 22 at 14:15
AlexOnLinuxAlexOnLinux
473110
add a comment |
To check your link speed you can run lshw -C Network
lshw -C Network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: internet0
serial: b8:27:eb:6f:c7:75
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
capabilities: ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=smsc95xx driverversion=22-Aug-2005 duplex=full firmware=smsc95xx USB 2.0 Ethernet ip=192.168.178.56 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate, you should run this program as super-user.
To check the actual up and download usage i use bmon
answered Feb 22 at 14:15
AlexOnLinuxAlexOnLinux
473110
To check your link speed you can run lshw -C Network
lshw -C Network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: internet0
serial: b8:27:eb:6f:c7:75
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
capabilities: ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=smsc95xx driverversion=22-Aug-2005 duplex=full firmware=smsc95xx USB 2.0 Ethernet ip=192.168.178.56 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate, you should run this program as super-user.
To check the actual up and download usage i use bmon
answered Feb 22 at 14:15
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AlexOnLinuxAlexOnLinux
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Possible duplicate of Which application can I use for a network traffic monitor
– N0rbert
Feb 22 at 11:09
1
In that question, the OP is only looking for a way to find current down/upload rate and total traffic. I need the utilization of the network hardware
– Saravanabalagi Ramachandran
Feb 22 at 12:13
Windows doesn't show that neither: Just the higher level utilization, so that duplicate is an answer to your original question..
– Fabby
Mar 3 at 7:09