Once you use IfTop, you will love it. It is basically top
for network usage. Shows the network traffic on any given interface.
Installing is easy:
$ sudo apt install iftop
To check traffic on your LAN connection:
$ sudo iftop -i eth0
To check traffic on your wifi connection:
$ sudo iftop -i wlan0
The following keyboard shortcuts can be used while IfTop is running:
P
: Pause or unpausen
: Toggle resolving DNSt
: Toggle between showing traffic of source, destination or both (default)Tried with: IfTop 1.0 and Ubuntu 14.04