Saturday, March 9, 2013

NTM: Useful tool for limited pay-plan of Internet users


Network Traffic Monitor
NTM (Network Traffic Monitor) is a monitor of the network and internet traffic for Linux.
Features: 
  • Choice of the interface to monitoring.
  • Period to monitoring: Day, Week, Month, Year or Custom Days. With autoupdate.
  • Threshold: Autodisconnection if a limit is reached (by NetworkManager).
  • Traffic Monitoring: Inbound, outbount 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 NetworkManager 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 useful for the people that have a internet plan with a limit, and moreover the exceed traffic is expensive.