Network usage monitor 1.0
UUID: vnstat@linuxmint.com
Score: 4
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What it does:
This applet keeps track of your Internet usage.
In some countries, ISPs limit the amount of data their customers can use. Passed a certain amount of bits downloaded/uploaded, you either get cut off, you pay more or your connection speed is reduced.
How it does it:
The vnstat daemon runs in the background and collects info about your Internet usage.
The applet detect which device you're currently using, and simply export a graph using vnstati.
What you need for it to work:
You need:
- To install vnstat
- To install vnstati
- To have the vnstat daemon running
Note: In Linux Mint, you can simply run "apt install vnstati" and that will take care of everything. In other distributions it might depend on the way things are packaged but it's likely to be similar.
You're not alone:
If you like this applet, chances are you don't like your ISP :) Don't worry, you're not alone... feel free to name and shame your ISP and the limits you're restricted to in the comments section. It won't change anything of course, but you never know.. it might make you feel better :)
hmm it doesent work with ppp0 ? i just get a blank popup menu. vnstat, vnstati are all installed and vnstatd running (ive got conky displaying vnstat stats for months) also, it would be nice with some config options, for example my monthly quota is reset at 22:30 the first of every month, would be nice if it could count from that moment, and perhaps reset the monthly stats at that point
Nice one Clem. Works smoothly. I switched out your image icon and used utilities-system-monitor-symbolic instead. I am having a problem creating my own custom SVG icon for the applet. The icon works fine but it doesn't get the hover effect that I see in regular symbolic icons. Do you know if there is a CSS property to fix that?