WMnet is a Linux network monitoring software with an X dock.app interface. It is a small and straightforward application developed by the author.
WMnet is a Linux dockapp network monitor designed for WindowMaker. As a software author, I was inspired by the program "tleds", which blinks keyboard LED's in response to network traffic. However, WMnet is a more entertaining program than that nowadays. The software is designed with low CPU usage, low memory, and efficient use of screen real-estate.
The program polls network statistics and performs a few functions with the data it gets. Its features include small blinking lights for the rx and tx of IP packets, a digital speedometer, and a bar graph. The speedometer keeps track of the current speed per second and shows it in a color corresponding to which of rx or tx has the highest speed at the moment. Meanwhile, the graph is drawn in a way that the highest speed is drawn on top of the other while the other is in the background.
Depending on whether you are running ppp or ethernet connections, you should set the -x parameter to about 1.5 times the high speed of your connection. The default is 6000 which will be foolish if you're on an ethernet line with a max of about 800 kb/sec. I've found that the best parameter for an ethernet line is '-x 10000000 -l', since the logarithmic scale enables you to see any speed of traffic.
WMnet is designed to be as small and efficient as possible. CPU time on my K5 PR100 with the default poll time of 25000 microseconds (1 microsecond == 1 millionth of a second) is less than 20 seconds per 24 hours. This figure is less than what wmmixer uses for me.
Nowadays, WMnet employs drivers to get stats. Similarly, the existing stat driver from previous versions has been moved to the ipfwadm driver. To get some generic IP accounting rules using ipfwadm: ipfwadm -A in -i -S 0.0.0.0/0 and ipfwadm -A out -i -D 0.0.0.0/0.
The program polls network statistics and performs a few functions with the data it gets. Its features include small blinking lights for the rx and tx of IP packets, a digital speedometer, and a bar graph. The speedometer keeps track of the current speed per second and shows it in a color corresponding to which of rx or tx has the highest speed at the moment. Meanwhile, the graph is drawn in a way that the highest speed is drawn on top of the other while the other is in the background.
Depending on whether you are running ppp or ethernet connections, you should set the -x parameter to about 1.5 times the high speed of your connection. The default is 6000 which will be foolish if you're on an ethernet line with a max of about 800 kb/sec. I've found that the best parameter for an ethernet line is '-x 10000000 -l', since the logarithmic scale enables you to see any speed of traffic.
WMnet is designed to be as small and efficient as possible. CPU time on my K5 PR100 with the default poll time of 25000 microseconds (1 microsecond == 1 millionth of a second) is less than 20 seconds per 24 hours. This figure is less than what wmmixer uses for me.
Nowadays, WMnet employs drivers to get stats. Similarly, the existing stat driver from previous versions has been moved to the ipfwadm driver. To get some generic IP accounting rules using ipfwadm: ipfwadm -A in -i -S 0.0.0.0/0 and ipfwadm -A out -i -D 0.0.0.0/0.
What's New
Version 1.06: N/A