Network Speed Monitor is a simple app that lets you monitor network activity. Once installed, the application will run on the menubar.
I tested the application by doing things like downloading torrents, watching videos on YouTube and moving files on my network. The application provided accurate readings most of the times, but in some cases, when I was transferring data from the Internet, the readings were very close to 0. This happened when I was watching a video on YouTube.com. Most of the time the readings were near 1000 kilobytes per second, but mid-way through the video, the meter went back to 10k, and I could see the video was still buffering, and quite fast, by the way.
Pros
- You can change units and refresh intervals
Cons
- The readings were not precise at times
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