Debian / Ubuntu: Console Based Network Load Monitor

I am looking for a generic network load monitor that will work over the remote ssh session. Nothing fancy. All I need is current device statistics together with a nice graph. How do I monitor network load using a console based software under Debian or Ubuntu Linux operating systems?

Tutorial details
Difficulty	Easy (rss)
Root privileges	Yes
Requirements	Debian/Ubuntu slurm

You can try slurm. It is an easy to use network load monitor. It will work over ssh session and can be easily installed under Debian or Ubuntu Linux operating systems. It can visualizes network interface traffic using ascii graph.

Installation

Type the following command:
$ sudo apt-get install slurm
Sample outputs:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  slurm
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 11 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/24.0 kB of archives.
After this operation, 123 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package slurm.
(Reading database ... 280982 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking slurm (from .../slurm_0.3.3-2_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up slurm (0.3.3-2) ...

How do I used slurm?

The syntax is:

 
slurm -i ethX
slurm [options] -i ethX

The -i option selects interface to monitor:
slurm -i eth0
Sample outputs:

Fig.01: Linux monitor network interface traffic with slurm software

To start slurm with classic/combined graph pass the -c option:
slurm -i eth0 -c
To start start slurm in split graph mode pass the -s option:
slurm -i eth0 -s
To start start slurm in large split graph mode pass the -l option:
slurm -l eth0 -c

Keyboard shortcut code

From the man page

     slurm supports several different keys for interaction:
     c       switch to classic mode
     s       switch to split graph mode
     l       switch to large graph mode
     L       enable TX/RX led
     m       switch between classic, split and large view
     z       zero counters
     r       redraw screen
     q       quit slurm