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I have a linux-based dd-wrt router that connects my home network with outside world.

I'd like to see, what is the current network load on the router in a convenience of the tray (a.k.a. indicator panel) icon.

I believe that writing such a monitoring tool is relatively easy, and I hope I don't have to write such tool myself.

Adam Ryczkowski
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Are you able to connect to your router via a terminal and get the speed from it? Alternatively, can the router run a script itself and so give the speed?

If so, you could then take that script and add it to indicator-sysmonitor.

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  • Oh, that is a good idea. I'll try that and when I'm ready I'll post the script. – Adam Ryczkowski Jul 23 '14 at 13:32
  • If you are happy with this answer, please mark it as accepted - thanks. – Bernmeister Jul 23 '14 at 13:39
  • For me it is more like a comment. There is still >5h work in research and coding to make an answer, and I am still not sure whether it will really be a feasible solution. And I'll need to properly address some difficult corner cases to make it reliable; like handling the network timeouts. – Adam Ryczkowski Jul 23 '14 at 13:50
  • I've since released Indicator Script Runner with background script functionality, https://askubuntu.com/a/786708/67335, in which you could add your script to obtain network speed display the result in the panel. – Bernmeister Nov 06 '21 at 00:52