Resource Monitor
Terminal System Resource Monitor
Windows — Network (Snapshot)

Reference: Windows Task Manager network view

Windows Network
Terminal — Network (Snapshot)

Resource Monitor network display inside terminal.

Terminal Network
How it works — Network
  • Samples /proc/net/dev to read interface counters (bytes received/transmitted) and computes deltas to get KB/s (DL/UL).
  • Displays current DL (download) and UL (upload) KB/s and cumulative totals since monitor start.
  • In WSL, only traffic inside WSL is visible; use VM or native Linux for full host interface traffic.
tips
  • Stream a large YouTube video in a browser (4K will use more bandwidth) and watch DL increase.