System Monitor : How to display net speed on panel

I use system monitor with 16.04 in Unity. Currently, I get all the graphs and text indicator for Disk on top panel. I want to have net speed displayed instead of Disk. How can I do that ?

Xenial

• Install indicator-netspeed from terminal
• Run apt:indicator-netspeed from your browser's URL panel
• Download 32-bit or 64-bit deb package from launchpad and install them via Software Center

Terminal install

sudo -i
add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
apt update && apt install indicator-netspeed

To start the indicator, run indicator-netspeed &

Bionic and up (with GNOME 3)

Gnome Extensions: Install

If you want to download the extension package manually, select your shell version and extension version.

GitHub: hedayaty/netspeed

Bionic with Unity panel

Terminal install

sudo -i
apt-add-repository ppa:fixnix/netspeed
apt update && apt install indicator-netspeed-unity

To start the indicator, run indicator-netspeed-unity &

Launchpad: Download
GitHub: ggleb/indicator-netspeed-unity

In Ubuntu 18.04 simply open the Ubuntu software app and search for Netspeed. Click to install the app and it will be displayed on your upper status bar on the right side.

Unity (Ubuntu 17.04 and below)

Steps to see NetSpeed Indicator n Unity Desktop Ubuntu

1. Open the terminal.

2. Type the below codes in Terminal:

   sudo apt-add-repository ppa:fixnix/netspeed
   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install indicator-netspeed-unity
   

3. Logout of the current session & Login again for the changes to take effect.

4. Net speed indicator app will start automatically on top of the Unity Panel.

   If you don't like to logout, you can still start Netspeed Indicator Applet on Unity panel.

5. Open the terminal and type the below code to start the Netspeed indicator app

   indicator-netspeed &
   

That's it. You can see the Upload & download Speed also by clicking on the Icon.