diff --git a/hosts/FredOS-Mediaserver.nix b/hosts/FredOS-Mediaserver.nix
index 0dc518e..3b8f2dd 100644
--- a/hosts/FredOS-Mediaserver.nix
+++ b/hosts/FredOS-Mediaserver.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,35 @@
         export PATH="${pkgs.nvd}/bin:${pkgs.coreutils}/bin:${pkgs.gnugrep}/bin:${pkgs.gnused}/bin:$PATH"
         exec ${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash ${../scripts/record-update.sh} "$@"
       '')
+      # Stats stream for the quickshell server monitor on the desktops:
+      # `ssh mediaserver qs-stats` = top's 2s batch stream, interleaved with
+      # one @STAT line per tick (hottest coretemp across both sockets, WAN
+      # byte rates from eno1). Everything rides one SSH connection.
+      (pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "qs-stats" ''
+        C=${pkgs.coreutils}/bin
+        export LC_ALL=C
+        ${pkgs.procps}/bin/top -b -d 2 -w 512 &
+        trap 'kill $! 2>/dev/null' EXIT
+        prev_rx=""
+        while :; do
+          t=0
+          for h in /sys/class/hwmon/*; do
+            if [ "$($C/cat "$h/name" 2>/dev/null)" = coretemp ]; then
+              for f in "$h"/temp*_input; do
+                v=$($C/cat "$f" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+                [ "$v" -gt "$t" ] && t=$v
+              done
+            fi
+          done
+          read -r rx tx < <(${pkgs.gawk}/bin/awk '$1 == "eno1:" {print $2, $10}' /proc/net/dev)
+          if [ -n "$prev_rx" ]; then
+            echo "@STAT temp=$((t / 1000)) rxbps=$(( (rx - prev_rx) / 2 )) txbps=$(( (tx - prev_tx) / 2 ))"
+          fi
+          prev_rx=$rx
+          prev_tx=$tx
+          $C/sleep 2
+        done
+      '')
     ];
 
     # Basic networking
diff --git a/settings/quickshell.nix b/settings/quickshell.nix
index 80e1387..3b566a6 100644
--- a/settings/quickshell.nix
+++ b/settings/quickshell.nix
@@ -1748,11 +1748,31 @@ in
                         property string uptime: ""
                         property string load: ""
                         property var procs: []
+                        property int tempC: -1
+                        property real rxBps: 0
+                        property real txBps: 0
+
+                        function fmtRate(bps) {
+                            const b = bps * 8;
+                            if (b >= 1e9) return (b / 1e9).toFixed(2) + " Gb/s";
+                            if (b >= 1e6) return (b / 1e6).toFixed(1) + " Mb/s";
+                            if (b >= 1e3) return Math.round(b / 1e3) + " Kb/s";
+                            return Math.round(b) + " b/s";
+                        }
 
                         property var _procsPending: []
                         property bool _collecting: false
 
                         function _parseLine(line) {
+                            if (line.indexOf("@STAT ") === 0) {
+                                const t = line.match(/temp=(\d+)/);
+                                if (t) tempC = parseInt(t[1]);
+                                const rx = line.match(/rxbps=(-?\d+)/);
+                                if (rx) rxBps = Math.max(0, parseInt(rx[1]));
+                                const tx = line.match(/txbps=(-?\d+)/);
+                                if (tx) txBps = Math.max(0, parseInt(tx[1]));
+                                return;
+                            }
                             if (line.indexOf("top - ") === 0) {
                                 if (_collecting) procs = _procsPending;
                                 _collecting = false;
@@ -1792,8 +1812,7 @@ in
                             command: [Commands.ssh, "-o", "BatchMode=yes", "-o", "ConnectTimeout=3",
                                       "-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new",
                                       "-o", "ServerAliveInterval=5", "-o", "ServerAliveCountMax=2",
-                                      "fred@10.0.0.1",
-                                      "env", "LC_ALL=C", "top", "-b", "-d", "2", "-w", "512"]
+                                      "fred@10.0.0.1", "qs-stats"]
                             running: true
                             stdout: SplitParser {
                                 onRead: data => srvWidget._parseLine(data)
@@ -2867,6 +2886,46 @@ in
                                 }
                             }
 
+                            Row {
+                                width: parent.width
+                                spacing: 10
+                                SText { width: 42; text: "temp"; color: Theme.base04 }
+                                SText {
+                                    text: srvWidget.tempC < 0 ? "--" : srvWidget.tempC + "°C"
+                                    font.weight: Font.Medium
+                                    color: srvWidget.tempC < 0 ? Theme.base03
+                                         : srvWidget.tempC >= 85 ? Theme.base08
+                                         : srvWidget.tempC >= 70 ? Theme.base0A : Theme.base05
+                                }
+                            }
+
+                            Row {
+                                width: parent.width
+                                spacing: 10
+                                SText { width: 42; text: "wan"; color: Theme.base04 }
+                                Row {
+                                    spacing: 14
+                                    Row {
+                                        spacing: 4
+                                        SIcon { text: "arrow_downward"; font.pixelSize: 14; color: Theme.base0B; anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter }
+                                        SText {
+                                            text: srvWidget.fmtRate(srvWidget.rxBps)
+                                            font.weight: Font.Medium
+                                            anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                    Row {
+                                        spacing: 4
+                                        SIcon { text: "arrow_upward"; font.pixelSize: 14; color: Theme.base09; anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter }
+                                        SText {
+                                            text: srvWidget.fmtRate(srvWidget.txBps)
+                                            font.weight: Font.Medium
+                                            anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+
                             Row {
                                 width: parent.width
                                 spacing: 10