is their a way to see web traffic through my router?

Question

can i see what websites are visited on a cell phone/ my home computer by using some kind of program? i read about wireshark on google but am not sure if it does what i am looking for. but i am really looking for something to see what sites are visited on cell phones. thanks for your awnswers!

Answer 1

Many wireless routers have the ability to log traffic.



The amount and detail of logging will depend on your specific model and configuration. Some routers by default, only log router activity and not Internet requests (history). Depending on your motivation you can modify many routers firmware to allow more detailed results. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/paranoid-monitoring-networks-comings-goings-wallwatcher-ddwrt/



Many times a firmware update or aftermarket firmware such as DD-WRT http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index or Tomato http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato can increase the capabilities of the router.



Some wireless routers keep detailed traffic logs.These logs are raw data of Internet requests and IP addresses. This is not technically the same as your browser history file, however by examining the URL's requested by a specific device the history of sites that were visited can be reconstructed.



On many routers the log limit is very small ( a few hundred or less).



When this limit is reached older data is overwritten. On my router I have it configured to email the logs to a Gmail account when they are full and clear them. This gives me a complete record of of all router activity that I can examine for any specific date.



Good Luck...

Answer 2

Monitor Router Traffic

Answer 3

Typical home routers do not have much memory, so they just log boot messages MAC and IP of computers that connect (sometimes only wireless) and what its firewall blocks (not what it lets through). As mentioned, when that memory runs out the log rolls over and old data is dropped as fresh data is added.



To actually log everything, you would typically need a computer acting "as" a router, so it could intercept and log everything. Linux or FreeBSD works best for that. For example iptables in Linux can be configured to log whatever network traffic you want or a transparent squid proxy could monitor web and ftp access. Just be aware that if you log all web access, the logs can grow quite large (much to weed through) with all the images and ads on web pages.

Answer 4

If you are willing to track what other people are accessing in network, then forget about it. If your router is modern/advanced enough, you can track it. But I would suggest you not to bother it in home base router. Remember, if it would be that easy, many people would have tried it already. In business/offices, they track the web traffic by server.

Answer 5

turn on logging on your router. then look at the log. it only holds so much and rotates the logs, but you don't have to install anything. administration tab, log tab

Answer 6

Hope this helps!