How to monitor home network usage?

Question

I'm in charge of the internet connection at home and i'm sharing my network with other people.
I want to make sure that other users don't visit illegal websites.
Is there a way to find out which websites they visit or is there a program to monitor their internet activity?

Answer 1

Only a few routers have control over what is downloaded. And they are expensive!

Answer 2

Features

Here are some of the features we have included:



Monitor the Internet usage of your computer in real time- see data being sent and received

See daily, monthly and weekly statistics on how much you use and when

Set alarms to protect yourself from exceeding your monthly usage allowance, or a fair use limit

Pre-defined alarm profiles available to download

Use the stopwatch to record how fast your downloads are

Run a ping stream to graph how your latency varies

Background tests to measure your broadband performance

Graph your usage from multiple household computers

Analyse performance by protocol (e.g. VoIP, p2p, etc.)



http://www.thinkbroadband.com/tbbmeter.html

Answer 3

Check the manual for your router. It almost certainly has a parental control capability.