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Netgear R6080 Router
I am not good at using a computer. But I’m here to ask for help to find out what websites my son is looking at on his phone through our router. I go to the website for the Netgear R6080 Router, select Administration, Then select Logs. And then that’s it. I don’t know how to go any further to find out the names of the websites in the Logs. Please help if you can before my boy does something foolish. Thank You Everyone.
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@Pscottb723 wrote:
I go to the website for the Netgear R6080 Router, select Administration, Then select Logs. And then that’s it. I don’t know how to go any further to find out the names of the websites in the Logs.
The logs do not record websites that people visit.
If you want to manage your son's use of the Internet, you'll need something more sophisticated. Unfortunately, that doesn't come free any more.
Netgear sells subscriptions to things like parental controls.
There are various types of parental controls with their own sections in this community.
Circle Smart Parental Controls - NETGEAR Communities
or
NETGEAR Smart Home Parental Controls - NETGEAR Communities
There are probably other services out there.
Your router could be one problem. The R6080 is a pretty old and basic router. It may not support these servuces:
Which NETGEAR routers support Circle Smart Parental Controls? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Which products support NETGEAR Smart Parental Controls? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
It is also slow. According to Netgear's manual for this device, not always the most reliable source of information, the LAN and WAN ports support only 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX. That makes it slower than many newer internet services and most modern network hardware. This may not matter to you, but be warned that it will hobble you if you ever sign up for faster Internet, anything faster than 100 Mbps is a waste of your money.
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You're searching the logs isn't going to stop him from doing anything foolish or even slow him down. There's plenty of easy ways around that and as a young person, he's going to find them. Theres even built in ones on most phones/computers that are simple to use.
A strategy would be talking to him about his searches and having open converstaions about it.
here's a good article from washington state about it.
Talking to your kids about inappropriate Web searches | Washington State
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