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marythecherry
Aspirant
Dec 12, 2022

Nighthawk AX5400 search history and logs

Hello, My Parents Recently Bought A Nighthawk AX5400 Router,  They'e About To Get The Netgear App (Parental Controls) To Look At My Search History And Logs, Which I'm Fine With I'll Just Make Sure I Won't Look Up Anything Bad Again. But I'm very Worried That They Can Still See The Stuff I Did On Our Previous Router A ComTrend AR 5319 (Not Sure If You Need The Name Of That Router But Here It Is Just In Case). So Can You See The Search History Of The Previous Routers That We're Connected To The Wifi, On The Nighthawk App, or Can You Only See What Went Through The Nighthawk Router Alone?

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  • michaelkenward's avatar
    michaelkenward
    Guru - Experienced User
    Dec 13, 2022
    marythecherry wrote:

    So Can You See The Search History Of The Previous Routers That We're Connected To The Wifi, On The Nighthawk App, or Can You Only See What Went Through The Nighthawk Router Alone?

    Hard to see how a new router can record Internet activity from before when it was installed.

     

    They'e About To Get The Netgear App (Parental Controls) ...

    Netgear offers various services that could go under the label "Parental Controls". It killed off the old free system, but still has a couple of others. You might want to see which they plan to pay for, and then to investigate its features.

     

    Whatever device they get, this is probably the worst section to see,k advice. It does not cover the various AX5400 routers. That's a WiFi specification, not a Netgear model number.)

     

    Even then it might be better to seek help in the sections given over to parental controls.

     

    NETGEAR Smart Home Parental Controls - NETGEAR Communities

     

    Circle Smart Parental Controls - NETGEAR Communities