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yalcttocs
Aug 08, 2021Aspirant
R7350 Advanced Logs
I bought this router to snoop on my kids activities. The documentation states Select ADVANCED > Administration > Logs. The Logs page displays and shows information such as the following: • Actio...
antinode
Aug 08, 2021Guru
> I bought this router to snoop on my kids activities. [...]
"Get used to disapointment."
> o Target address. The name or IP address of the website or news group
> visited or to which access was attempted.
I'll admit that "Attempted access to allowed sites" or "Attempted
access to blocked sites and services" sounds promising, but I doubt that
this (or any) router can deliver what that stuff seems to promise.
> [DHCP IP: (192.168.1.2)] to MAC address E0:98:06:85:AB:1B Sunday,
> August 08,2021 13:22:05
That's one of your client devices getting its IP parameters using
DHCP; nothing to do with web browsing.
With modern web browsers and HTTPS, the router can't see this
information, let alone log it.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/2120717#M20612
I'd guess that software exists which might help if it's installed on
an individual computer/device, but these days it's tough for a router to
do this job.
yalcttocs
Aug 08, 2021Aspirant
How does this netgear router see the search history then?
https://www.groovypost.com/howto/free-parental-control-net-monitoring-netgear/