Monitoring Websites Visited by Home Network WIFI Users - Wireshark, Alternatives & Admin Tips

Question

Hello,
I want to check which websites WIFI users are using, is there an easy way to check it? I am the admin of the home network. If there were similar topics, please provide links, unfortunately, on the elektroda forum, I could not find such topics

I will add that it is installing wireshark. but I don't know if it will meet my expectations. if you have better, simpler ideas, I will be happy to hear it ;-)

jprzedworski · Accepted Answer

Certainly not on the TP link. Torrents are lock-proof at all. In addition, there are many ways to get around these blockers. For example: And something new to the topic, these are such old fragments - ways to block the Mikrotik forum (I do not know if it works, I have not checked): And in Polish: But this is not TPlink!

IC_Current · Answer

There are many ways, but please include what you want to get and how detailed the data you intend to collect. Sometimes such information gathering can be unethical or even criminal.

Bartek4796162 · Answer

the best way to record connection logs to the home network would be to buy some cheap Mikrotik router with WiFi function and run such options on it

IC_Current · Answer

There are ways without having to buy anything, but let the author say what he wants.

biku11 · Answer

So it's a home network. 3 users. One of them probably uses torrents, I don't know which one, while the other watches movies notoriously. The scare strains the network. You can't even use YouTube at times. After checking, I will block the access to torrents on the router for one, and I will limit the bandwidth for the other. I will add that as an admin I am also the owner of the router. other users only partially finance the subscription.

krzysiozak · Answer

Is it possible to increase data transfer limits for a great surcharge, if technically possible? Until when do you have the contract? When negotiating a contract, you can increase your speed for the same price, and for a great surcharge, you can get much faster data transfer speeds. Write to which operator you have access. Or maybe out of curiosity you want to watch what users are doing, and it's not nice.

biku11 · Answer

it is not possible to increase the limits until the contract is changed in June 2018.
krzysiozag but I am not asking you to give me advice not related to the question that I asked at the beginning of the post. I can assure you that I do not intend to follow other users for my own pleasure, I want to check two things and I will not need to monitor them.

Anonymous · Answer

Without checking, set limits for everyone and it will be OK.

IC_Current · Answer

These problems are solved by configuring priorities, bandwidth limits, and queuing on the edge router. Almost every home router has a "QoS" tab and there are more or less extensive configuration options.
As your router is OpenWRT / Garygole compatible, you can squeeze a lot out of QoS, and the connection history and statistics are really extensive.
There are also programs recording the history of calls and transfer counting installed on the PC. You can easily find something free on the Internet. (For example, all IS business antiviruses can do it too, so maybe something for home too)

biku11 · Answer

will you tell me how to insert limits? router is tp link wr740 N. I installed 3 history saving programs but I can't use them: wireshark, york commview

mick1 · Answer

I would start from the end.
How do you want to limit torrents on tplink?
Why don't you talk to them?
Have you made rules on how to use the web? Since they pay, they may feel aggrieved when you start blocking something.

KOCUREK1970 · Answer

He only has simple QoS, and it works as he pleases. Too simple router and too ambitious assumptions.

biku11 · Answer

mick thank you for the advice but I don't need a psychologist just a simple instruction for what I asked for.
Kocurek, I am asking for advice, what can I do?
when writing a post, please contribute something to the topic

KOCUREK1970 · Answer

The only question now is, what is the hardware version of this router? Here's something to read first:

mick1 · Answer

OK, simple answer - you won't block torrents effectively on tplink.

biku11 · Answer

Kocurek I do not understand anything from this link

KOCUREK1970 · Answer

Then do not get down to it - because you will release the router with this software 100%.

Anonymous · Answer

Jprzedworski's colleague is right - blocking torrents is possible only with Mikrotik equipment, but it's also not that easy. No Tp-Link can cope with even an alternative soft.

Tp-Link has fun with setting the bandwidth, QoS. But if the contract for the Internet is for you, then when your colleagues play torrents they can cause trouble for you, so much is said now about intrusive law firms as they like these matters.

biku11 · Answer

ok. how can you then limit the bandwidth on this router? can you throw me some instructions?

KOCUREK1970 · Answer

You can limit only globally for everyone, not for a specific service.

Heinzek · Answer

Enter the hardware version of the router. On the gargoyle, you have simple but fairly effective QoS. If he does not have to process too much traffic, he can do it, and you probably do not have too much bandwidth, since there is not enough for everyone.

mick1 · Answer

Heinzek, take into account that He has a torrent problem, so most of this router's CPU has something to do anyway. When QoS comes to this, it will lose packets due to poor hardware.

Heinzek · Answer

I was using QoS on the WR1043NDv1 and it didn't have a super fast processor, and it got better with a 10Mbit / s connection.

I used standard priorities where for TCP connections where the "packet" did not exceed 1MB it was on the highest priority.
For connections via UDP etc. it was possible to give low priority regardless of the packet size.

Without trying, he won't know if it's enough or not.

Monitoring Websites Visited by Home Network WIFI Users - Wireshark, Alternatives & Admin Tips

How can I check which websites users on my home Wi‑Fi are visiting, and is there a simpler alternative to Wireshark?

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