Home network monitoring software (Free)?

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Bart

#1 January 30, 2008, 06:35:50 pm

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I am trying to find a home network solution that will allow me to:

a) Track and collect various in/out data like bandwidth
b) Track what websites are being visited from the network (basically an http log)

I have a D-Link Router, and 8 computers. All the computers are running Windows XP but I don't think that matters.

Anyone got any ideas?

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Carrion Crow

#2 January 30, 2008, 07:31:21 pm

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+ req this info, except I have a buffalo WMP54g router.

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George W. Bush

#3 January 30, 2008, 07:50:55 pm

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Your router page should let you do that. At least mine does, you just have to dig a little. I do have a Linksys router so the page might be different.

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goldenratio

#4 January 31, 2008, 12:35:46 am

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have you looked into Microsoft Network Monitor 3.1?

Here is a page that sort of details what the program does/can do. Since it's released by Microsoft it's probably worth a shot (seeing as how all of your computers are running XP). Never used it myself, but it seems like this will do what you want?

yes coulombs are "germaine", did you learn that word at talk like a dick school?

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redwolf

#5 February 01, 2008, 09:13:18 pm

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http://www.networkmagic.com/ works the best out of all the programs I've used :]

Last Edit: February 01, 2008, 09:18:02 pm by redwolf

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Chubby Skelly

#6 February 01, 2008, 10:08:49 pm

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Quote from: Bart on January 30, 2008, 06:35:50 pm

I am trying to find a home network solution that will allow me to:

a) Track and collect various in/out data like bandwidth
b) Track what websites are being visited from the network (basically an http log)

I have a D-Link Router, and 8 computers. All the computers are running Windows XP but I don't think that matters.

Anyone got any ideas?

If you're trying to get information from a switched network that's going to be difficult. Basically there are three options...

Put monitoring software on each individual computer.
Put a computer between your router and the WAN which passes everything through while logging it.
Get a router with that kind of logging capability.

I am pretty sure if you are good with some flavor of Linux or BSD you could create a computer with two NICs that sits between your router and the WAN and logs traffic that goes through it. The computer can also act as a firewall or a server of some kind. I have never done this myself, but I know it's a fairly common thing for ~~people~~ geeks to do on their home networks.

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