Newbie wireless network question.

Hi everyone,

We have 4 PC's all connected wirelessly to a netgear DG834GT router and
my question is this: Is there a software program that will enable me to
tell what time each individual PC is used to assess the Internet during
a 24 hour period please?

Many thanks,
John.

John wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> We have 4 PC's all connected wirelessly to a netgear DG834GT router and
> my question is this: Is there a software program that will enable me to
> tell what time each individual PC is used to assess the Internet during
> a 24 hour period please?
>
> Many thanks,
> John.
Have you checked the "Security Logging" capabilities of the Netgear to
see if it will log the information you require?

LR wrote:
> John wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> We have 4 PC's all connected wirelessly to a netgear DG834GT router
>> and my question is this: Is there a software program that will enable
>> me to tell what time each individual PC is used to assess the Internet
>> during a 24 hour period please?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> John.
> Have you checked the "Security Logging" capabilities of the Netgear to
> see if it will log the information you require?

Looks like my router doesn't store that info, but many thanks for your help.

Regards,
John.

John wrote:
> LR wrote:
>> John wrote:
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> We have 4 PC's all connected wirelessly to a netgear DG834GT router
>>> and my question is this: Is there a software program that will enable
>>> me to tell what time each individual PC is used to assess the
>>> Internet during a 24 hour period please?
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>> John.
>> Have you checked the "Security Logging" capabilities of the Netgear to
>> see if it will log the information you require?
>
> Looks like my router doesn't store that info, but many thanks for your
> help.
>
> Regards,
> John.
Check this out might help you:
http://www.networkmagic.com/nmlp/linkshare.php

Faisal wrote:

> Check this out might help you:
> http://www.networkmagic.com/nmlp/linkshare.php

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

John.

John wrote:
> LR wrote:
>> John wrote:
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> We have 4 PC's all connected wirelessly to a netgear DG834GT router
>>> and my question is this: Is there a software program that will enable
>>> me to tell what time each individual PC is used to assess the
>>> Internet during a 24 hour period please?
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>> John.
>> Have you checked the "Security Logging" capabilities of the Netgear to
>> see if it will log the information you require?
>
> Looks like my router doesn't store that info, but many thanks for your
> help.

If it's important to gather that information you can either replace the
router or add a proxy server to your network.


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Bernard Peek wrote:
> John wrote:
>> LR wrote:
>>> John wrote:
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> We have 4 PC's all connected wirelessly to a netgear DG834GT router
>>>> and my question is this: Is there a software program that will
>>>> enable me to tell what time each individual PC is used to assess the
>>>> Internet during a 24 hour period please?
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks,
>>>> John.
>>> Have you checked the "Security Logging" capabilities of the Netgear
>>> to see if it will log the information you require?
>>
>> Looks like my router doesn't store that info, but many thanks for your
>> help.
>
> If it's important to gather that information you can either replace the
> router or add a proxy server to your network.
>
>

Sorry Bernard, as a complete newbie to networking, I know nothing about
proxy servers I'm afraid.

John.

John wrote:
> LR wrote:
>> John wrote:
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> We have 4 PC's all connected wirelessly to a netgear DG834GT router
>>> and my question is this: Is there a software program that will enable
>>> me to tell what time each individual PC is used to assess the
>>> Internet during a 24 hour period please?
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>> John.
>> Have you checked the "Security Logging" capabilities of the Netgear to
>> see if it will log the information you require?
>
> Looks like my router doesn't store that info, but many thanks for your
> help.
>
> Regards,
> John.

Don't know if it can do what you need, but your modem/router under
"firewall rules" will log selected outbound and inbound services which
can be linked to single address or range as required. There is a drop
down list which includes HTTP, IRC, and FTP.

You may need to "fix" the addresses (either in the PC or under "LAN IP
Setup - Address Reservation") to identify the PC.

If you can find a utility to access a time-server when it starts up, you
could log NTP access (XP updates weekly).

HTH

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John wrote:
>


> Sorry Bernard, as a complete newbie to networking, I know nothing about
> proxy servers I'm afraid.

In which case it's probably not the answer for you then. A proxy server
is a single PC through which all HTTP requests are routed. It's usually
used on large networks to control who can access the Internet, control
what sites they can reach, log the sites accessed and improve speed by
caching files.

Microsoft has ISA Server and for Linux there is Squid. Proxy servers
need careful setup and probably continuous tinkering. It would be an
unusual home network that needed one.



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PeeGee wrote:

> Don't know if it can do what you need, but your modem/router under
> "firewall rules" will log selected outbound and inbound services which
> can be linked to single address or range as required. There is a drop
> down list which includes HTTP, IRC, and FTP.
>
> You may need to "fix" the addresses (either in the PC or under "LAN IP
> Setup - Address Reservation") to identify the PC.
>
> If you can find a utility to access a time-server when it starts up, you
> could log NTP access (XP updates weekly).
>
> HTH
>

Thanks for that PeeGee.

John.