Wireless Router with Logging for Websites visited - Please advise

metallica123 · 28 Jan 2019 at 18:21

Hi,

I have a ZTE router provided by Hyperoptic my ISP, which is pretty basic.

I am looking for a Wireless home router that will allow me to monitor the websites visited by devices on the home network.

Can someone recommend such a router ?

Reading up a bit online I came across pihole. But I am not technically inclined, so will prefer a router that is easy to setup and which will log the websites visited.

Regards

metallica123 · 29 Jan 2019 at 09:52

Thank you.

The ISP provided router does not allow me to change DNS server. If I could, then I would have used OpenDNS to achieve what I want.

I am after Router model names where the router admin software or router app provides detailed logging, i.e. list of websites visited. Can someone provide that?

Regards

metallica123 · 30 Jan 2019 at 15:58

bremen1874 said:
If OpenDNS would achieve what you want why don't you replace the ISP supplied router with one which will allow the DNS to be changed? It'd be easier (and cheaper) than finding a router that'll handle the logging itself.

Why you'd want that level of logging is another question.

OpenDNS is not restricted by my router, but by my ISP.

metallica123 · 30 Jan 2019 at 16:00

Thanks pcfarrar and bons2sk8

I am aware of parental controls, but this is not what I am looking for. I am looking for logging of websites or dns names from which I can resolve websites. It is not for my own home wifi. I was told some routers allow this facility, but I am curious to know which?

metallica123 · 31 Jan 2019 at 16:59

Ah thanks. I see now that OpenDNS is a paid subscription service. Also, openDNS would need static IP? I dont have static IP address

So getting an outright router might be a better idea, so back to my original query

Thank you

metallica123 · 1 Feb 2019 at 13:39

Thanks.

Apologies if I was not clear. This is for my home internet - for which I am asking for router brand/ model names which allow logging of traffic (websites). Most routers only provide this upto bandwidth usage, but not detailed logs. Something like this is what I want -

https://famisafe.wondershare.com/mo...er-to-monitor-which-websites-are-visited.html

On the OpenDNS admin you need to enter your network IP address - a dynamic IP cannot be added to this.

metallica123 · 4 Feb 2019 at 10:18

One other thing I realised - OpenDNS provides an IP updater for dynamic addresses. But this will need to be installed on all devices that connect. So if it is installed on device 1 and device 2 connects, it will not log stats in Open DNS.

metallica123 · 4 Feb 2019 at 17:55

Yes, but one of the devices needs to be constantly online so it passes the new IP to openDNS everytime. This has to be the device on which the OpenDNS updater is installed.