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How to monitor my home network ... you know kids, just to see, where are they going and how much time spending on sites.
Is there any tool available out there, if open source; that'll be great, willing to pay some bucks too, but obviously, not very expensive, as it's a home network; 3 desktops, 2 laptops, 1 tablet &Â 4 cell phones ... :)
Please assist/advise/share your expertise.
Thanks in advance.
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You can then log on to their site and get a complete list of all the domains visited from your network, broken down by day, or by week, or however you want it. Â (You can also block particular domains, or particular types of content, using opendns...still for free.






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Let me try ... thank you.
NetNanny still supports Windows XP.
Net Nanny 7.0 for Windows supports all versions of Microsoft Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7 and Vista. For Windows XP users the Net Nanny 6.5 version is still available and supported. via NetNanny FAQ

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login to your opendns account. at http://www.opendns.comÂ
click on the Stats tab.
On the lefthand side of the screen, click on Domains
You will see a list of all the domains visited.
Of course, you can't see specifically which PAGES at the domain were visited.
But if you decide you want to block access, you're going to be doing it by domain, not by page, anyway.
Please advise, also if someone used SpiceWorks, please share, how to make it work for my specific requirement.






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Unfortunately, we do not record visited websites for the Mac computer, nor the Androids. On the windows computers it can but the other not.

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Now, the question shifts to which one to pick. Â Many proxy servers have gone away in recent years as management and blocking has moved to the firewall as people really didn't need extensive reporting capabilities. Â However, CyBlock may be appropriate for you, and you could also check out products from SolarWinds and others. Â Of course, you're now in the realm of enterprise security -- so hold onto your wallet.






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Most guides you'll find on the Internet are either mostly complete (meaning they lack some piece of information that a Linux admin will find obvious, the rest of the world not so much), or for older versions.

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https://www.qustodio.com/en/help/article/1846885/
You might need the full (payed) version, though.






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A firewall/proxy running on a computer between your router and the network can monitor and track everything, but you need to spend some time to learn it. Most of them are surprisingly easy to installmand configure.
Linux is not as difficult as windows admins pretend.
Most of the firewall distros  will install automatically, and then you use a web interface to configure, in fact if you have a router, it probably already runs Linux, the interface is just an extension of that.
But it will only monitor your home network traffic.
If you want to monitor their actions on mobile data, you have to install an app on each phone.
If you have an old pc that you can install an extra neteork card in, try Ipcop.
Or a raspberry pi wth kidsafe.
Please only advise on these lines.
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Or you could buy a used Catalyst or similar switch and check all the traffic using netflow/sflow.
More expensive and knowledge intensive option.

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Networking is the process of connecting computing devices, peripherals and terminals together through a system that uses wiring, cabling or radio waves that enable their users to communicate, share information and interact over distances. Often associated are issues regarding operating systems, hardware and equipment, cloud and virtual networking, protocols, architecture, storage and management.