Monitoring Internet Usage

mibhai · 06-23-2008, 07:38 PM

Hi Everyone,

I have just subscribed today. I was wondering if there is any free Internet Activity Monitoring software anyone many know of.

Basically, I need to know who is going on what page and who is dowloading how much. So far I can only find 30-40 day free trial software. We are a company of less than 50, running XP machines off Win2003 servers.

I need one thats absolutely free. Or is there a way to find this information from ISA server or router?

Any feedback would be much aprreciated.

Thanks

lazareth1 · 06-23-2008, 11:21 PM

You would be best setting up a proxy server. You can have it running a free version of linux based software like IPCOP or Smoothwall. Both are linux based and have a HTML configuration so there shouldn't be much of a learning curve.

http://www.ipcop.org/index.php

http://www.smoothwall.org/

Ive used Smoothwall before, and it did everything you want and more!

**af3** · 06-24-2008, 10:37 AM

There are quite a few freeware applications that will do this for you but they are often detected by anti-spyware programs.

You could check out:
http://www.spyarsenal.com/

When it comes to some of those programs, they require you to install them on each PC that you wish to monitor. You would also need to install a secure FTP or HTTP server on each computer to be able to remotely view the log files.

You could check out:
http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/

Please research privacy laws regarding logging of internet activity before implementing any such software.

06-23-2008, 07:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
mibhai Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Monitoring Internet Usage Hi Everyone, I have just subscribed today. I was wondering if there is any free Internet Activity Monitoring software anyone many know of. Basically, I need to know who is going on what page and who is dowloading how much. So far I can only find 30-40 day free trial software. We are a company of less than 50, running XP machines off Win2003 servers. I need one thats absolutely free. Or is there a way to find this information from ISA server or router? Any feedback would be much aprreciated. Thanks

06-23-2008, 11:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
lazareth1 Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hong Kong, previously Fife in Bonnie Scotland Posts: 1,066 OS: Vista SP1, Ultimate My System	Re: Monitoring Internet Usage You would be best setting up a proxy server. You can have it running a free version of linux based software like IPCOP or Smoothwall. Both are linux based and have a HTML configuration so there shouldn't be much of a learning curve. http://www.ipcop.org/index.php http://www.smoothwall.org/ Ive used Smoothwall before, and it did everything you want and more! __________________ "Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted" JAFFA KREE!! Peace Through Power!! Last edited by lazareth1 : 06-23-2008 at 11:26 PM.

06-24-2008, 10:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
af3 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USA Posts: 757 OS: Windows XP SP3 My System	Re: Monitoring Internet Usage There are quite a few freeware applications that will do this for you but they are often detected by anti-spyware programs. You could check out: http://www.spyarsenal.com/ When it comes to some of those programs, they require you to install them on each PC that you wish to monitor. You would also need to install a secure FTP or HTTP server on each computer to be able to remotely view the log files. You could check out: http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/ Please research privacy laws regarding logging of internet activity before implementing any such software.