Monitoring my roommates activity on my network

claycad · 03-13-2009, 06:49 PM

My roommate normally uses a sprint wifi access card, but this month he went over the amount of data he can download, so has to use my wifi for like 2 weeks. I don't mind sharing, but also don't want him to be illegally downloading music, movies or porn on my connection. I've explained to him not to this, but certainly won't put it past him.

I have a netgear WGT624 v2 router which lets me see when he is connected, and it logs websites but it logs both our activity in a big jumbled text file that is hard to read. Is there a way that I can monitor only his activity in a separate log. Also the log just shows websites, how can I monitor when he connects to limewire or bittorrent ect? Also is there a way I can see how much data in MB he used vs. how much I use and can I make a limit for him that will cut him off if he reaches that limit? Thanks much.

**sobeit** · 03-13-2009, 07:34 PM

I dont use any so I cannot recommend any but go to download.com and do a search for monitoring usage and you should get a nice selection to choose from.

**bilbus** · 03-14-2009, 03:20 PM

you are not going to find a tool like that at download.com

There is no tool like that, unless you have a dedicated box monitoring. Ntop is one such option but not simple to setup.

Problem is you cant monitor oter user's data, unless the monitoring device is sitting in the path of the passing data, or is on a mirror port.

I use pfsense for my firewall, and it includes ntop

03-13-2009, 06:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
claycad Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: WV Posts: 62 OS: Vista Home Premium	Monitoring my roommates activity on my network My roommate normally uses a sprint wifi access card, but this month he went over the amount of data he can download, so has to use my wifi for like 2 weeks. I don't mind sharing, but also don't want him to be illegally downloading music, movies or porn on my connection. I've explained to him not to this, but certainly won't put it past him. I have a netgear WGT624 v2 router which lets me see when he is connected, and it logs websites but it logs both our activity in a big jumbled text file that is hard to read. Is there a way that I can monitor only his activity in a separate log. Also the log just shows websites, how can I monitor when he connects to limewire or bittorrent ect? Also is there a way I can see how much data in MB he used vs. how much I use and can I make a limit for him that will cut him off if he reaches that limit? Thanks much. __________________ AMD 64 X2 6000+ 3.0GHz CPU 3GB PC2 5300 667MHz RAM Seagate Barracuda ES.2 250GB SATA II HDD XFX GeForce 8600GT 256MB PCIe Video Card

03-13-2009, 07:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 7,433 OS: windows/linux	Re: Monitoring my roommates activity on my network I dont use any so I cannot recommend any but go to download.com and do a search for monitoring usage and you should get a nice selection to choose from. __________________ there's been global warming since the ice age Last edited by sobeit; 03-13-2009 at 07:35 PM.

03-14-2009, 03:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
bilbus TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 967 OS: OS2 Warp	Re: Monitoring my roommates activity on my network you are not going to find a tool like that at download.com There is no tool like that, unless you have a dedicated box monitoring. Ntop is one such option but not simple to setup. Problem is you cant monitor oter user's data, unless the monitoring device is sitting in the path of the passing data, or is on a mirror port. I use pfsense for my firewall, and it includes ntop