How do I monitor users on my router?

clquestor

clquestor

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I was wondering if there was a free program that lets me see what devices are using my router. I don't need to monitor specifics like my girlfriends phone and laptop usage...just what devices are using it. I have it password protected but I just want to make sure my neighbors aren't getting on.

Thanks!
 
It's built into the router itself. It should be called LAN table (or something similar depending on the router). All you need to do is navigate to the router's IP address in a web browser.
 
You could use one of the aircrack utilities to monitor who's communicating with you wirelessly. Not sure if it'll work for devices on ethernet (if they're physically connected, I think you got bigger things to worry about than someone steeling your web lol).

Using Aircrack's airodump you can filter out other networks and monitor just your own. It should be able to work with most cards as far as monitoring goes.

If you got a mac then kismac is pretty good and a bit more user friendly than airodump.

Just a heads up, if you do decide to pro-actively monitor this kinda thing, I usually see one or two packets coming from some random computer once in a while. I wouldn't be too concerned with that, as long as it's only just a few packets within a 24-hour period.
 
voyagerfan99 said:
It's built into the router itself. It should be called LAN table (or something similar depending on the router). All you need to do is navigate to the router's IP address in a web browser.
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View the list of ip Addresses in the router, or just turn the router off and see how many people come knocking angrily on your front door the next day :D
 
clquestor said:
I was wondering if there was a free program that lets me see what devices are using my router. I don't need to monitor specifics like my girlfriends phone and laptop usage...just what devices are using it. I have it password protected but I just want to make sure my neighbors aren't getting on.
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Change the SSID, or even hide it so that you have to set it up manually, and change the WPA2/WPA/WEP/Shared key :good:
Thanks!
 
WinDOS said:
Change the SSID, or even hide it so that you have to set it up manually, and change the WPA2/WPA/WEP/Shared key :good:
Thanks!
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I would most def follow this :good:

however, you should have the option within your router settings to see who has connected to your pc

on my dlink router, I believe it's under tools or advance, but don't quote me
 
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