topic Re: Is it possible to view router browsing history in Broadband & Landline

Is it possible to view router browsing history

KC82 — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 10:26:40 GMT

I need to check a website that was viewed on a specific day but cannot find any option to do so on the router log. I have an IP address for the site im looking for. Is there anyway to see if it was connected to?

Re: Is it possible to view router browsing history

Chris_B — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 10:35:51 GMT

@KC82 that’s not possible but you could possibly see this from the device in question in the browser history provided it hasn’t been cleared.

Re: Is it possible to view router browsing history

Mustrum — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 10:36:27 GMT

hI @KC82 in a word, no. No router I know of has that facility.

The device that accessed it may have some info in browser history, but not the router.

Re: Is it possible to view router browsing history

XRaySpeX — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 10:38:00 GMT

A router doesn't browse. You and the browsers you use do. You should be looking at your browsers' history.

Re: Is it possible to view router browsing history

XRaySpeX — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 11:44:21 GMT

Upon thinking further about this, while the router does not actually route to external sites but just send packets onto the Net, it does keep track of those external IPs for the purpose of routing internally the responses from those sites to the right place. This is the function of the NAT. You might be able to see these external IPs in the NAT Mapping Table. As you haven't said which router you are using I cannot say whether you would have access to this table.

Re: Is it possible to view router browsing history

KC82 — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 12:43:19 GMT

HI, Not sure how i know which router i have, it just says ee smarthub. Ive looked through all the event log in the technical log on the hubmanager but it only documents connections etc. I cannot find any list of IP addresses anywhere on it.

Re: Is it possible to view router browsing history

KC82 — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 12:54:01 GMT

HI, Not sure how i know which router i have, it just says EE smart hub. I've looked through all the event log in the technical log on the hub manager but it only documents connections etc. I cannot find any list of IP addresses anywhere on it.

Re: Is it possible to view router browsing history

Mustrum — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 15:20:50 GMT

The info won't be in the event log, as mentioned previously.

You would need to be running something like a business grade router with a lot more functionality than a locked down standard ISP provided device.

Re: Is it possible to view router browsing history

XRaySpeX — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 19:16:30 GMT

No, you won't get access to the NAT Mapping Table with the EE SH. You would have been able with EE's previous "locked down standard ISP provided" router, the EE BrightBox.