Can I log urls of a router remotely ?

[mahadevan_iyer]

From the router configuration, can we logs urls visited by all the devices connected to that router ?
Can we use DNS server to achieve this ?

 

[GKannan]

@mahadevan_iyer Try NextDNS

 

[mahadevan_iyer]

But does NextDNS setup in the router logs all the urls from all the devices ? It does log my device, but what if 5 devices are connected to it ?

 

[Deleted member 77424]

Pihole should fulfill all your requirements. It won't log full urls but the main domains visited by devices on your network. You get adblock as well.

Pi-hole – Network-wide Ad Blocking

pi-hole.net

 

[mahadevan_iyer]

@deezcnuts but i would have to plug it into the Ethernet. Any method, by which I could do it remotely ?

 

[Deleted member 77424]

@mahadevan_iyer You could run on a pi zero wifi as well. Ethernet is better for stability/router restarts etc. You could even run it without pi, run it on a vm or a docker on main pc, only disadvantage is that the pc needs to stay on 24x7 to allow dns queries for devices on network, or you won't have internet.

 

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[gkarthik]

NextDNS does show any DNS query made if it's setup in a router.

 

[mahadevan_iyer]

@gkarthik But we need to link the ip don't we. First we sign up into NextDNS. then assign the ip to it. there are no provision to assign multiple ip.

 

[shashankb]

What are you referring specifically to in the multiple IP ?
I think you are asking if you can automatically link the IP incase of a Dynamic IP change ?

 

[gkarthik]

I run their DoT (DNS over TLS) client in my router which resolves DNS for all of my connected clients. Through that i can fiter ads,unwanted sites, Facebook etc.