Monitor network acitivity on shared network?

Deleted member 189968 · Oct 18, 2019

Hi just a question,
Is there a free software for windows 7 and / or for windows 10 to monitor
Which files other people open and download from your computer on a shared home network? Prefrebly a sofatware that logs this information.

Kursah · Oct 18, 2019

I've seen NetShareMonitor and Share Monitor in some smaller deployments.

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But you also have to realize in a peer-to-peer network, if you want to see who's accessing what, you also need to provide them individual credentials for access to create the trail of crumbs in Windows logs. Meaning if you want Jan to access something, and you have the share set to everyone, you won't see Jan accessing it. If you create a Jan account locally on the share server, remove Everyone, and give Jan's account access, and have that account authenticate using said account when accessing that share, you'll now have some logging and tracking.

Also, only share what you need to, and only to those who need it.

John Naylor · Oct 18, 2019

You can easily control yes / no access to folders via the OS itself with permissions

As for bandwidth ... there are 3rd party firm wares that provide this function

DD-WRT ... some models come with it pre-installed. Asus and Buffalo models are known to be compatible

Asus RT-AC5300 DD-WRT FlashRouter review

This VPN router protects all your home devices, no connection limits or apps to install

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Gargoyle is another it even lets you set limits on who can download what and how much they can d/l

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