Routers/checking what people have been up to

mattflower · 13-02-07, 08:14 PM

Ok hopfully someone on here will be a bit better at It than me, my boss took me aside today and told me that the traffic coming into my computer was alarmingly high, can't think why cough. . .exceem . .cough.
Our IT bloke is coming in tommorow, can he tell i've been browsing the net all day or could I tell him that I was listening to the radio online/had messenger running/had a website left open in the background.
The router is a Draytek one, not sure which and we're only a small company, any help would be great

Bazza · 13-02-07, 08:28 PM

I can't answer your question sorry, but wouldn't having eXceem running be better than saying I was on msn messenger all day?

mattflower · 13-02-07, 08:30 PM

Erm neither is really acceptable

I just need to come up with a bull**** excuse incase they can't check what I was actually doing, thought the radio one was good

That would take constant streaming

Harvez · 13-02-07, 08:35 PM

m8 your in the proverbial, the IT guy wont need the router all he has to do is look at the server logs of any activity to from ur pc's ip addy
id try get to him before he see's ur boss and really work on him, while ur there see if he fancy's going green on 1 of ur sites

Bazza · 13-02-07, 08:36 PM

Say you've just been working 10 times as hard recently and been going flat out on the pc to get more done

mattflower · 13-02-07, 08:51 PM

harvez I don't even think we have a server?

or would that be the thing where all the emails come in?

zara · 13-02-07, 08:52 PM

Just say you were downloading p*** all day.

mattflower · 13-02-07, 08:54 PM

I said that to my boss today

He found that quite funny, he wont 2mo though if it shows all I do is surf the net all day

Starting to worry now . . bad nights sleep coming up

Harvez · 13-02-07, 08:57 PM

somewhere along the lines m8 u will have a server.
when u logon to the computer do u have to press ctrl atl and del then enter a username and pass ? if so then u are prob logging onto a domain which is being administered by a server most likey running active directories.
the admin guy can monitor all traffic and data, more often than not he dosn't even have to be onsite and can be done remotley.
as i say try have a quiet word with the IT bloke say ur boss will sack u if he tells him that u have been surfing all day.

mattflower · 13-02-07, 08:59 PM

yep . . oh poo. in fo it I think

nothing I can do about it? clear any history anywhere? ;(

woostar · 13-02-07, 09:02 PM

Where do you work? Is your computer on a Local Area Network (LAN) (if you have an IT guy it sounds like it is).

If your works computer uses a LAN (regardless of what router you use) it's possible to record virtually everything you do.

W.>

Harvez · 13-02-07, 09:02 PM

ps. im a network manager at a high school and i can tell what any pupil at any time is/has been viewing even upto 2mths ago right odwn to the minute.
we use a program called ranger sentinel, nice prog that looks after the network while i read exceem all day :P

mattflower · 13-02-07, 09:04 PM

well you 2 have filled me with joy . .

We're all wireless going through this draytek, I assumed that this draytek was an adsl modem (Which I think i'm right in saying?)
Then upstairs we have a backup of all our work and emails, it's a real small setup . .is it expensive to have software like that which can monitor people?

mattflower · 13-02-07, 09:07 PM

http://www.draytek.com/product/wlan_...vigor2600g.php surely it's just a modem?

Harvez · 13-02-07, 09:08 PM

ranger costs £4,000+ so i doubt very much ur company will have that, but active directories can do just as much but getting the info from AD is much harder, ranger is geared more for educational administration i can block any app website etc even allow msn only to be used during breaks then blocks it again when lessons start.
i wouldnt worry too much just say u have exceem open but minimized and just glance at it every now and then, but ur really sorry as u didnt realise it was not allowed.

Harvez

mattflower · 13-02-07, 09:10 PM

thanks harvez, just what I wanted to hear

So unless they've spent a few grand on software i'm in the clear?

Harvez · 13-02-07, 09:12 PM

the router u have uses adsl lines which will be linked to a central hub, your office must have a low data rate which is backed up localy but my guess will be that its backed up to the central servers over the weekend.

Harvez · 13-02-07, 09:14 PM

id back off reading exceem all day they ahve just prob noticed a uptake in data flow to/from ur office as its a small adsl line prob 8mb max then its quiet noticeable.

mattflower · 13-02-07, 09:16 PM

central servers? coudl you explain a bit more . . i've added to your rep

magoo · 13-02-07, 09:22 PM

hi - I use a draytek on our network - it is possible to view activity but it only shows the ip of the site accessed so I can't be arsed to actually find what each site is.
It definitely is possible for them to know but I would wait and see if they say anything, and like Harvez says just mumble about sites refreshing in the background and be apologetic.

13-02-07, 08:14 PM	#1
mattflower iBook Join Date: May 2006 Location: Essex Posts: 2,188	Routers/checking what people have been up to Ok hopfully someone on here will be a bit better at It than me, my boss took me aside today and told me that the traffic coming into my computer was alarmingly high, can't think why cough. . .exceem . .cough. Our IT bloke is coming in tommorow, can he tell i've been browsing the net all day or could I tell him that I was listening to the radio online/had messenger running/had a website left open in the background. The router is a Draytek one, not sure which and we're only a small company, any help would be great __________________

13-02-07, 08:28 PM	#2
Bazza Mini Mac Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 7,543	Re: Routers/checking what people have been up to I can't answer your question sorry, but wouldn't having eXceem running be better than saying I was on msn messenger all day?

13-02-07, 08:30 PM	#3
mattflower iBook Join Date: May 2006 Location: Essex Posts: 2,188	Re: Routers/checking what people have been up to Erm neither is really acceptable I just need to come up with a bull**** excuse incase they can't check what I was actually doing, thought the radio one was good That would take constant streaming __________________

13-02-07, 08:35 PM	#4
Harvez Mini Mac Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: l33dz Posts: 9,421	Re: Routers/checking what people have been up to m8 your in the proverbial, the IT guy wont need the router all he has to do is look at the server logs of any activity to from ur pc's ip addy id try get to him before he see's ur boss and really work on him, while ur there see if he fancy's going green on 1 of ur sites __________________ Freebiejeebies \| Free iphone \| Free Blackberry \| Free Wii U \| Free laptop ^^^^ its not real stop begging losers ^^^^ Someone once said "Life is what you make it", I disagree sometimes life makes you into what you are.

13-02-07, 08:36 PM	#5
Bazza Mini Mac Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 7,543	Re: Routers/checking what people have been up to Say you've just been working 10 times as hard recently and been going flat out on the pc to get more done

13-02-07, 08:51 PM	#6
mattflower iBook Join Date: May 2006 Location: Essex Posts: 2,188	Re: Routers/checking what people have been up to harvez I don't even think we have a server? or would that be the thing where all the emails come in? __________________

13-02-07, 08:52 PM	#7
zara The One Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,272	Re: Routers/checking what people have been up to Just say you were downloading p*** all day.

13-02-07, 08:54 PM	#8
mattflower iBook Join Date: May 2006 Location: Essex Posts: 2,188	Re: Routers/checking what people have been up to I said that to my boss today He found that quite funny, he wont 2mo though if it shows all I do is surf the net all day Starting to worry now . . bad nights sleep coming up __________________

13-02-07, 08:57 PM	#9
Harvez Mini Mac Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: l33dz Posts: 9,421	Re: Routers/checking what people have been up to somewhere along the lines m8 u will have a server. when u logon to the computer do u have to press ctrl atl and del then enter a username and pass ? if so then u are prob logging onto a domain which is being administered by a server most likey running active directories. the admin guy can monitor all traffic and data, more often than not he dosn't even have to be onsite and can be done remotley. as i say try have a quiet word with the IT bloke say ur boss will sack u if he tells him that u have been surfing all day. __________________ Freebiejeebies \| Free iphone \| Free Blackberry \| Free Wii U \| Free laptop ^^^^ its not real stop begging losers ^^^^ Someone once said "Life is what you make it", I disagree sometimes life makes you into what you are.

13-02-07, 08:59 PM	#10
mattflower iBook Join Date: May 2006 Location: Essex Posts: 2,188	Re: Routers/checking what people have been up to yep . . oh poo. in fo it I think nothing I can do about it? clear any history anywhere? ;( __________________

13-02-07, 09:02 PM	#11
woostar Interclickz Support Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,353	Re: Routers/checking what people have been up to Where do you work? Is your computer on a Local Area Network (LAN) (if you have an IT guy it sounds like it is). If your works computer uses a LAN (regardless of what router you use) it's possible to record virtually everything you do. W.> Last edited by woostar; 13-02-07 at 09:04 PM..

13-02-07, 09:04 PM	#13
mattflower iBook Join Date: May 2006 Location: Essex Posts: 2,188	Re: Routers/checking what people have been up to well you 2 have filled me with joy . . We're all wireless going through this draytek, I assumed that this draytek was an adsl modem (Which I think i'm right in saying?) Then upstairs we have a backup of all our work and emails, it's a real small setup . .is it expensive to have software like that which can monitor people? __________________

13-02-07, 09:07 PM	#14
mattflower iBook Join Date: May 2006 Location: Essex Posts: 2,188	Re: Routers/checking what people have been up to http://www.draytek.com/product/wlan_...vigor2600g.php surely it's just a modem? __________________

13-02-07, 09:08 PM	#15
Harvez Mini Mac Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: l33dz Posts: 9,421	Re: Routers/checking what people have been up to ranger costs £4,000+ so i doubt very much ur company will have that, but active directories can do just as much but getting the info from AD is much harder, ranger is geared more for educational administration i can block any app website etc even allow msn only to be used during breaks then blocks it again when lessons start. i wouldnt worry too much just say u have exceem open but minimized and just glance at it every now and then, but ur really sorry as u didnt realise it was not allowed. Harvez __________________ Freebiejeebies \| Free iphone \| Free Blackberry \| Free Wii U \| Free laptop ^^^^ its not real stop begging losers ^^^^ Someone once said "Life is what you make it", I disagree sometimes life makes you into what you are.

13-02-07, 09:10 PM	#16
mattflower iBook Join Date: May 2006 Location: Essex Posts: 2,188	Re: Routers/checking what people have been up to thanks harvez, just what I wanted to hear So unless they've spent a few grand on software i'm in the clear? __________________

13-02-07, 09:12 PM	#17
Harvez Mini Mac Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: l33dz Posts: 9,421	Re: Routers/checking what people have been up to the router u have uses adsl lines which will be linked to a central hub, your office must have a low data rate which is backed up localy but my guess will be that its backed up to the central servers over the weekend. __________________ Freebiejeebies \| Free iphone \| Free Blackberry \| Free Wii U \| Free laptop ^^^^ its not real stop begging losers ^^^^ Someone once said "Life is what you make it", I disagree sometimes life makes you into what you are.

13-02-07, 09:14 PM	#18
Harvez Mini Mac Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: l33dz Posts: 9,421	Re: Routers/checking what people have been up to id back off reading exceem all day they ahve just prob noticed a uptake in data flow to/from ur office as its a small adsl line prob 8mb max then its quiet noticeable. __________________ Freebiejeebies \| Free iphone \| Free Blackberry \| Free Wii U \| Free laptop ^^^^ its not real stop begging losers ^^^^ Someone once said "Life is what you make it", I disagree sometimes life makes you into what you are.

13-02-07, 09:16 PM	#19
mattflower iBook Join Date: May 2006 Location: Essex Posts: 2,188	Re: Routers/checking what people have been up to central servers? coudl you explain a bit more . . i've added to your rep __________________

13-02-07, 09:22 PM	#20
magoo iPod Nano 1GB Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 31	Re: Routers/checking what people have been up to hi - I use a draytek on our network - it is possible to view activity but it only shows the ip of the site accessed so I can't be arsed to actually find what each site is. It definitely is possible for them to know but I would wait and see if they say anything, and like Harvez says just mumble about sites refreshing in the background and be apologetic.

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