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I have a main router-modem-wifi(D-Link 2730 U), from which we use internet on ground floor floor, there is one more wifi on ground floor (D-Link Dir 505) which extends the range of my modem. My modem's name is Home, Dir 505's name is Home_Hotspot. Then i have 1 wifi in basement which is connected to my main wifi (Home) by Ethernet Cable. Then i have 1 wifi on first floor and 1 on second floor. The wifi on 2nd floor is getting its internet from the wifi on first floor(via ethernet cable) which in turn gets its internet from the Home (main) modem. I personally use wifi only on the ground floor. What i want is to see which mac address go to which websites and download what. I want each and every detail.(As my connection is of limited data - 175 GB)
For this i tried to set up a home server, it is just a normal pc with 2 ethernet nic and 1 wifi nic. I tried different OSes for the server, and currently using pfSense. What it helps me with is just limit their speed(which was my second requirement), so i can set the speed on 1st + 2nd floor = 1 mbps and basement = 1 mbps. As 1st and 2nd floor wifi get ethernet connection from 1 ethernet cable and the basement wifi gets internet from 1 cable.
I tried to achieve this by putting apps on pfSense machine like DansGuardian, squid, BandWidth etc but all were unsuccessful and i could not do anything from them except stop my internet
So how do i check which mac address visits which site and downloads what and how much? (I am a bit flexible - i can change my OS on server if there is need)
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Shouldn't the question be "find out what IP visits what"? As a MAC could be assigned a different IP depending on your DHCP and network setup. I'd have thought any logging on the server would be able to do this though. Then something like nmap or wireshark could be used. – cjb110 – 2014-02-26T08:31:02.860
@cjb110 I cannot fix their IP addresses so i would need their mac address instead, cause i want to identify them with that. If i keep IP without making it static it is no use and i cannot make it static. Second thing: i need to know how exactly to do that... i installed pfSense but the apps in that give me a variety of different problems. If you could point to some clear guide even thats ok – Daksh Shah – 2014-02-26T10:18:00.610
@DakshShah You should probably pick a winner, otherwise the rep is going nowhere (not even to you) – Canadian Luke – 2014-03-05T16:56:40.737