The question of whether a WiFi router stores browsing history can be looked at from two angles. One is a concerned parent who wants to know if their children have been accessing dangerous or age-appropriate content. And the other could be either a teenager who is concerned about their parents invading their privacy,
or an employee who may not be comfortable sharing their browsing history with their boss.
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There’s also the aspect of connecting to someone else’s Wi-Fi network or public hotspots. For the former, I suggest a Wi-Fi router c level contact list with robust parental controls
that make it easy to restrict access to inappropriate content, but for the latter,
there’s little you can do other than use a VPN. You won’t be completely invisible,
as there will still be logs of the client device that connected to the network,
did something, and then left.
But the whole process will be more
Tedious and probably not worth it unless there is a (legal) reason to monitor your online activity. Another great thing they used lead generation about a VPN is that you also hide information from ISPs, who are legally required to keep logs of what users do online. That being said, let’s check out some of the most popular brands of Wi-Fi routers and see if and how they store your browsing history.
Do Asus routers save browsing history?
Like any other wireless router, Asus routers keep logs of every connection made to client devices, as well as every connection made inside and outside the local network. I will use the Asus RT-AX82U as an example.
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To check regular logs, go to the web interface and under Advanced Settings, select System Log. The first area of interest is General Log – the information displayed is far from useful for finding browsing history or any other more fresh list specific information, so you can go to Connections to get an idea of what device is connected to the network and what external IP address it was communicating with. This can’t be hidden with a VPN – I tried – but it’s also vague enough that most users won’t be able to tell the difference between the actual websites visited.