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Tracking at a router level - Help Needed

Hi Community,

 

I'm new to NextDNS and looking for some advice. I have an NR5103E router (data SIM) and wanted a system that can track all websites visited through our router, covering laptops and mobiles in the house. As a parent of three kids, I'm genuinely concerned about their safety online.

 

I've just installed NextDNS on my MacBook, naively thinking it would apply across my entire local network. Unfortunately, it's only logging the sites visited on my laptop.

 

My question is: how do I set this up at the router level so that I don't need to configure it on each individual device?

Thanks for your help!

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    • Calvin_Hobbes
    • 7 days ago
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    Perhaps start with the instructions shown in the setup tab of my.nextns.io or read the knowledge base https://help.nextdns.io

    • Andres_Quesada
    • 7 days ago
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    What Mr. Hobbes said. The start page has instructions for every device type with sometimes multiple configurations options per device type. 
    How did you “install” on your MacBook?

    The newer 5G only router like yours are less configurable than their wired counterparts. The one I tried didn’t have an option to access its admin menu. It was fully ISP managed. 
     

    Either way, given your concerns regarding children, you will want to setup each device individually to capture discrete log streams.

    Router only setup is the best coverage to start, but it will only give you  a single aggregate overview of your dns traffic. 
     

    On that same note, home routers no longer provide the same barrier to the external world they once did. Ipv6 mobile first networks require zero trust. Configure every device, one by one, and watch the individual log streams in your NextDNS dashboard. 
     

    Let me know if you need further guidance.

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