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 This menu allows you to enable Web Usage monitoring between the LAN and the Internet, and view tables of both Recently Visited Websites and Recent Web Searches. This menu allows you to enable Web Usage monitoring between the LAN and the Internet, and view tables of both Recently Visited Websites and Recent Web Searches.
  
-This can be useful if you have concerns about users' Web browsing patterns. Parents often use this to monitor/supervise childrens' browsing habits, or just to gather statistics. (Default Disabled). Since release 2020.6, Web Monitoring also works for secure (https) websites.+This can be useful if you have concerns about users' Web browsing patterns. Parents often use this to monitor/supervise childrens' browsing habits, or just to gather statistics. (Default Disabled). Since r2020.6, Web Monitoring also works for secure (https) websites.
  
  \\ \\ Clicking **Enable >>**  takes you to the [[:admin-log|Logging]] menu, where you can enable/configure the Web Monitor function. \\   \\ {{::status-web_usage-enable.png?471}}  \\ \\ Clicking **Enable >>**  takes you to the [[:admin-log|Logging]] menu, where you can enable/configure the Web Monitor function. \\   \\ {{::status-web_usage-enable.png?471}}
  
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 To disable Web Usage, click on   **>> Web Monitor Configuration**  near the bottom right. This takes you to the [[admin-log|Logging]] menu. There, uncheck //Monitor Web Usage//.\\ To disable Web Usage, click on   **>> Web Monitor Configuration**  near the bottom right. This takes you to the [[admin-log|Logging]] menu. There, uncheck //Monitor Web Usage//.\\
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 This function is mostly obsolete. It relied on web links being unencrypted to gather the data it needed. Now that most web connections are (SSL/TLS) encrypted, it cannot gather the data needed to present any results. It will therefore remain empty unless a search engine is used via an unencrypted connection. This function is mostly obsolete. It relied on web links being unencrypted to gather the data it needed. Now that most web connections are (SSL/TLS) encrypted, it cannot gather the data needed to present any results. It will therefore remain empty unless a search engine is used via an unencrypted connection.
  
-As a substitute, dnsmasq supports the //log-queries// configuration option. If you add this option into the //Dnsmasq custom configuration// field in the [[advanced-dhcpdns|DHCP/DNS/TFTP]] menu, you will be able to see what domains have been resolved by consulting the logs. \\  +As a substitute, dnsmasq supports the //log-queries// configuration option. If you add this option into the //Dnsmasq custom configuration// field in the [[advanced-dhcpdns|DHCP/DNS/TFTP]] menu, you will be able to see what domains have been resolved by consulting the logs. \\   \\   \\
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