On 3/5/10 9:10 PM, Albert Carter wrote:
If you want to know how to detect a specific computer connecting you can setup your niece's computer's MAC Address to obtain a specific IP from your router connects and then just keep a continuous ping running on that IP. When the pings start coming back then you'll know she's connected.
It won't however tell you what is happening. Her laptop will respond to pings as long as it's awake. I believe you wanted to know if she was actively using the Internet. Routers will often report the data transferred so if you check that then do a refresh you can tell when a lot of data is moving.
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