Switching to Internet + LAN prevents web access
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Thought I would flag a potential bug with NetGenius: when I right-click on my Server, then select Settings, and then change from "Internet only" to "Internet + LAN", it immediately prevents me from accessing any websites. As soon as I switch it back to "Internet only" I can access the web again. Strange!
Still a great piece of software though, it's recording all of my up/download usage correctly.
Regards,
Tylor
That's strange indeed. It's not something that was supposed to happen. We will give it a bit more testing in this area and hopefully resolve it soon.
So far, we have been unable to re-create this problem in our tests.
If any other users experience the same issue, please let us know. Hopefully, with the additional information, we will succeed.
Strange. I'm happy to do further tests if it will help. Not sure if there's an option to export any verbose logging etc?
Kind Regards,
Tylor
There isn't really any logging at the moment, and all that setting is supposed to do is to exclude typical local IP address ranges from monitoring.
It might somehow conflicted with a third-party product like a VPN client or antivirus, though it's unclear how exactly. Since you probably don't want to monitor your LAN anyway, simply leave it at Internet only - it also offers best performance by excluding LAN traffic in the kernel without having to forward it to NetGenius for processing.
Also just wondering if there's any way in which I can monitor application traffic on the Wifi as well as the LAN? Appreciate this is a different protocol. Have been curious how much data my Ring Doorbell is using among other things.
It sounds like you want to monitor other devices connected to your WiFi. This is not generally possible, and the reason is not a different protocol, but the fact that those devices are connected to the router independently. Here is an article that explains this in details: How to monitor all my devices: laptops, phones, smart TV, etc.
Understood, I had a feeling it would tie back to the router limitations. I have a mid range Netgear Nighthawk X6 so I think I am limited to overall general bandwidth.
Thanks for confirming :-)