I have some boarders and need a way to manage Internet usage... I have a Telecom plan that I don't have any toll callling but I pay $120 a month for broadband 30gig. I have three boarders, and also me that share the internet.

The internet is my only contact with daugher in the UK, but it keeps cutting out and on the go slow making Instant messaging almost impossible, because SOMEONE is using up my GIG allowance within 2 weeks of every month.

Ive got info from this site in terms of internet searching threads, to get answers to some questions, so I realise the rule here is to be ethical and that a persons rights and privacy are paramount. Saying that the rules generally seem to be a little one sided in terms of being ethical, as there is heaps of links that tell a person how to by pass blocked sites, how to bypass a router etc., but NO help in helping a person like myself, catch the culprits, as its an invasion of their privacy, but what about the rights of the poor bill payer?

I have a Thomson Technicolor TG582n wireless modem. As the homeowner and bill payer, ive put blocked sites on the router, to stop access to major download sites like Youtube etc., in an attempt to stop the GIG allowance being used up so fast. However its come to my attention that despite my best efforts a user can use HTTPS infront of some blocked sites in order to gain access they would not normally get to a site.

Im also aware that having various blocks on some sites, that when anyone including myself access sites like Hotmail, some links associated to that site, are also blocked, so when I look at the event logs its clear whos been online and who hasn’t, as the associated links show up as being blocked.

However Ive noticed that one boarder who also has an MSN account, who I know accesses it every day as they tell me, suddenly their access to MSN in terms of the blocked aspects of that site, never shows up in the event logs, so I therefore have to assume, either they’ve found a way to bypass the blocks on the router, or ive read on the internet about proxy servers, but I don’t really understand it or how it works. Or he has managed to hack and find out the password for the router (as there are plenty of sites telling someone how to do that) and gets on the router administration area and deletes the event logs, as after he has been online, and I check the logs there is nothing there other than the fact Ive just accessed by area showing My IP address as being logged on.

So the help I need please, is finding a way to know if my computer or the admin section of the router is being hacked, OR a way to see which IP addresses this particular boarder is accessing? If I can see where he is logging into the I will know if one of those places is the routers IP address!!!!

Not being as technical as him or the other boarders, makes it difficult to outsmart them. My boarders have been told about the blocked site inclusions on the router, and the reason why its in place. I cant afford to up my broadband GIG allowance, or lose a boarder if I start to get silly with the restrictions, but someone is taking advantage of my generosity, but Im also aware if I ask them to pay, it will just send them packing to somewhere else, so I need to know who the guilty party is before I upset anyone and lose a boarder who has done nothing wrong.

Regards