Are wireless routers capable of tracking what a portable device does while using it..?

Sorry if my question didn’t make sense I was just trying to make it as short as possible.

I have an iPod Touch and a Wii that uses the wifi in my house. When I was figuring out how to set up the wirless router I noticed on the router login page that it tells you what devices are using the wifi, (I don’t think it actually said "Ipod Touch" and "Wii", it just said those devices MAC addresses).

But my question is, does the router track what the device does with your Wifi? I mean like what websites you go on (Safari on iPod Touch and Opera on Wii)?

And no I’m not trying to get away with looking at dirty things on my iPod and Wii I just want to have some privacy. It would be stupid if you can put a password on your iPod so no one can get your personal info on there, but someone could get your info anyway just by using the wireless router .

It’s a netgear by the way.
We don’t have a password set.
I checked the router website again. And there’s a section called "Logs". The description of it says, "A log is a detailed record of the Web sites that users on your network have accessed or attempted to access"

So does that mean it WILL log what I do on my iPod? That’s what it sounds like. Or will it only log what I do on my actual computer?
Okay well I found my answer. It logs EVERYTHING I do on my iPod. It logs each website I go on and even my APPS (Music app, Aim app). That’s ridiculous. Is there a way I can make it not log all that?

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still alive Says:
Comment #362
your router doesn’t but someone with a wireless network cracker can see what your doing with wireshark of similar program. I would make sure you are using wpa of wpa2. that way your network traffic is all jumbled and nearly impossible to crack. I say nearly, because I hear it is quite possible to crack a wpa encryption key, but not likely you will run into someone that determined.
J.J.'s Advice / Avis de J.J. Says:
Comment #363
No, all your router does is keep track if what connects to it, not the data they send. Anyways, even if it did, hopefully you’d be the only one looking at it! Any information on your router is private (assuming you have a password set).
John Says:
Comment #364
No it dosnt
dick_bee_bad Says:
Comment #365
If it is a possibility install firewalls on both devices.
Aqce A Says:
Comment #366
if ur using the router or anything its connected through the satalites so that and it does store data like what websites you go on but if you look it up it does allow you to erase all history and cookies and such but the only thing you should worry about with that is the russians secret plan to spy on all americans through satalites and store every little detail on them otherwise no ur fine and the data is so large if someone somehow did get into it and look at it or even think about it is about 1 in a trillion or actually bigger

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