Looking to monitor kids via network

Does anyone know of any available software, similar to SpectorSoft, that would allow me to monitor activity without installing software on each device? I would have thought that there would be network monitoring software that would do this, but I am struggling to find any. I have a home network with an airport extreme and two extenders (one express, and one extreme). The kids use every device conceivable, including PCs, Mac, iPad, iTouch, iPhone, not to mention xBox and Wii.
Maybe I am searching for the wrong kinds of products, but I keep coming to a dead-end. Either the software will only work on PCs or only on Macs, or it requires installation on each device which is impractical in my situation.
I will appreciate any suggestion.
Thanks

As you have already surmised, most consumer-grade monitoring products are somewhat limited to operate on a client basis where you would have to run it from each network client that you are interested in monitoring.
Most business-grade monitoring is typically done with a network appliance that sits between the Internet connection and the router ... and, as you can imagine, these can get quite pricey.
If you are mainly interested on which domains are being accessed, one free option would be to use a DNS service, like OpenDNS instead of your ISP's DNS servers. OpenDNS also provides you with the ability to establish web content filtering and means to block individual domains.

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