A system and method are disclosed for monitoring and managing local area network activity. A system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include a housing component that at least partially defines an enclosure. A processor may be located within the enclosure, and an interface may assist in communicatively coupling the processor to a node of a wireline network. The system my also include a wireless local area networking module communicatively coupled to a memory and configured to communicate within a local coverage area using a proximal wireless protocol. The memory may store a messaging file that includes instructions to direct a wireless telephone processor to send a wireless messaging service message configured for delivery via a wide area wireless network to the wireless local area networking module using the proximal wireless protocol. The system may also include a message forwarding engine configured to output information representing the wireless messaging service message via the interface to the wireline network.