this may explain it better than I can. Notice that once you leave the subnet, the MAC address is that of the router. Even if your friends don't have a router, the ISP does and I guarantee that its customers are not on its internal network.
http://www.eventhelix.com/RealtimeMantra/Networking/Arp.pdf On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 8:11 PM, Matthew P. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah but is the average thief going to know to do that? Would they know > what a MAC is? > > On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Eric Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I don't think so because a mac caddy can be spoofed. That why they make >> products for laptops similar to what lojack does for cars. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Matthew P. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 6:49 PM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Recovering stolen apple laptops >> >> >> Friends apartment just broken into. Two apple laptops stolen. >> >> I googled and found some software that need to be installed before hand and >> stuff like that. But it seems like there would be more options to get it >> back. >> >> Assuming the real owner did not connect through a router, shouldn't the isp >> have a record of their mac address on file? And if so, assuming the thief >> connects to the internet, again, not through a router, won't the mac >> address >> again be available? >> >> Is it possible to put out a MAC address apb to ISPs? >> >> These people are students, she's an artist that takes photos and lost a >> very >> high end camera as well. They need this stuff for school. >> >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317075 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
