On Thursday 16 July 2009, Vinod Chand wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "narendra sisodiya" <[email protected]> > To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 1:35 PM > Subject: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Laptop tracking using MAC address > > > Dear All, > > A very disappointed morning for me. My laptop got stolen. is it > > possible to track laptop using MAC address. Police asked for MAC address. > > Q1 . How to track using MAC address or any other possibility ? > > Q2. How to get mac address when you do not have laptop with you. I have > > Hi, > > The MAC address is unique for each Network device. The one embedded in your > laptop is therefore also unique.
It is trivial to change the mac address either temporarily, or permanently using bios flashing utils. Lets hope the thief is not tech savvy. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
