On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Vinod Chand<[email protected]> 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. That is the reason police is asking for it. > Using the MAC address, they can find the location if someone uses your > laptop to connect to the internet. > > It is generally listed at the back of the laptop, but as you have lost the > laptop the number is lost too. > > You can contact your laptop company and if you have the serial number of the > laptop, they may be able to help you get the MAC address as they might be > having records of the same. Your serial number may be available on the > purchase invoice provided to you by your dealer, if not you can look for the > same on the box that the laptop was shipped in. > > Hope you are able to recover the laptop soon. Also hope all members make an > immediate note of their own MAC addresses to counter such a situation in > future. > > Vinod Chand > > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers >
HI, Could you may please any one have knowldge then please share with us that how cops can track the laptop from it's MAC addresses. rajnish -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
