I think it would be better if you had the MAC Address of the Laptop. Since the network card, and wireless card, have a MAC Address assigned by the manufacturer you could do a search to see if that MAC Address shows up on the Internet. But Micheal is right, you probably would need a Level 1 ISP to help you see if that laptop shows up by putting a 'sniffer' on the Net. The 'theft-tracking' software would also help. The company who puts out that software would keep track of the MAC Address. If that laptop is reported stolen, they could track it via the Net. Even if the hard drive is wiped, replaced, and a different OS is put on it, they would 'see' it because of the MAC Address.
Now, if you have DHCP running on your network on a server, I would go and look up the computer name, in DHCP, find out what the IP Address was assigned to it, and what the MAC Address that DHCP has as a reference. Once you have the MAC Address, I would look up companies who help in recovery of stolen equipment. I am only assuming that the laptop was directly connected to your network via a physical connection. It the laptop was connected via a docking station, and that docking station has a dedicated network card, then DHCP probably would reference the MAC Address of the docking station. If the laptop was connected via the wireless card, then you can still get the MAC Address from DHCP. If anyone has anything to add to this, please clarify. It has been awhile since I have done this. On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr < [email protected]> wrote: > Somewhat. But you will likely need to cooperation from the ISP and local > law enforcement on the other-end. > > Is proper theft-tracking software involved, or do you only have rudimentary > IP address information? > > -- > ME2 > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Gene Giannamore < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Is it possible to track/find a laptop via it’s IP address across the >> internet? >> >> >> >> >> >> Gene Giannamore >> >> Abide International Inc. >> >> Technical Support >> >> 561 1st Street West >> >> Sonoma,Ca.95476 >> >> (707) 935-1577 Office >> >> (707) 935-9387 Fax >> >> (707) 766-4185 Cell >> >> [email protected] >> >> www.abideinternational.com >> >> >> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
