Even if you could get cooperation from whatever level of ISP was required, the odds of the IP address remaining the same as what it was when the laptop was stolen are slim to none, and slim left town a long time ago.
As others have mentioned, a hardware-based "lojack" type of tracking is the best bet. From: Gene Giannamore [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 7:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Tracking stolen laptop via IP address (internet) 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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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
