We put CompuTrace on all our college-owned laptops, and Campus Police had
direct access to the admin portal for it. When something is stolen, they
don't even need our involvement.
BTW, I'm assuming a stolen laptop won't be put back on OUR network, but
eventually it may hit someone else's. As soon as it goes online anywhere, the
"red flag" pops. I honestly don't know if we've ever had one stolen, and then
if so if CompuTrace helped recover it. Someone else here manages that
software (but I can ask if you're really curious).
On Tue, 9 Dec 2008, Hector J Rios wrote:
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 23:05:54 -0600
From: Hector J Rios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
<[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Detecting Stolen Laptops...
Once in a while we get calls from the university police department
asking us to search for stolen laptops. We use the stolen laptop's MAC
address to search in both DHCP and WCS (we are a Cisco shop). We've
never been successful in recovering a stolen laptop. So far the thieves
have been smart enough not to ever bring those laptops back into our
campus. I'm curious to know if any of you have come up with a way to
automate the detection of a wireless device. Something like waiting for
a laptop's MAC to come on the wireless network and immediately sending
an email to an operator.
Thanks,
Hector Rios
Louisiana State University
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Wellesley College, IS / Technology Infrastructure
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