I'm guessing there are a number of us who would like to hear more about how the Computrace worked out for you if you don't mind following up. Pete M.
-----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Cantin Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 7:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Detecting Stolen Laptops... 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 > > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > -Tim --- Tim Cantin, Senior Network Engineer Wellesley College, IS / Technology Infrastructure 223 Simpson Hall East, 106 Central Street Wellesley, Massachusetts 02481-8203 http://www.wellesley.edu/~tcantin/ phone: (781)283-3520 fax: (781)283-3682 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
