On Thursday 16 July 2009, Vinod Chand wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "narendra sisodiya" narendra.sisodiya@gmail.com To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in 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.
It is trivial to change the mac address either temporarily, or permanently using bios flashing utils. Lets hope the thief is not tech savvy.