Re: trace laptop via hardware address

Thanks, yes it was (is) a stolen machine. On the plus side, time for a new
machine.

Thanks


"glen herrmannsfeldt" <gah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> ScreamingMan wrote:
>
>> Is is possible, without having preinstalled tracing software, and
>> knowing the hardware address of the ethernet card, to trace a laptop? In
>> other words, can one find the IP address that the laptop is accessing the
>> web through?
>
> If you mean a stolen machine, where you don't know which network it
> might be connected to, no. The MAC address does not pass through a
> router.
>
> Now, it might be that software that depends on a MAC key would have
> the MAC address sent through when it is registered, and you might find
> that it could be traced that way.
>
> -- glen
>


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