Hi,
Dear All,
A very disappointed morning for me. My laptop got stolen. is itpossible to track laptop using MAC address.
Sorry to hear about the loss.
Q1 . How to track using MAC address or any other possibility ?
I don't think you'll be able to track your laptop using MAC address as MAC to IP address mapping is done via ARP protocol and this is non routable. So tracking your laptop through a router via MAC address doesn't seem possible to me.
Q2. How to get mac address when you do not have laptop with you. I have done ssh to other lan systems, Will it be possible to get mac address using those .ssh keys ?? Or any method to get mac address. I have serial number and probably I may get mac address using customer care.
As you've mentioned you'd done ssh to some remote machines on your LAN, so if you remember your IP address then you can lookup at arp cache on remote machine and get your MAC address.