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kapilmunjal Just Arrived
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 1:40 am Post subject: Mac address of stolen laptop |
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Hi
My laptop got stolen around 4 months back and I filed an FIR for the same. And suddenly I received a call from the police station, then they require the MAC address of my laptop to retrieve it.
But, unfortunately I dont have the MAC address with me right now.
Please help me how to obtain the MAC address of my laptop. One think I am going to try is to Contact the Laptop manufacturer and try to get it. But what could be other things which can help me retrieve it.
Regards
Kapil Munjal
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ryansutton Trusted SF Member
Joined: 25 Aug 2004 Posts: 67 Location: San Francisco, California
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 8:39 am Post subject: |
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Your router or wireless access point may have a record of your MAC address, you will need to log in to the device to see.
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kapilmunjal Just Arrived
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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I have a belkin router, but could not get the details and also could not get the archived log file.
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ryansutton Trusted SF Member
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Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 7:04 am Post subject: |
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kapilmunjal wrote: |
I have a belkin router, but could not get the details and also could not get the archived log file. |
You are probably SOL then.
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kapilmunjal Just Arrived
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Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 9:24 am Post subject: |
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Any idea if ISP stores the mac address in security logs?
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Sgt_B Trusted SF Member
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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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They likely do not. I would contact the vendor you got your laptop from and go through all itemized invoices/receipts to see if the MAC address is included there.
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PhiBer SF Mod
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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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Wait, why would the police need your MAC address? I mean, let's be honest, who here documents their MAC address? Are you sure they aren't looking for a serial number?
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deeb Just Arrived
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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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cops would not ask for mac address. He's obviously fishing around for something.
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