What will you do in case if your cellphone get stolen. The answer is very simple even the kids will say with the I.M.E.I number the cellphone can be traced out. We know that most of the laptop cost two times the price of a cell phone. The real fact is that the people who are using laptops does not know what to do in case if it is stolen.
No need to worry here is the solution, just like the cell phones I.M.E.I number laptop computers have there own unique physical address which stored inside the laptop at the time of manufacturing. This unique physical address is called as MAC ID or Media Access Control ID. If the owner of the laptop keep this number with him in a safe location there is a big chance of getting the laptop back.
MAC Address is combination of numbers and alphabets will be displayed in the form of
00 : 0X : XX : 00 : XX : 1A
Recently an Anti-Virus software manufacture called Quick heal technologies introduced a technology to locate the stolen laptop. All you have to do is to register you laptop MAC Address in there website http://www.trackmylaptop.net/. Then the Quick heal server always check for the stolen laptop across the globe and once the stolen laptop is connected to the internet. Quick heal automatically trace the location and the IP address of the laptop and the owner will be informed and get him laptop back. The registration in this website is free of charge.
How to locate the MAC address or the MAC ID.
In Windows operating system
- Click the Start menu button on the Windows taskbar.
- Click 'Run...' on this menu.
- Type 'cmd' in the text box that appears. A command prompt window launches on the desktop.
- In this command window, type 'ipconfig /all'. Details are shown for each of the computer's network adapters. Computers installed with VPN software or emulation software will possess one or more virtual adapters.
- The 'IP Address' field states the current IP address for that network adapter.
- The 'Physical Address' field states the MAC address for that adapter.
In Mac operating system
Macintosh OS X
Wired (MacOS 10.2 and earlier)
- From the dock, select System Preferences
- Select Network, Select Location, Select Interface
- Select TCP/IP Tab
- Locate the number next to the Ethernet Address. This is your MAC address
Wired (MacOS 10.3 and later)
- From the dock, select System Preferences
- Select Network, Select Location, Select Interface
- Select Ethernet Tab
- Locate the number next to the Ethernet ID. This is your MAC address
Wireless (AirPort)
- From the dock, select System Preferences
- Select Network, Select Location, Select Interface
- Select AirPort Tab
- Locate the number next to the AirPort ID. This is your MAC address
- The MAC Address will be displayed.
Macintosh OS w/ Open Transport (Pre-MacOS X)
- From the Apple Menu, select Control Panels
- Open either the Appletalk or the TCP/IP Control Panel
- From the Edit Menu, select User Mode
- Change the mode to Advanced or Admin
- Click the Info Button (lower left hand corner)
- An AppleTalk or TCP/IP window will pop up
- Locate the number next to the Hardware Address. This is your MAC address
- The MAC Address will be displayed
Macintosh OS w/ MacTCP (Pre-MacOS X)
- Make sure CAPS Lock is not on
- Make sure the Macintosh is connected to an Ethernet network
- From the Apple Menu, select Control Panels
- Open the MacTCP Control Panel
- Hold down the Option Key and click the Ethernet icon
- Locate the number next to the Hardware Ethercard Address that appears beneath the icon. This is your MAC address
- The MAC Address will be displayed
Linux
- As the root user (or user with appropriate permissions)
- Type "ifconfig -a"
- From the displayed information, find eth0 (this is the default first Ethernet adapter)
- Locate the number next to the HWaddr. This is your MAC address
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