my house was broken in & along w/ many other valuable, a wireless internet card too, is there a way to track?

Question

my house was broken in & along w/ many other valuables, a wireless internet card was taken too, is there a way to track it? i do have the mac address for that wireless card, but problem is that very specific wireless card was not being used when it got stolen. so will that make a difference.

Answer 1

Yes it can be
A MAC address is not assigned by the router!!!

A MAC address is composed of 16 bits, 8 bits to identify the company who made it, and 8 bits for the companys ID scheme. Each MAC address is unique, if it adhears to the IEEE standards.

But its will be hard to track since the MAC address doesn't get transmitted over the Internet as an IP address does. It only gets stored at Layer 2, not Layer 3-7 of the OSI model.
It can be tracked but it will take a lot of resources to tell all the ISPs in the area to look for a single MAC address in a computer.

Answer 2

Let me get this straight - You want to track down a wireless card so you can DO WHAT ?? Confront people who broke into your house ??

Yeah, that's a real bright idea..... Lock the door next time, cut your losses, and be thankful you weren't home.

Good Luck

Answer 3

nope.
There is no way anyone is going to spend time tracking a wireless card that you can get for less than $30.
Claim it on your insurance.

Answer 4

no there isn't anyway to track it. the mac address is given not by the card, but by the router or modem. if the card is used, it will have a different mac address when hooked up. sorry.

Answer 5

Well to track don't know but you my ask the one who sold it to you!
He knows better than anyone what you should do!

Answer 6

Your chances are pretty slim. Write it off or claim insurance.