My friend's laptop was stolen.

If he knows where it is why does he just not go to the police?

He has all the guy's personal information, name age which highschool he went to, what his external IP is ect. (he has logmein on the computer) problem is the guy turns the laptop off when he's not using it.

How does he have all this informtion?

So my friend sits there everyday and watching him on the laptop trying to find a moment to grab the laptop and use it real quick. It's a win7 machine with some antivirus. He moused over the network icon and saw he was attached to Linksys.

Did he break into the guys house to get this information?  This guy is running a Linksys router without changing the SSID?


Which is a bummer through tracing his external IP we know the neighborhood, and planned on going wardriving to hunt for the SSID, but with it being linksys we're gonna get a few results.

How did you get his external IP?  If you know his external IP there is no need to war drive .

Now I know that using netsh in win7 you can do something like a show wlan /all and get the mac address for the wireless network so we can pinpoint it.

Why are you using windows 7?  Linux is needed makes life much easier.  This wont work unless you are connected to his network and if its secured which I am sure it is, it is not going to be easy.

but as well. but with it possibly being an old linksys do you guys know if maybe I could do something to like get the netbios against the internet address to get the mac that way. As a moment of time to type commands on the laptop hasn't presented it's self?

Now with all that said.  Are you trying to gain access to your friends laptop in this other guys house? If so why are you trying to do this? If the laptop is his does he have proof its his?  If so call the cops and get it back.

Like I said in my post LogMeIn, it's a remote desktop service. So we do have remote control of the laptop but the guy never leaves it on, only has it on when he uses it.

And I'd imagine if we just started controlling the desktop he would shut off the computer and ditch it. So we've only been using it for watching.

Sorry I missed that part, was reading fast

I wish. But the ISP wont disclose that information without a Subpoena and I don't have enough information about him to BS my way through it.

People tend to focus too much on the technical side of recon. Sometimes you need to think outside of the box.

I am assuming he is living at home since he is a minor.  So you should be able to look up his parents property tax info by last name, which would give you an address. Completely free information that can be obtained legally on the internet.

If you know what this guy looks like (facebook and dating sites usually have pictures) and his general location...why not just do some old fashion detective work and stake out the neighborhood? Wait till you see him and figure out which house he goes into. Completely legal since you are observing people in a public place. Just don't go looking through windows.

How would I search tax information by name? Ideas/links?

Thanks, for the good sites man I will add them to my arsenal!