Can we recover my brother's stolen HP pentium II laptop that was stolen a few days ago.?

The laptop was stolen in Sokoto Nigeria. it was not registered with HP. We know who ever steal or bought it from the thief must connect it to the net even though not in the same city. Is there a way that it can be traced via the IP address of where it will be connected.
Can we recover my brother's stolen HP pentium II laptop that was stolen a few days ago.?
Pentium II laptop? That thing is worth 2 dollars. Go out side and find a couple pop cans and recycle them and you'll earn your money back.
Can we recover my brother's stolen HP pentium II laptop that was stolen a few days ago.?
Unless you have a software solution (Lojack for computers) you can not track it based on the IP address, since that is assigned by the router it is connected too.





Best bet is to see if you can physically find the computer. Although it is an old computer.. I do not know the worth of the data that was on it. Might just need to get another one.
Reply:Agreed, its an old computer, but i can understand that its YOUR computer and you'd like it back.





You're only chance is if you have the MAC address (hardware address) of the network cards in the machine. If you have those, you can submit them to all the ISPs in your area, and they might contact authorities if the computer ever is connected to their network. Although the ISP has to work with you, and it wont work with a router in between.