Can I fake the geo location a USB WLAN adapter will broadcast

[eddythebeagle]

FYI: I am not looking to use this for any illegal activity, don't know why my other thread got deleted.

Hi, I am looking wondering if it was possible using a USB WLAN adapter or simlar device that broadcasts a wifi connection from a PC to set a geographical location to that signal that is diffrent from my own. What would be really good would be able to update that location whilst broadcasting the signal, even better than that would be to have a mapping software running on my PC which I could pin point exactly where the signal I wish spoof too and update it. I am looking to fool a mobile device to think it is elsewhere using the Wifi provided from my PC.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Pooneil]

Your wifi signal doesn't contain any location information. That information can be gleaned from the reported location of the IP address provided by the ISP. Or in the case of a mobile phone it can be gleaned from the reporting of other wifi SSIDs back to a service provider who compares the information to a database of known locations. The phone also gets location information from its GPS radio or from cell phone towers. That can't be addressed by wifi.

 

[anbello262]

The closest I can think of is to use proxys to change the IP location, which is the only geolocation related go wifi that I know of.

 

[Pooneil]

FYI: I am not looking to use this for any illegal activity, don't know why my other thread got deleted......I am looking to fool a mobile device to think it is elsewhere using the Wifi provided from my PC.

Because the mods here are cautious about supporting potentially illicit activity. In my estimation as a Tom's forum user, this is a builder's forum not a hacking forum. Although there is an element of hacking in all building. What you want to do is not explicitly unlawful, is a bit over the border on the hacking side with some illicit potential. That is not to say you are seeking information for an illicit purpose, but a conservative moderator might reasonably be concerned. Good luck.

 

[USAFRet]

FYI: I am not looking to use this for any illegal activity, don't know why my other thread got deleted.

Hi, I am looking wondering if it was possible using a USB WLAN adapter or simlar device that broadcasts a wifi connection from a PC to set a geographical location to that signal that is diffrent from my own. What would be really good would be able to update that location whilst broadcasting the signal, even better than that would be to have a mapping software running on my PC which I could pin point exactly where the signal I wish spoof too and update it. I am looking to fool a mobile device to think it is elsewhere using the Wifi provided from my PC.

Thanks in advance.

Just to be clear....
You wish to alter the workings of some other mobile device to make it think it is somewhere it is not?
Is this correct?

And the use case for this?

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

Probably Pokemon GO, and its against the rules of the game and forum..