[SOLVED] Home office question: How to securely connect a work laptop with no Wifi to a home network with no ethernet?

[pjdunn2]

I'm trying to help a friend who just got a new job and is running into issues getting the work laptop hooked up to her home network. Here are the constraints:

1. The laptop does not have wifi
2. As part of the rules of behavior she signed, enabling wifi or adding a wifi device is prohibited
3. The ISP router is 3 rooms away from where the home office is
4. She lives in a rental and drilling through walls is prohibited

Is there some solution that allows for an encrypted connection with her wifi router that has an ethernet connection for the laptop to connect??

 

[USAFRet]

Suck it up and get a long ethernet cable from laptop to router.

Careful cable management and color coding of the Cat5e, no one will even see it.

 

[hang-the-9]

Powerline network may be good to use, will need to plug in one side by the router with a cable to that, the other side in the room with the laptop, cable from that to the laptop.
https://www.techradar.com/news/the-best-powerline-adaptors

 

[itsduhhbzz]

Powerline network may be good to use, will need to plug in one side by the router with a cable to that, the other side in the room with the laptop, cable from that to the laptop.
https://www.techradar.com/news/the-best-powerline-adaptors

Take note that sometimes you can run into some signal issues with noise and I also believe if the outlets aren't on the same circuit that they won't work right.