If you intend to work from home then of course hire an electrician (or low voltage contractor, don't even need an electrician) to run an Ethernet cable! If you won't invest $500 in your WFH setup you're missing the forest for the trees.
The company should be the one hiring the electrician / wiring contractor.
Also, joy, hiring contractors. My favorite thing to do with my time.
Why should my employer make permanent improvements to my own house? That would only make sense in a lifetime employment kind of situation. If I have Ethernet run in my house that's going to be usable for 10+ years. Not going to be at my current employer then.
Re:Dropbox Converts to Permanent WFH
by rogerkirkness on Thursday October 15, 2020 @12:54PM
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Get a Powerline and ethernet adapter for your laptop. Won't link here due to spam, just search 'Ethernet Powerline' on Amazon.
Unless you're on an AFCI circuit or split circuits in your house. Or have old wiring.
I tried one in my old place and it was really poor - much worse than congested WiFi (dense neighborhood in a large apartment building).
It can work. I installed one in my dad's old house and it worked like a charm. But when I went to put one in my house a few months ago, I did get it to work, but I had to try various locations of ethernet jacks and power plugs to find a combination that both worked and usefully extended my WiFi.
According to the incredibly comprehensive "understand Wi-Fi" guide posted here recently, MoCA is likely to be better than powerline adapters.[0]
[0]https://www.duckware.com/tech/wifi-in-the-us.html#improvespe...
The biggest issue with me for WFH has been the quality of my internet connection and it was entirely on me to get Comcast to come fix my lines and run my own ethernet to my basement "office".