I suddenly need a wired connection for a job starting very soon but it won’t be hooked up for quite some time. I have my neighborswifi password though. Iknow this is a longshot, but would I be able to use my laptop to change a wireless connection into a wired connection?
It’s an older desktop Mac managed by the company. My laptop is an HP omen 15 with arch Linux on it
Wait, why are you doing this? Is there some network throughput requirement? Just bridging wifi to Ethernet won’t get you Ethernet speed, latency, or stability (since the back haul to the internet is WiFi).
This feels a bit like an XY Problem.
Edit: Wait, I’m guessing the company doesn’t allow wifi? (That seems weird, if they’re using a mandatory VPN, it shouldn’t matter how the laptop gets to the internet). Leaving this in case anyone doesn’t know about XY Problems. They’ve bitten me several times over the years.
So I knew about the concept behind XY problems. They come up in my job quite frequently. I didn’t know the phenomenon had a name. And I have to say, that’s one of the least helpful names for things like that.
Unfortunately not every company has a reasonable Head of IT and/or policies
Yup, company requirement. I’m hoping that this will make it seem like I have a wired connection when I actually don’t. Though it is a bit of an XY problem as there are other solutions like using a router in bridge mode as others have stated
In that case, grab one of these: GL-iNet Opal Travel Router.
They’re sub $40 on Amazon (in the states), will do bridging for you, and are rock solid. I’ve used one for the past three years whenever I’ve traveled to conferences/for work.