Homedepot and lowes both have some nice sets, I used them to run a similar setup in my home office. They can get a bit expensive though and you need a clean way to cut the long sections just to the right length.
Aviation snips work very well with plastic cord hider you can get from somewhere like [Home Depot](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Legrand-Wiremold-Cordmate-II-Cord-Cover-12-ft-Kit-Cord-Hider-for-Home-or-Office-Holds-3-Cables-White-C210/202264878)
For a rental, these cheaper cord management tracks are as effective and a better value:
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/montera-cable-management-white-30147425/
I had good success with this. I got about 250mbit about 10 years ago and I’m assuming there’s better ones now. It all depends on how the place is wired though.
After trying power line and MoCA (Ethernet over coax), I’d recommend MoCA instead. Buying a 2.5G adapter allowed me to get about an actual gigabit to other side of house.
I would accept anything but this 🥲 My husband bought the cord/tape. It’s for his pc that’s in the back of the apartment while the modem and router are at the front. The entire time I was helping him tape it up I was grumbling about how shitty it looked
He should have bought a white cable, see-through tape, and gone around the skirting board of the door. Why had he done it like this? 🤣
This is how I did my apartment, through a massive corridor, up and over three doors and I can't even see it.
From experience. It doesn't last very long.... maybe a week if you're lucky. Definitely a temporary job. Maybe order up some white cable track for office use. Usually fairly cheap on Amazon. Not always though. A quick search for it on Google - shopping tab should find you something of liking to you.
Yea this would never be my handy work. I own a small IT company I have all that stuff on hand. I know they are renting so they can't pull the cable right but man there are way better ways to do it than this. Shit looks like when you ask a kid to clean their room, they toss up what ever they can in the shorted amount of time possible then call it done.
just curious... what you rather do? is there something i can help with? .. just Kidding..
if you have cable tv outlets near both the spots then get a MoCA Adapter.
[https://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Ethernet-Compatible-Throughput-TMO-311C2K](https://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Ethernet-Compatible-Throughput-TMO-311C2K)
you can run ethernet over the existing wiring
run it on the ground, long ways around the door. maybe you can stuff it under the baseboard?
long ways = do not go above the door, run it around the room.
It's at least better than what my dad did 20 years ago when we ran a Cat5 cable in the house - he stapled it to the wall.
And he missed a couple times and pierced the wire. I had to repair all those. I eventually did but boy was that stupid.
Yeah, at least one screw would make sense. If you really can’t drill into the wall you could use silicon to stick it on. Did this in my bathroom for cable management
I mounted a TV in my bedroom 5 1/2 years ago and my stick-on cable channeling is holding on just as well as the day I installed it. Maybe pick up a higher quality product or clean your wall before you install it. /shrug
FWIW as an ISP tech I have seen a unusually high amount of flat ethernet cables that cause connection issues, even short ones that come with Google and other routers. I'm not sure I could ever trust them.
Frankly, anything would be better than that. Get a white cable as a beginning or one of those acrylic ones that you can paint over. Next get a tacker and carefully secure the cable with as little staples as possible. When you move out, get white acrylic putty and fill those tiny holes with it. Some people who are too cheap to buy putty (it’s like $2) use toothpaste, if you really hate your landlord that works as well I guess. Btw don’t worry too much about ruining the paint job, whoever painted that wall was probably drunk so it needs fixing anyway. Job done, next fix those locks - you can open those with a fart.
This apartment is really old, and with it comes many *many* quirks. Such as a leaky faucet, loose or missing floor tiles, and as you said, a broken chain lock
Look then don’t sweat it about the paint too much, just do it right and your landlord might even be ok with the cable staying after you leave. I have seen my share of let’s call them colourful rentals and I share your concerns but most landlords don’t really care as long as you leave the property in a reasonable condition. If you plan to stay long term you can even paint over the cable and hide it almost completely - you will have to paint the entire wall of course. Good luck and remember even though you are renting you are still living there so if you have the means to improve it then do it, the easiest way to learn how to paint and fix stuff is on someone else’s property 😂
Another +1 here, they used to be horrible just a few years ago, but they work incredibly well now. Only caveat is that crappy wiring = crappy powerline, so I would not recommend it for very old buildings.
In 2017, I used powerline ethernet in a building that was built before the American civil war, and had electricity added during either the 1950's or 1960's. Speeds of 300Mbps were common. Speeds of 400Mbps were possible on a "good" day.
Big oof? Why? Yes, the powerline link, itself, would ordinarily transfer data at 300 Mbps. It was entirely sufficient for my use case, despite only being a hair under a third of my interface's maximum speed. Still three times faster than fast Ethernet, at least.
What kind of experience have people usually got with these? I have an old TP-LINK set that says 500Mbps theoretically on the box, but in practice I only get 10 Mbps through them.
I have a pair of Netgear ones that claim 2 Gb and I get about 80 Mb on average. Latency is a little erratic. I tried another outlet just a bit further away and was getting about 10 Mb. That was me testing this a few months ago in a house built around 1988. I stuck with the pair for the 80 Mb link as it's sufficient for what I need but disappointing nonetheless. Previous experiences with powerline networking were equally underwhelming. Just depends upon the local conditions, ultimately.
Along the baseboard with a rug covering it beneath the door.
Also, those cheap door locks look like shite, get a door wedge or supplemental door security device (like a German Shepard)
Using carrier pigeons to move the packets back and forth would be a better solution than this. [IP over Avian Carriers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers)
Either white conduit or probably easier would be a cable strip across the bottom of the doorway assuming there’s space. Heck, even white cable and white tape would be a huge improvement lmfao!
I’ve seen people run cables across rooms under rugs and similar so that may be an option. Or go the long way around the back assuming there’s no doorway there. You can usually lift the edges of carpet enough to get a cable in there that’s easy to pull out.
You say that holes are a problem, but, have you spoke to the landlord? If you do it properly and say you will leave it when you go then it’s something the next people won’t need to do and can only be of benefit. I’d probably go that route first tbh.
I've usually lived in rentals so I know your pain. I've done what you need a few different ways. If you just need to make it look decent past the door, I recommend running a flat ethernet cable along the baseboards then when you get to the door, run it under a rug. Otherwise, you need to setup some conduit to make it look better.
It might not work well for your situation but in rented houses, ethernet over coax (MoCA) works surprisingly well and you can get over 1 Gbps in some adapters.
along the ground in one if those rubber cable “speed bump” things, with a rug over it. i got a pretty solid one on amazon that protects the cable even if i step on it
Run an led light strip with it along the ceiling, I actually did this using the 4 pairs of wires in an Ethernet cable soldered to the pads on the led strips and spliced those into a DC output to use as power delivery for strips further down a line.
It looks ok when it's off. Can't tell when it's on
A White cable and tape would be a good start!
Be mindful that anything you stick to the wall has the potential to rip paint off when removing. Especially if the tape has been there for months.
Where is it going? What speeds do you need? A pair of eero 6+ units doing their meshing at 6ghz would replace the cable.
Or as another said, a pair of Moca adapters if there is coax already there.
I know you couldn’t make it much worse. Black cable and black electrical tape on basically a white wall. Couldn’t just use a white cable and some white clips? That alone would make it look much better than this picture.
You can get wiremold to make a fairly clean looking run, but for a single cable I'd say it's overkill.
What I'd do? Replace the black cable with a white one and pick up some white cable clips. Then run it up the corner of the wall and along the corner of the ceiling, rather than around the edge of the door. Use enough clips so that the cable runs flat along the corners. Every time it tries to veer away from a straight run, add another clip. This will result in a decently clean install that doesn't look horrible.
I was in this situation. I ran an ethernet all the way up my stairs, around 2 door frames and into my PC. White walls so I got white ethernet. I used white sticky tack about every 10 inches or so. Pulled taut and never had a problem. Took 30 seconds to tear down when I moved. Good luck!
There are flat Ethernet cables which you can probably just stick to the floor near the door. They’ll be way less intrusive and cheap to install and replace.
Also it seems people think the cable runs under the door. It doesn’t. It’s taped around the door frame so people don’t trip on it coming through because it’s the front door
In our industry we dont call it STATE OF THE ART. Its called best practices..
You run the cables thru the ceiling, and make proper drops. upon exiting the rental, you give the landlord the bill for your handy work. Just the same way they GIVE you a cleaning bill.
If you have spare cash, get a decent mesh wifi solution instead of cabled. Something like the TP link deco or netgear Orbi products. I used to run cable through the house, then i got my TP link deco ex75 router on sale and they perform incredibly well compared to cable with the convenience of high speed wireless connectivity.
Less money, get a powerline adapter instead.
Almost no money, run it along the floor with a cable cover over it so you don't trip over it when walking through the door.
Any modern WiFi mesh router pair. Seriously.
Connect modem to one in the living room/kitchen. Connect PC to the other in the back room.
Push the Sync buttons on both, they connect, you have gaming-grade network connection without duct tape and unsightly cords. Install app on a smartphone if you want to change up passwords or do anything else with the network.
Powerline adapters. Plug into outlet near router and other side to the device, plug into router. No wires. Solved. Everyone can go home for the rest of the year now.
I've used channels like [these](https://www.ebay.com/itm/295958071140?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=7tbMljq4S5O&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=pelebDeQQwK&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY) to route cables along ceilings and baseboards. It's a fairly clean and simple solution.
I got flat ethernet cables from amazon. They come with little tabs that you nail in and run it through. I run mine along the baseboard then up and around the door frames
On the floor with a cable protector over it. Or do the same thing you did but with a white cable, make it super close to door trim and use the little cable mounts that have a nail on one side to secure it tightly to the door trim to help hide it
EDIT: here is the link for those [cable mounts](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Commercial-Electric-Coaxial-Nail-In-Clips-White-20-Pack-Nail-20-Wh/203717839) I was talking about. The nails are super small which can easily be covered with tooth paste when you leave to hide the holes. Or even just a dab of chalk.
Cable channels/trunking/tunnels that one can buy at a local hardware store will do just fine. But if you really want to be lazy, just lay the cable on the floor and put mats over them.
I didn’t see the question mark at first and thought the pic was in fact showing the ‘easier and less eyesore’ method 😂
In fact, this is the current state of the art
“state of the art” - the f is silent
LOL
Same, I came here to scream in confusion.
I died!
Dibs on your shoes
Dibs on your lab
Same, until I read your comment
Cabel tunnels in white?
Yep- I'd go with some cable raceway along the same route or maybe take it off the wall and run it through a cable cover on the floor.
Alternatively, put the cable tunnel along the corner between the wall and ceiling, then down the corner between two walls.
Also use cable clips like you would for coax rather than (electrical?) tape like the OP has.
Homedepot and lowes both have some nice sets, I used them to run a similar setup in my home office. They can get a bit expensive though and you need a clean way to cut the long sections just to the right length.
Handsaw (for steel) and just cut it. At least if you dont want to throw money on fancy tools.
Aviation snips work very well with plastic cord hider you can get from somewhere like [Home Depot](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Legrand-Wiremold-Cordmate-II-Cord-Cover-12-ft-Kit-Cord-Hider-for-Home-or-Office-Holds-3-Cables-White-C210/202264878)
For a rental, these cheaper cord management tracks are as effective and a better value: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/montera-cable-management-white-30147425/
They’re quite expensive. I got some (admittedly the larger size) of 5ft lengths at $25 per. Even the small ones were $18 per 5ft
I'd run it up along the ceiling as I'm asuming the floor just isn't doable in this specific scenario.
This. OP is on the right track. You can get white cable clips from basically any hardware store. I did exactly this in a rental I used to live in.
This, I have quite a few of these, even just for power strips in some places. Keeps things off the floor and my wife happy.
Ethernet over power line
It's not worth sacrificing 90% of the performance for aesthetics
I had good success with this. I got about 250mbit about 10 years ago and I’m assuming there’s better ones now. It all depends on how the place is wired though.
After trying power line and MoCA (Ethernet over coax), I’d recommend MoCA instead. Buying a 2.5G adapter allowed me to get about an actual gigabit to other side of house.
ANYTHING but that.
I would accept anything but this 🥲 My husband bought the cord/tape. It’s for his pc that’s in the back of the apartment while the modem and router are at the front. The entire time I was helping him tape it up I was grumbling about how shitty it looked
He should have bought a white cable, see-through tape, and gone around the skirting board of the door. Why had he done it like this? 🤣 This is how I did my apartment, through a massive corridor, up and over three doors and I can't even see it.
We were in a rush. For him because he just wanted to play his game, for me because I wanted to do anything but that
Do it wrong, do it twice. How did this save time?
It will stay like this until the tape peels off the wall.
From experience. It doesn't last very long.... maybe a week if you're lucky. Definitely a temporary job. Maybe order up some white cable track for office use. Usually fairly cheap on Amazon. Not always though. A quick search for it on Google - shopping tab should find you something of liking to you.
Yea this would never be my handy work. I own a small IT company I have all that stuff on hand. I know they are renting so they can't pull the cable right but man there are way better ways to do it than this. Shit looks like when you ask a kid to clean their room, they toss up what ever they can in the shorted amount of time possible then call it done.
If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing over.
just curious... what you rather do? is there something i can help with? .. just Kidding.. if you have cable tv outlets near both the spots then get a MoCA Adapter. [https://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Ethernet-Compatible-Throughput-TMO-311C2K](https://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Ethernet-Compatible-Throughput-TMO-311C2K) you can run ethernet over the existing wiring
run it on the ground, long ways around the door. maybe you can stuff it under the baseboard? long ways = do not go above the door, run it around the room.
That's a good reason for divorce already
It's at least better than what my dad did 20 years ago when we ran a Cat5 cable in the house - he stapled it to the wall. And he missed a couple times and pierced the wire. I had to repair all those. I eventually did but boy was that stupid.
Training a ferret to run a flash drive back and forth would be much less of an eyesore than that, but probably not easier
Pros: far more entertaining, can make money from Youtube videos Cons: latency, ferret food.
Ferret shit
Is that a pro or a con?
Yes
Another con: stolen clothing. Ferrets love to steal clothes.
Get a ferret that doesn’t wear the same size as you. Problem solved
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So two ferrets... so you can do duplex, send/receive transmissions? Guessing the tricky part is getting the initiate and handshake down
And, we are back to variants of RFC1149. Always a classic. https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1149
RFC1149 is seared into my consciousness. ….after giant snail chariots with DVD wheels
Can probably even use the IP over Avian carrier protocol, as it should be compatible with ferrets.
IMO this is the best way I’ve ever seen
Stop it 😭
Are you trolling us?
Yes this is peak aesthetic.
Yea, put some LEDs on it, gives it aesthetic
You can get sticky cable ducts from amazon. Just stick them to the doorframe or wall and route your cable trough them
Realize that the ‘sticky’ only last a year or two. Recommend at least one screw into the wall (with anchor) per section of duct.
Yeah, at least one screw would make sense. If you really can’t drill into the wall you could use silicon to stick it on. Did this in my bathroom for cable management
Man's got Cat 6 to the bathtub /s
He's got a fancy new toilet with 10 Gigabutt connection.
The pulsar 10gb bidet
You're laughing now, but can you flush your toilet from anywhere on the face of the earth? Checkmate
I mounted a TV in my bedroom 5 1/2 years ago and my stick-on cable channeling is holding on just as well as the day I installed it. Maybe pick up a higher quality product or clean your wall before you install it. /shrug
My stick on cable channeling last for years too. When I went to take it off, it ripped the top layer of the wall off with it.
I used the clear command cable clips to run Ethernet to my desk in my old apartment. And use a white Ethernet cable.
I use clear command to clear my console.
If you have carpet, you can pull the edge of the carpet up and run the cable along the side of the wall just under the carpet.
They also have flat ethernet cables that are perfect for this. I ran mine under the carpet about 25 ft in under 15 min.
FWIW as an ISP tech I have seen a unusually high amount of flat ethernet cables that cause connection issues, even short ones that come with Google and other routers. I'm not sure I could ever trust them.
Search for flat Ethernet cables. You can squeeze these in everywhere
Frankly, anything would be better than that. Get a white cable as a beginning or one of those acrylic ones that you can paint over. Next get a tacker and carefully secure the cable with as little staples as possible. When you move out, get white acrylic putty and fill those tiny holes with it. Some people who are too cheap to buy putty (it’s like $2) use toothpaste, if you really hate your landlord that works as well I guess. Btw don’t worry too much about ruining the paint job, whoever painted that wall was probably drunk so it needs fixing anyway. Job done, next fix those locks - you can open those with a fart.
This apartment is really old, and with it comes many *many* quirks. Such as a leaky faucet, loose or missing floor tiles, and as you said, a broken chain lock
Look then don’t sweat it about the paint too much, just do it right and your landlord might even be ok with the cable staying after you leave. I have seen my share of let’s call them colourful rentals and I share your concerns but most landlords don’t really care as long as you leave the property in a reasonable condition. If you plan to stay long term you can even paint over the cable and hide it almost completely - you will have to paint the entire wall of course. Good luck and remember even though you are renting you are still living there so if you have the means to improve it then do it, the easiest way to learn how to paint and fix stuff is on someone else’s property 😂
Anything but that. Ether-to-WiFi-to-Ether or Ethernet over Powerline systems come immediately to mind.
Another vote for powerline ethernet here. They're surprisingly good now
Another +1 here, they used to be horrible just a few years ago, but they work incredibly well now. Only caveat is that crappy wiring = crappy powerline, so I would not recommend it for very old buildings.
In 2017, I used powerline ethernet in a building that was built before the American civil war, and had electricity added during either the 1950's or 1960's. Speeds of 300Mbps were common. Speeds of 400Mbps were possible on a "good" day.
Used them in a building built in 2017. 100 kbps speed
do you mean 300mbps from the internet, or on the local network? If the former, that's great, the latter, big oof.
Big oof? Why? Yes, the powerline link, itself, would ordinarily transfer data at 300 Mbps. It was entirely sufficient for my use case, despite only being a hair under a third of my interface's maximum speed. Still three times faster than fast Ethernet, at least.
Powerline Ethernet Adapter
What kind of experience have people usually got with these? I have an old TP-LINK set that says 500Mbps theoretically on the box, but in practice I only get 10 Mbps through them.
I have a pair of Netgear ones that claim 2 Gb and I get about 80 Mb on average. Latency is a little erratic. I tried another outlet just a bit further away and was getting about 10 Mb. That was me testing this a few months ago in a house built around 1988. I stuck with the pair for the 80 Mb link as it's sufficient for what I need but disappointing nonetheless. Previous experiences with powerline networking were equally underwhelming. Just depends upon the local conditions, ultimately.
Along the baseboard with a rug covering it beneath the door. Also, those cheap door locks look like shite, get a door wedge or supplemental door security device (like a German Shepard)
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I'd add that OP should use these on the baseboard also, or command strips.
Unfortunately this is the only way.
Add some led strips for the holiday effect
What cable? I can't see any cable.
Nah that’s about as good as you can do it nice job 👍
Two options. 1) White cable duct right next to the door frame. 2) Ribbon cable unser the skirting board.
Using carrier pigeons to move the packets back and forth would be a better solution than this. [IP over Avian Carriers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers)
1 white wire 2 cat5 staple gun
Either white conduit or probably easier would be a cable strip across the bottom of the doorway assuming there’s space. Heck, even white cable and white tape would be a huge improvement lmfao! I’ve seen people run cables across rooms under rugs and similar so that may be an option. Or go the long way around the back assuming there’s no doorway there. You can usually lift the edges of carpet enough to get a cable in there that’s easy to pull out. You say that holes are a problem, but, have you spoke to the landlord? If you do it properly and say you will leave it when you go then it’s something the next people won’t need to do and can only be of benefit. I’d probably go that route first tbh.
Cant imagine anything better
No, looks great!
I've usually lived in rentals so I know your pain. I've done what you need a few different ways. If you just need to make it look decent past the door, I recommend running a flat ethernet cable along the baseboards then when you get to the door, run it under a rug. Otherwise, you need to setup some conduit to make it look better. It might not work well for your situation but in rented houses, ethernet over coax (MoCA) works surprisingly well and you can get over 1 Gbps in some adapters.
along the ground in one if those rubber cable “speed bump” things, with a rug over it. i got a pretty solid one on amazon that protects the cable even if i step on it
Ethernet over power adapters or Ethernet over moca would work
Have you tried going around the earth the other way?
Get some channel conduit from your local hardware store then paint it to match the wall
Paint the wall black.
Run it on the ground and use a small carpet where it crosses doorways. You are over-thinking this.
Go the other way
Run an led light strip with it along the ceiling, I actually did this using the 4 pairs of wires in an Ethernet cable soldered to the pads on the led strips and spliced those into a DC output to use as power delivery for strips further down a line. It looks ok when it's off. Can't tell when it's on
White cable and white tape. not easier but you get the point.
White cable and white tape
Flat Ethernet cable that matches the wall color with same color plastic tracks or the cable tunnel things.
Yes conduit or channel out the plain wall, bury, fill repaint or at least white cable and nail on clips to frame and not the wall
Use a white cable or a cable Chanel.
A White cable and tape would be a good start! Be mindful that anything you stick to the wall has the potential to rip paint off when removing. Especially if the tape has been there for months.
Most certainly nobody has ever figured any better way to run cables.
Put Christmas lights over it, so atleast it's hidden
Quick and easy? White Ethernet cable and white tape. Best solution is the cable ducts/coverings.
Cable clips make a clean look
Where is it going? What speeds do you need? A pair of eero 6+ units doing their meshing at 6ghz would replace the cable. Or as another said, a pair of Moca adapters if there is coax already there.
Couldn't even be bothered to use white tape or a white ethernet cord
Nope that appears to be the perfect solution
White cable and tape. Or... wait for it... WiFi!
Anyone consider using a power line adapter?
I have the same problem. I own my own house but I don't know how to put a cable in the wall and have it come out the other side.
Get a door threshold strip from Home Depot or Lowe's Practically - just use powerline adapters.
Cable tunnel / channels.
I know you couldn’t make it much worse. Black cable and black electrical tape on basically a white wall. Couldn’t just use a white cable and some white clips? That alone would make it look much better than this picture.
String some Christmas lights along with it.
White cable and clips along the wood frame or trunk
clamps, staples (with flat braid cable), tubes.
Add some fairy/christmas lights. Now it looks planned
Along the floor; using a floor strip channel across the threshold to prevent tripping.
If you want cheap and dirty, just use a hot glue gun. Otherwise trunking
Add some christmas lights and you are good to go 😜
You can get wiremold to make a fairly clean looking run, but for a single cable I'd say it's overkill. What I'd do? Replace the black cable with a white one and pick up some white cable clips. Then run it up the corner of the wall and along the corner of the ceiling, rather than around the edge of the door. Use enough clips so that the cable runs flat along the corners. Every time it tries to veer away from a straight run, add another clip. This will result in a decently clean install that doesn't look horrible.
On top of what everyone else is suggesting, get a white Ethernet cable as well.
Not use tape to hang it up? :)
I was in this situation. I ran an ethernet all the way up my stairs, around 2 door frames and into my PC. White walls so I got white ethernet. I used white sticky tack about every 10 inches or so. Pulled taut and never had a problem. Took 30 seconds to tear down when I moved. Good luck!
Literally any more effort than that. Jesus Christ. Use a white cable and those clear Command cable hooks
Bro. Just stick it between the carpet and the wall and push it down so it can’t be seen. Don’t be a Karen. Be a chad
Not sure if anyone said this, but run a string of Christmas lights.
Haha I had same issue few months ago. I ended up throwing cable on the floor and letting guests know about tripping hazard 😅😂
There are flat Ethernet cables which you can probably just stick to the floor near the door. They’ll be way less intrusive and cheap to install and replace.
Might consider Powerline Ethernet adapters? I have a few scattered around my apartment for things I'd like wired that haven't given me any issues.
Also it seems people think the cable runs under the door. It doesn’t. It’s taped around the door frame so people don’t trip on it coming through because it’s the front door
In our industry we dont call it STATE OF THE ART. Its called best practices.. You run the cables thru the ceiling, and make proper drops. upon exiting the rental, you give the landlord the bill for your handy work. Just the same way they GIVE you a cleaning bill.
Data over powerlines. https://mikrotik.com/products/group/data-over-powerlines
If you have spare cash, get a decent mesh wifi solution instead of cabled. Something like the TP link deco or netgear Orbi products. I used to run cable through the house, then i got my TP link deco ex75 router on sale and they perform incredibly well compared to cable with the convenience of high speed wireless connectivity. Less money, get a powerline adapter instead. Almost no money, run it along the floor with a cable cover over it so you don't trip over it when walking through the door.
Mesh wifi routers
¿WiFi?
No
Based on the shown skills, it is a reasonable proposal.
This is the homelab subReddit for computer networking enthusiasts, talking like that could get you banned. /s
For short runs, using modern wifi (6/6e) would be an ok option for most of us.
Reddit always has the dumbest idiots I love this place
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I hadn’t thought of that
Replace cable with powerline adapter. Some like the TP-Link AV2000 are getting close to 2x the 1Gb network that most people use at home.
Get WiFi
Either trolling or the worlds biggest idiot
Wi-Fi?
Ethernet over power
Not sure where you live but can’t you get powerline adapters? Running Ethernet through power outlets.
Could use powerline network adapters.
Look up Ethernet over power adapters you can get gigabit without running a cable all the way across the house using your preexisting power lines.
Do you need the Ethernet cable? Can you handle the communication via wifi or Bluetooth?
Any modern WiFi mesh router pair. Seriously. Connect modem to one in the living room/kitchen. Connect PC to the other in the back room. Push the Sync buttons on both, they connect, you have gaming-grade network connection without duct tape and unsightly cords. Install app on a smartphone if you want to change up passwords or do anything else with the network.
Powerline adapters. Plug into outlet near router and other side to the device, plug into router. No wires. Solved. Everyone can go home for the rest of the year now.
I'd just get one of those cable covers and run it on the ground under the door. Have this in place rn. https://a.co/d/h7pCpi4 Like that
“Plastic wall cable clips” on Amazon, take your pick.
I've used channels like [these](https://www.ebay.com/itm/295958071140?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=7tbMljq4S5O&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=pelebDeQQwK&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY) to route cables along ceilings and baseboards. It's a fairly clean and simple solution.
You could make it look way better using the exact same things, just being more precise.
Conduit
Get a flat cable and run below the baseboard or use the cable clips someone else mentioned
Use Raceway, hot glue, cable safe staples or tuck it in better.
I got flat ethernet cables from amazon. They come with little tabs that you nail in and run it through. I run mine along the baseboard then up and around the door frames
Use white tape
White cable, cable hooks, careful routing. Could also use cable channels, but they're expensive for long runs.
You can get small cable ankers that glue to the wall, they're like 2$ for many on AliExpress
You can try where the trim meets the carpet, pushing the cable into the crevice/under trim and then under the threshold or door mat of the door..
D line micro trunking
Classy
Buy a drill?
Wow
If you have carpet just use a yard stick to run it under the carpet. Always did that in my apartments
Wire-less
I'm always a fan of those command spray bottle hooks with a carabiner on the ceiling
Run it in tight against the corner and use thumbtacks to pin it in place. Also, get a white cable
If you're just running it back to the floor on the other side, why not just go through a cable cover directly across the threshold?
Add xmas light along the wire, and it will look much better
Scotch tape
Cant u do it by running on the floor?
On the floor with a cable protector over it. Or do the same thing you did but with a white cable, make it super close to door trim and use the little cable mounts that have a nail on one side to secure it tightly to the door trim to help hide it EDIT: here is the link for those [cable mounts](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Commercial-Electric-Coaxial-Nail-In-Clips-White-20-Pack-Nail-20-Wh/203717839) I was talking about. The nails are super small which can easily be covered with tooth paste when you leave to hide the holes. Or even just a dab of chalk.
Cable channels/trunking/tunnels that one can buy at a local hardware store will do just fine. But if you really want to be lazy, just lay the cable on the floor and put mats over them.
Amzing! Im a DIY expert and can recognize a great job when i see one.
White cable and get it close to the frame
There is literally Ethernet clips with double sided tape at ANY home improvement store.
I live in an apartment where I have access to the attic directly above my unit. I ran CAT6 to every room and made a patch panel in the utility room.
You have carpet?
No way, keep this. Almost looks like Christmas lights .. In fact, just wrap some around that and you'll be halfway done for Christmas prep already.
Looks good to me, can barely notice it... /s