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  • I want to run an ethernet cable from the router on one side of the room, to the TV on the other. Stupidly, I didn't think about this before redecorating.

    We have white skirting boards so I was thinking about getting some flat cable and then very neatly gluing it to the skirting board with some of that super strong glu anything No Mor Nails.

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/hvm/10m-FLAT-Cat5e-Ethernet-Patch-Cable-Halogen/B0017YXFHI#customerReviews

    2 questions,

    1. any obvious problems?
      (I'm sure not that long ago all cables/phonelines/etc were nailed above skirting boards with those cable hoop-things.
    2. Type of cable? Cat6 seems like the best future proof. Is changing the ends the same as with old school ethernet cable? ie fiddly but simple. I'd like to try and make it neat by having the exact length.
    3. any clever ideas for how to creat a neat right angle down to the skirt/up to the TV?

    Cheers.

  • If you can handle slightly 'undecorating' you can probably get the cable behind your skirting board (or get skirting board with a cable channel/chase cut into it).

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