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hugo7
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.

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Dramatic_Hammer in reply to @hugo7
1. Should be fine.
2. Cat6 uses the same pinout as cat5e but different design plugs (internally) with much tighter tolerances to try and keep the twist right up to pins. Flat cable might be less fiddly if the pairs are arranged roughly in order.
3. Technically you should use a socket at each end with short patch cables completing the link but if you're running the cable externally I'm not sure you have much option other than just not curving it sharper than the max bend radius (which won't be neat).

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