Need to Run Ethernet Without Drilling? Try THIS!

Running cables in rental properties or without drilling holes doesn't have to be difficult. Here I show how I do it. Links below to cable clips:

Some links are affiliate and I may receive a small commission on sales

⏱️Chapters⏱️
0:00 Cat5 Ethernet can be a pain
1:07 Adhesive removable cable clips
2:30 Running downstairs

Support Ham Radio DX:

Items in My Shack:

Follow Me:
► Ham Mail: Hayden Honeywood - P.O Box 5071, Sandy Bay Tasmania 7005 Australia

#EthernetCable #Cat5 #Bunnings

Music:

[BFGUN]

I’ve got to say, when I read the video title I thought I’m about to find some ingenious way of getting cable to rooms without having to run them through walls.
Had I given it more thought, I should have known this is what I’m about to see, which is in fact, the last thing I wanted to see 😂😂

[The_Pariah]

Gonna take a chance and make an assumption here... didn't we all know running a cable randomly through the house while taping it to walls was always an option?

[staphonarnold]

Ok but like... how do we do this AND stay married?

[carlobotomy]

i want to stay married, so this is not the solution for me.

[AussieHamRadioAndOutdoors]

I have to say I don't miss renting.... When we bought the house we are in now I ran ethernet to every room. Good job mate :)

[andyl]

Dangerous trip hazzards, wiggly laid wires, beautiful colour matching. Wow. This video has shown all of my favourite things. 🤣

[jas-jrrv]

screw the jerks in the comments. this works and that's all it needed to do!! pretty or ugly isn't relevant if it doesn't bother you. thanks for this video <3

[cthoadmin]

If I were the landlord, I wouldn’t object to getting a tradie in and getting him to run the cable from the garage through the ceiling and terminating in a nice professional rj45 socket in the living room. Maybe suggest going 50/50 on the cost. You won’t be the only tenant who’ll want this. People expect data now like electricity or gas.

[pgroom]

You can often get away with pulling the carpet back in small sections with long nose pliers (or run a screwdriver under it) where its tucked against the wall between the smoothedge and the wall, pop your cable under then tuck the carpet back on top. As long as you don't remove it from the smooth edge nails it goes back as if no one was there and the cable is completely hidden. No good for your wooden floors though!

[MattHawkinsUK]

I know it doesn't help, but I almost became a landlord once. I would have 100% listened to a tenant who wanted to run a few cables from the garage. But I would have wanted to be there to ensure it was done to my liking. Then it would have made the property more useful to anyone else who ever lived there.

[chonky]

The Adhesive clips are a genius idea! I have a pet bird and I do not want him to chew on the cables so those adhesive clips are a great way to keep the cables away from his reach :D thank you!

[ecur]

All I can say is that's the best you can do where you can't run cable behind walls or ceilings, you do what you can.

[sectokia]

Every rental ive been in just went into the ceiling and did the cable, owners dont care, if anything you are adding value to the house

[BlondieSL]

I just have to say, that after reading a bunch of comments, those who are suggesting using the power line "solution" actually have no clue of what they speak. No offense, just an observation.

In real life, those of us who have tested this in real time, know that it is probably THE WORST solution that there is!

If you think wireless can be glitchy, then know that network over power lines is horrible!

Know that house wiring, anywhere on the planet, is nothing more than a HUGE antenna that picks up any RF signal and electrical noise being produced anywhere along the route.
Therefore, even if you get some connections, they'll be very VERY low speed and super glitchy!

So, please, those suggestion that power line option, PLEASE DON'T!

If you want to learn networking, the very first thing to learn is that direct, hard wiring, even if "ugly looking" is the only way to guarantee a solid, stable and FAST connection!

Just make sure, as suggested, to use GOOD cable. A CAT 5E or CAT 6. Not that cheap "dollar store" stuff.

When you're dealing with a rental home, how he did it here is really the only way to do it and get solid connections.

[thekumachan]

For extra flair, use duct tape to attach cables to the walls in a zigzag pattern. Feel free to cross the cables over door frames and window sills, turning every passageway into a colorful, tangled obstacle course.

[FEPLabsRadio]

Hayden, that's about the best way to deal with it considering your situation. You could try a mesh setup, but unless you're using wired backhaul, it wouldn't be any better than (and probably worse) than the way you did it. Now - if you take the main cable from your NBN (so precious) box, and then set up mesh in the house - that'd be possibly a little less cable, and potentially better wireless performance across the house.

Regardless, good video mate!

[TelcoKen]

Just what I was looking for! At some point I may run ethernet thru the walls, but for now wanted a somewhat clean way of running a cable to my sons room.

[deleteduser]

I am just lazy so I just lay it on the floor. Which works out for me. I take my laptop from my bedroom to the kitchen without unplugging the ethernet and pulling the wire across the house.

[ofacesig]

My wife would kid me in the nards having all those cables. Luckily I can drill, and paid a guy one time long ago to run an ethernet line from the fiber box to my office.

[indyspud]

Not gonna lie, I would not accept that myself - just ask the agent to have a patch installed in the walls. The reasoning for wifi signal that you mentioned is totally valid but it's ridiculous to think that you should be happy having ethernet visibly running everywhere across the floor. Besides, if the landlord does it now then it will keep their property cleaner with less conduit and clips and stuff stuck down on everything, and it'll be a very handy feature for their next tenant.

RE: NBN box positioning - I'm willing to bet the outside box is on the other side of the garage wall, or very nearby? They tend to try and do the installation as quickly as possible so the closer to that exterior termination the better, plus people don't like those big NBN branded boxes to be out in the open in the living room.