How do you manage your cables around the house?

[Leonard]

Won't really work plus we're renting so can't really do any permanent things to the house

Then there is no hope for you at the moment. You could try teaching them about the wifi so they would use it.  You could also open the router and bend the ethernet pins inside the router and then screw it back up and say nothing   and see if they would use the wifi......hehehe....

[Jay Scriven]

Haha thanks for all the ideas guys

[ohJey]

I built a desk that has a thin piece of board on the back that hides all the wires 

[Lord Gaben]

Yeah its pretty bad but I don't manage my cables, I let them sit where they sit

[ultimatemythbuster]

I live in a house with a bunch of wifi noobs and I have to run an ethernet cable about 15 meters because the router has to stay in the middle of the house -.-

 

anyway their condition is it has to look neat. I'm thinking of running it along the bottom of the walls and using a mat to cover it across a hallway.

 I have a website that looks good but its expensive Hyda. Something like $40 for 3 meters.

I live in Australia so places close to there preferably.

 

Wouldn't be hard to make but wouldn't look as good.

 

Anyway any suggestions guys?

 

thanks

Set up their wireless for them and then be done with it.

[othertomperson]

Hide them behind large, opaque, ideally wooden objects, it would seem. Or under carpets. That works too.

[TeamTactical]

Is not allowed in Australia if I'm not mistaken.

Pfft, it's only running data. I don't see why not. I ran it myself no big deal.

[Stefan Becker]

I don't.

[b45op]

I have a similar case, I have my router and things on the ground floor of my house but of course the computers are upstairs. I went with the powerline plug thing option, it seems to work alright. Sure I don't get the absolute maximum speeds but it does solve the hassle of trying to drill holes through the ceiling and floor. I can still game quite well and really for the cost and ease it is really the most simple.

 

I have in the past had cable run and then I had it nailed down with those cable hooks, take your time when doing that as you can still make it look ugly if you try and rush it. other options might be a very low gauge conduit you can get the square type with a top that clips off, get a few metres of that and you are golden.

 

http://www.screwfix.com/p/self-adhesive-mini-trunking-16mm-x-16mm-x-3m-60m-pack-of-20/48844

you can get smaller but meh I am too lazy to look.

 

Also ask the home owner before doing any modifications they can sometimes be a bit funny about these things.

[Ruostunut kokis]

Most cables are loosely all over the place, though I route the cables that could interfere with doors, with some tape (our house is for rent, so we can't permanently change anything)

[Cookie Monster]

Your meant to have a 'qualified' electrician, but i have know people who have done it themselves...house i live in may or may not have them....

 

The reason why its been banned is that there have been cases of dodgy wiring sending power surges to the telephone exchange causing lots of damage and injuring people there.