In short, I'm trying to get an Ethernet cable from a first floor modem/router to a second floor desktop. I figured I would try and ask you fine folk and see what possible options I have before shelling out $50 to have someone come and say, "Well, just put a noticeable hole right there and you're good." I understand minimally invasive is not practical, but it is preferred to the best extent possible.
As simple as it would be to connect to the cable outlet directly behind my computer in terms of sheer distance, I don't know what that would require. I know we have a TV/Blast! Internet bundle with Comcast, but I'm fairly certain that would mean a 2nd cable box upstairs and a cable-to-LAN converter. Plus, I'm not even sure how that would affect download/upload speeds, if at all.
So, ignoring that, this is what I have to work with:
- One phone cable entering my room from the outside.
- It falls straight down to the patio door and follows that to the right.
- However, the desk with the modem/router sits directly behind this window.
This is where I get stuck. I could try going through the dryer exhaust, into the basement, and back up where the coax cable is in our family room. I could try to go through that outside outlet (it's below and opposite the stupidly painted over light switch on the ugly, orange wall), into the wall, and back into the house via an outlet beneath that white alarm system, but I'm fairly certain that's a support beam in the way.
I could also try going through the wall as there's an outlet in my room (just above the patio door curtains), but that support beam mixed with "How difficult is navigating wire through a wall?" has me a little puzzled.
So, is this a question of brainstorming, getting the right tools, and caution or is it more along the lines of, "Don't be dumb, just pay the professional"? In either case, I'd like to thank those who respond, nonetheless!
As simple as it would be to connect to the cable outlet directly behind my computer in terms of sheer distance, I don't know what that would require. I know we have a TV/Blast! Internet bundle with Comcast, but I'm fairly certain that would mean a 2nd cable box upstairs and a cable-to-LAN converter. Plus, I'm not even sure how that would affect download/upload speeds, if at all.
So, ignoring that, this is what I have to work with:
- One phone cable entering my room from the outside.
- It falls straight down to the patio door and follows that to the right.
- However, the desk with the modem/router sits directly behind this window.
This is where I get stuck. I could try going through the dryer exhaust, into the basement, and back up where the coax cable is in our family room. I could try to go through that outside outlet (it's below and opposite the stupidly painted over light switch on the ugly, orange wall), into the wall, and back into the house via an outlet beneath that white alarm system, but I'm fairly certain that's a support beam in the way.
I could also try going through the wall as there's an outlet in my room (just above the patio door curtains), but that support beam mixed with "How difficult is navigating wire through a wall?" has me a little puzzled.
So, is this a question of brainstorming, getting the right tools, and caution or is it more along the lines of, "Don't be dumb, just pay the professional"? In either case, I'd like to thank those who respond, nonetheless!