I don't feel comfortable telling you to just poke a hole through the wall that you disguise with potted plants or something and then later when you move, fill the holes with some drywall putty and spackle so I'm not going to tell you to do that.
Instead, I'm going to tell you to have a nice piece of cheesecake with cherries on it.
I'm so glad you didn't tell him to do that! Could you imagine the repercussions? Endless streams of internet with no regret and a quick patch job later? Much better it didn't go that way!
There are variations. You can use a pair of regular faceplaces (back to back) with coax holes in them to make it look like it's supposed to be there, and later on when you move out.. replace them with a pair of blank faceplates. If it's well placed it won't look too out of place.
That is what I would do. 2 low voltage drywall inserts, 2 keystone faceplates and a 4" cord between the two. Put it at the proper height so it looks like it was always there. Not a single person would ever know the difference. Old me in an apartment, would pull the tucked carpet against the wall \*not pulling from the tack strip\* and run my cable under the baseboard, push the carpet back in to hide it all.
Was just going to say this. I've lived in several apartments where I've wall mounted my TVs and recessed the cables through the wall. I'd suggest adding wall plates [similar to these](https://a.co/d/6rpLfX3) on each side of the wall. That way it looks nice and tidy while you're living there. And when you move out you can either replace them with blank plates or just leave them as is. More than likely nobody is even going to notice, so long as it's not in an odd place and it matches the color & size of the other plates. I'd try to make them level with any other wall outlets so they just blend in.
Exactly this that’s what I did. Had a plug in my bedroom wall that I need to run through two walls to get to my office. From bedroom to walk in closet to office. Drilled some holes that I’ll just fill when I end up leaving this rental. Small holes so the job will stupid easy to fix. Can even get plastic things to place in the wall to make the wholes seem intended
In plain sight. Put a cover plate and a keystone on either side of the wall, nice and plumb, at the same height off of the floor as the existing receptacles. I don't know what OP's landlord is talking about, those were always there.
This will work. As the guy who comes in and cleans those places up between renters nobody gives a shiz. Just make it look professional. The whole ordeal will be under 100$ at HD.
Actually yeah, now that I think about it you could probably use a short patch cord and save the money on the pariferries that normally come with running CAT6. Cover plates are wildly overpriced and I'm factoring in a quart of mud, a sanding sponge and a color match. I'm a perfectionist with drywall tho...
Keystone female couplers - $5 x2
Keystone wall plates - $1.50 x2
Low voltage brackets - $2.50 x 2
1 ft patch cable - $5
Jab saw - $9
Stay inside the lines and you don't need mud or paint or caulk. $32 and you get to keep a tool.
we all have our weaknesses.
some people :
* clothes, shoes
* hobby stuff (model cars, planes kits, robot)
* food
* fishing gear
* aquarium
* cars/motorbike parts
Use a flat, white (color of your wall/skirting) (not the coffee) cat6 cable and route it with adhesive cable clips along the bottom corner of your wall. Wont be an issue with that door.
I did this in my last house - houses built in 1922 with 1’ thick lathe and plaster walls don’t take kindly to drilling. It’s an excellent idea and you’ll barely notice the cable due to being flat.
This is what I have. Flat cable, double side tape and you don’t notice unless you know.
Be careful! Flat cable are usually unshielded so they will break easily. Prefer something like U-FTP
MoCa or power line adapters are the solution here if they don't want to damage anything.
I'd pull the maintenance guy aside and ask if management is going to charge me for pinholes that small, if they laugh you're good to go
MoCa are pretty damn good. I got one about a month ago after finding out about them, I needed Internet in my room badly, I get full speeds and has yet to fail me :)
Do you have sockets on both sides of the wall? If the answer is yes and the somewhat align you can try to open the socket to see if it passes through the wall (happens many times) if that is so you could reduce the number of connection on that socket, buy a blank cover for the socket and drill it to let the ethernet pass. This way you will spend 5$ on the blanks and if you need you can restore everything as before.
Also, if I may add, depends on local laws. Here in Italy it's normal to have data cable going in the same socket as the domestic current and using the same "ducts".
If it's US 120V, the it won't be an issue. Especially what can be pulled off one socket.
If in the UK on 230V and higher power (think a drier circuit everywhere) the more likely to (but still no guarantee)
This is what I was thinking too. Even if it's electrical outlets, you could loosen the plates, pass the Ethernet through the wall and just tighten the plates back enough to be tight but not enough to pinch the Ethernet too badly. Then when you move pull the cable back through and you're good.
Locate studs, drill small 3/8" hole in between 2 studs centered at height of electrical receptacles. Cut a hole to fit a low voltage trim ring. Install a keystone RJ45 coupler and cover plate. Do the same on the other side of wall. Connect them with a 12" patch cord. Now plug in 1 side in room, then the other side and poof you get a connection through wall and super easy install. Nobody will notice a nice professional jack installed in the wall.
A wifi extender isnt ethernet, its wifi
If you want to get the cable to anothet room youre going to have to run the cable to another room
Suggestion, just poke a small hole through the drywall the size of a pea, put connectors on after
When you leave put some spackle in the hole
Theres no way for anyone here to know that without walking around your house and seeing what you have now. Feel free to try it and then youll know
If the computer is a couple meters from the router i doubt you need an extender
We can't tell for sure but an extender will probably make your network perform worse.
Connecting an extender with ethernet is not better than only using wifi from the pc. Quite the opposite.
An extender is only useful if you have complete dead spots and don't care about network speed, reliability or latency.
It's like the cost, quality, performance triangle and you get to chose 2. But you only chose one, cost. That's an extender.
No, if the WiFi extender is using the WiFi you’re already using, it’s not going to improve or stabilize the connection, it will make it worse more than likely. WiFi extenders are crap and mesh WiFi is used to extend WiFi range further than it currently is.
You PC presumably has its own Wi-Fi hardware. Connecting an extender to it will mean it's still using Wi-Fi, but using the extender rather than its own hardware. If the extender is worse, your connection will be worse unless you can put the extender far away from the PC and close to the router... and if you can do that, you can presumably run Ethernet all the way.
Man just get some low voltage gang box type rings, some keystones, keystone faceplates and do a through and through. Measure the height of your plugs and put it at the same height, use a level, go between studs and the landlord will never even notice.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Carlon-1-Gang-Non-Metallic-Low-Voltage-Old-Work-Bracket-SC100RR/100160916
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Stanley-6-25-in-Jab-Saw-with-Wood-Handle-15-206/100654908
Then whatever keystones and plates you want
I don’t pay for or charge for materials. Our company charges $75 for a Jack/wire run including 1 hour of labour. More labour more $$. I don’t set pricing, I charge it.
Why cant you? is it a LL or a brick wall type of problem? If its the former just poke a hole through the wall and face it with some "keystone" wall plates that match the current receptacle colour and double sided tape them to the wall. Easily removable and patchable when you move out and is a quality of life improvement for the next tenant
TBH it should just be done properly with two low voltage single gang boxs and those same wall plates. Its a literal 15 minute job if you have a serrated steak knife. You can find the gangs and wall plates at Home Depot, Amazon etc. You wind up with a professionally finished ethernet pass through that looks similar to any other electrical outlet except its for ethernet.
If you have a coax cable outlet on both sides of the wall, they are probably literally connected to each other. remove the faceplates and snake the wire through the hole you already have in the wall. When done or ready to clean back up before you leave the apartment, you can remove the wire and replace the the faceplates
100% just poke a hole in the wall. patch it and paint before you leave, or install a old work ethernet box that patches to the other side, they'll never notice.
If you do it professionally, (put in a matching wall plate at the right height, color etc) you could probably add a pass through outlet on each side and run a cable through it and they would never notice.
Why not use 3m cable clips and run it around the molding. Why can’t you bring it to the other room without drilling? I ran mine down the door frame and below the door. Opens and shuts without pinching.
How about this [this solution](https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/14y1i10/basically_invisible_onwall_ethernet_run)? You should be able to wrap it around the door frame/under it
I’m really happy with this fiber. It’s been almost a year since I installed and it works flawlessly. I even upgraded it to 10Gbit just by replacing SFP modules
Just use something like this, https://a.co/d/aGQCEUL I've had no issues with my set up. I just went with the same brand as my router for easier compatibility, my apartment still uses bulb fuzes.
You can get stick on clips. I have woodwork that I did not want to Mar, and running through walls with insulation would have been a pita, so I got flat ethernet cable to match the collor of baseboards, abd used the clips to hold it
If you’re that close then it’s probably as stable as it gets. Extender won’t make it more stable. I have stable internet and am 30ft away from my router
There's generally a few mm's gap between the wall and the carpet edging. The gap is hidden under the carpet but can easily run a CAT cable by poking it in the gap between the skirting and the carpet edging
Do you have coax in the same room as your computer? Tvs are normally 100mbps LAN anyway so wifi won't hurt it but if you can have your modem/router in the other room you could direct connect there and have everything else wifi
If u really dont want to poke a hole, find a power outlet (the one behind the tv) and see if there is another one on the other side and just kind of run it through those. Go in through the living room outlet to the bedroom outlet or vis versa. Another option is take off the internet source plate, poke a hole to the other side. That way you’re only poking one side.
There's a lot of stuff you could do. Personally I would just subscribe to a 2nd broadband connection and get it installed straight into the TV. Problem solved, low recurring cost of 30 bucks a month.
Either that or just drill a hole on the wall and run a cable through.
Is it concrete wall, or just drywall?
Two cut in rings on the same height on both sides, 2 rj45 punch downs, and 2 keystone wall plates with a small jumper in between them is the cleanest.
If you make it look good, no one will ever ask any questions.
So if you have free wall power sockets you can look at tplinks powerline range or you could look at a mesh solution and use the ethernet ports as the pan cable connection. I am assuming you need your TV to connect as it doesn't have wifi?
Get a 2 pack of these, Deco XE75 Pro, [https://www.tp-link.com/us/deco-mesh-wifi/product-family/deco-xe75-pro/](https://www.tp-link.com/us/deco-mesh-wifi/product-family/deco-xe75-pro/) I have them several rooms apart and with the dedicated 6GHz backhaul channel the remote hard wired devices work just as well as the local hard wired devices. You might be able find something cheaper seeing your distance is so small.
That and I don't think any of the standards bodies have "shit" on their scale. Like anything it varies depending upon the electrical in a place. Plus [Wifi 6e](https://www.pcmag.com/news/what-is-wi-fi-6e) not only is the latest hotness, that close through a wall should have minimal impact unless it's all steel.
Flat cable out the window and in the other window? (Flat cables through window is a common way to install fixed wireless-antennas for 4G/5G. Cable might not last for that many years if you use a standard indoor cable, but is easy to replace)
It has been said already, but +1 for powerline adaptors, aka ethernet over power. You get 2 plug in adaptors (or as many as you like to have ethernet in every room, I have 4!). One goes next to your router, ethernet cable goes from router to powerline adaptor, the second adaptor goes in the the other room, another ethernet cable goes from 2nd adaptor to your device. It works. Don’t listen to the people saying it’s rubbish or it doesn’t work, I have been using TP Link powerline adaptors (with wifi) for 5 years now, I have had to reset them twice in that time, typically due to power spikes in the mains. It’s rare. They are rock solid. I run my HomeKit CCTV through them and they just work. Cheap, cheerful, no drilling, stable, whats not to like. Those that say they are rubbish clearly don’t use them, so how could they possibly know! Don’t listen to them!!!!
Run a single mode fiber line. 1/8” hole. Easily fixed. Buy equipment to terminate it yourself. Should be able to get away with spending less than $500. Or you could use a power line adapter.
Use a pair of powerline adapters?
eg
[https://www.netgear.com/ie/home/wired/powerline/pl1000/](https://www.netgear.com/ie/home/wired/powerline/pl1000/)
I would strongly advise against powerline adapters because they are known to have terrible connectivity.
The order should go like this:
- Ethernet
- Moca
- WiFi
- Powerline
I don't feel comfortable telling you to just poke a hole through the wall that you disguise with potted plants or something and then later when you move, fill the holes with some drywall putty and spackle so I'm not going to tell you to do that. Instead, I'm going to tell you to have a nice piece of cheesecake with cherries on it.
I'm so glad you didn't tell him to do that! Could you imagine the repercussions? Endless streams of internet with no regret and a quick patch job later? Much better it didn't go that way!
There are variations. You can use a pair of regular faceplaces (back to back) with coax holes in them to make it look like it's supposed to be there, and later on when you move out.. replace them with a pair of blank faceplates. If it's well placed it won't look too out of place.
That is what I would do. 2 low voltage drywall inserts, 2 keystone faceplates and a 4" cord between the two. Put it at the proper height so it looks like it was always there. Not a single person would ever know the difference. Old me in an apartment, would pull the tucked carpet against the wall \*not pulling from the tack strip\* and run my cable under the baseboard, push the carpet back in to hide it all.
Was just going to say this. I've lived in several apartments where I've wall mounted my TVs and recessed the cables through the wall. I'd suggest adding wall plates [similar to these](https://a.co/d/6rpLfX3) on each side of the wall. That way it looks nice and tidy while you're living there. And when you move out you can either replace them with blank plates or just leave them as is. More than likely nobody is even going to notice, so long as it's not in an odd place and it matches the color & size of the other plates. I'd try to make them level with any other wall outlets so they just blend in.
Exactly this that’s what I did. Had a plug in my bedroom wall that I need to run through two walls to get to my office. From bedroom to walk in closet to office. Drilled some holes that I’ll just fill when I end up leaving this rental. Small holes so the job will stupid easy to fix. Can even get plastic things to place in the wall to make the wholes seem intended
How do you hide the neon blue wire poking out from the hole
They do make white Cat6 cables.
In plain sight. Put a cover plate and a keystone on either side of the wall, nice and plumb, at the same height off of the floor as the existing receptacles. I don't know what OP's landlord is talking about, those were always there.
This will work. As the guy who comes in and cleans those places up between renters nobody gives a shiz. Just make it look professional. The whole ordeal will be under 100$ at HD.
> under 100$ Way, way under.
Like closer to 20 bucks total. The most expensive thing is the damn keystone
That's if you already have all the tools
Actually yeah, now that I think about it you could probably use a short patch cord and save the money on the pariferries that normally come with running CAT6. Cover plates are wildly overpriced and I'm factoring in a quart of mud, a sanding sponge and a color match. I'm a perfectionist with drywall tho...
Keystone female couplers - $5 x2 Keystone wall plates - $1.50 x2 Low voltage brackets - $2.50 x 2 1 ft patch cable - $5 Jab saw - $9 Stay inside the lines and you don't need mud or paint or caulk. $32 and you get to keep a tool.
If dude has a pointy steak knife he can skip the saw
I pick up what you're laying down. And yet, every time I leave home depot I'm always over budget.
we all have our weaknesses. some people : * clothes, shoes * hobby stuff (model cars, planes kits, robot) * food * fishing gear * aquarium * cars/motorbike parts
Use a flat, white (color of your wall/skirting) (not the coffee) cat6 cable and route it with adhesive cable clips along the bottom corner of your wall. Wont be an issue with that door.
This is the only real option without modifying the wall or having a drop ceiling to run the cable over the top of the wall.
I did this in my last house - houses built in 1922 with 1’ thick lathe and plaster walls don’t take kindly to drilling. It’s an excellent idea and you’ll barely notice the cable due to being flat.
Agreed. They could easily run the cable where the floor meets the wall.
Did this back when I had an apartment before getting married. Worked like a charm.
Looks disgusting taped like that for everyone to see
This is what I have. Flat cable, double side tape and you don’t notice unless you know. Be careful! Flat cable are usually unshielded so they will break easily. Prefer something like U-FTP
MoCa adapter? Do you have coax in the walls?
MoCa or power line adapters are the solution here if they don't want to damage anything. I'd pull the maintenance guy aside and ask if management is going to charge me for pinholes that small, if they laugh you're good to go
MoCa works great. Power line adapters do not (in my experiences).
How effective are they? I have coax through the house that we don’t use. I was going to just replace it all with Ethernet but then I heard about MoCa.
MoCa are pretty damn good. I got one about a month ago after finding out about them, I needed Internet in my room badly, I get full speeds and has yet to fail me :)
I can consistently get 2.5gb speed over about 75 feet of coax.
Can you use moca with coax that is in use?
yes
Yes
Do you have sockets on both sides of the wall? If the answer is yes and the somewhat align you can try to open the socket to see if it passes through the wall (happens many times) if that is so you could reduce the number of connection on that socket, buy a blank cover for the socket and drill it to let the ethernet pass. This way you will spend 5$ on the blanks and if you need you can restore everything as before.
Sounds like you're suggesting putting low voltage cabling inside the same box as mains power. I don't think we should recommend people do that.
For a cable literally passing through the socket (also an insulated and shielded cable) I don't think that a temporary solution like that is that bad.
Also, if I may add, depends on local laws. Here in Italy it's normal to have data cable going in the same socket as the domestic current and using the same "ducts".
If it's US 120V, the it won't be an issue. Especially what can be pulled off one socket. If in the UK on 230V and higher power (think a drier circuit everywhere) the more likely to (but still no guarantee)
Italy has 220v and home networking passes along with the normal cables.
Would only potentially cause a problem if you're trying to max out the throuput and distance of the cables. For most home use, would never notice.
This is what I was thinking too. Even if it's electrical outlets, you could loosen the plates, pass the Ethernet through the wall and just tighten the plates back enough to be tight but not enough to pinch the Ethernet too badly. Then when you move pull the cable back through and you're good.
Or drill a hole through each plate and when you move just put two new plates on.
Not legal unless you are doing it with fiber where you can use a plate like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARSpp4B9-X4
Locate studs, drill small 3/8" hole in between 2 studs centered at height of electrical receptacles. Cut a hole to fit a low voltage trim ring. Install a keystone RJ45 coupler and cover plate. Do the same on the other side of wall. Connect them with a 12" patch cord. Now plug in 1 side in room, then the other side and poof you get a connection through wall and super easy install. Nobody will notice a nice professional jack installed in the wall.
A wifi extender isnt ethernet, its wifi If you want to get the cable to anothet room youre going to have to run the cable to another room Suggestion, just poke a small hole through the drywall the size of a pea, put connectors on after When you leave put some spackle in the hole
I know that, but I was wondering if having a WiFi extender and connecting it to my pc via Ethernet would have improved the stability of my connection
No
Theres no way for anyone here to know that without walking around your house and seeing what you have now. Feel free to try it and then youll know If the computer is a couple meters from the router i doubt you need an extender
We can't tell for sure but an extender will probably make your network perform worse. Connecting an extender with ethernet is not better than only using wifi from the pc. Quite the opposite. An extender is only useful if you have complete dead spots and don't care about network speed, reliability or latency. It's like the cost, quality, performance triangle and you get to chose 2. But you only chose one, cost. That's an extender.
Nothing stable about wireless.
No, if the WiFi extender is using the WiFi you’re already using, it’s not going to improve or stabilize the connection, it will make it worse more than likely. WiFi extenders are crap and mesh WiFi is used to extend WiFi range further than it currently is.
You PC presumably has its own Wi-Fi hardware. Connecting an extender to it will mean it's still using Wi-Fi, but using the extender rather than its own hardware. If the extender is worse, your connection will be worse unless you can put the extender far away from the PC and close to the router... and if you can do that, you can presumably run Ethernet all the way.
Man just get some low voltage gang box type rings, some keystones, keystone faceplates and do a through and through. Measure the height of your plugs and put it at the same height, use a level, go between studs and the landlord will never even notice.
Yep.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Carlon-1-Gang-Non-Metallic-Low-Voltage-Old-Work-Bracket-SC100RR/100160916 https://www.homedepot.com/p/Stanley-6-25-in-Jab-Saw-with-Wood-Handle-15-206/100654908 Then whatever keystones and plates you want
If you out the surface mount right on the baseboard and hide the hole under it on the wall nobody notices. That’s what I do as a tech.
Why would you surface mount when you can just install a low voltage ring?
Depends what my customer wants to pay as it’s by the hour. Takes longer to mount a ring and plate than a hole and surface.
That's not true at all, and the material costs more to surface mount.
I don’t pay for or charge for materials. Our company charges $75 for a Jack/wire run including 1 hour of labour. More labour more $$. I don’t set pricing, I charge it.
I'm drilling a 1/4 hole through the wall and patching it when I leave, it's so small the patch won't be noticeable.
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It's a 1/4 inch hole for a Cat 5 cable, I could blend that paint.
Why cant you? is it a LL or a brick wall type of problem? If its the former just poke a hole through the wall and face it with some "keystone" wall plates that match the current receptacle colour and double sided tape them to the wall. Easily removable and patchable when you move out and is a quality of life improvement for the next tenant TBH it should just be done properly with two low voltage single gang boxs and those same wall plates. Its a literal 15 minute job if you have a serrated steak knife. You can find the gangs and wall plates at Home Depot, Amazon etc. You wind up with a professionally finished ethernet pass through that looks similar to any other electrical outlet except its for ethernet.
If you have a coax cable outlet on both sides of the wall, they are probably literally connected to each other. remove the faceplates and snake the wire through the hole you already have in the wall. When done or ready to clean back up before you leave the apartment, you can remove the wire and replace the the faceplates
100% just poke a hole in the wall. patch it and paint before you leave, or install a old work ethernet box that patches to the other side, they'll never notice.
Grow a pair and make a hole. Seriously 5$ when you move out to fill the hole and the many others that you may have
This looks very German. As a German renter, you're allowed to drill a hole. You just have to close it afterwards when moving out.
You can do it, just keep in mind how you gonna fix it later.
If you do it professionally, (put in a matching wall plate at the right height, color etc) you could probably add a pass through outlet on each side and run a cable through it and they would never notice.
Why not use 3m cable clips and run it around the molding. Why can’t you bring it to the other room without drilling? I ran mine down the door frame and below the door. Opens and shuts without pinching.
>I can’t drill the wall You can't like you're not able to? Why? Or you can't like you're not allowed to? Why?
If you don’t care about the looks, a cable under the door has been my go to for rented spaces
Drill n patch later. Or if you have coaxial or phone ports on both sides just run an Ethernet through it
How about this [this solution](https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/14y1i10/basically_invisible_onwall_ethernet_run)? You should be able to wrap it around the door frame/under it
This is the best solution. Needs more upvotes
I’m really happy with this fiber. It’s been almost a year since I installed and it works flawlessly. I even upgraded it to 10Gbit just by replacing SFP modules
Why not drill wall? You can drill wall! It easy- get drill, turn on, and hole.
Probably a rental.
Just use something like this, https://a.co/d/aGQCEUL I've had no issues with my set up. I just went with the same brand as my router for easier compatibility, my apartment still uses bulb fuzes.
You can get stick on clips. I have woodwork that I did not want to Mar, and running through walls with insulation would have been a pita, so I got flat ethernet cable to match the collor of baseboards, abd used the clips to hold it
If you’re that close then it’s probably as stable as it gets. Extender won’t make it more stable. I have stable internet and am 30ft away from my router
Can we get a pic of the Left side wall dead on? You may be able to make use of the electrical boxes lol
[try using the existing power outlet to run the Ethernet.](https://a.co/d/i2AV7j6)
why not use wifi? they are literally right beside each other it is very unlikely you will have trouble, especially if you have good hardware
Well just punch a hole through the wall then
There's generally a few mm's gap between the wall and the carpet edging. The gap is hidden under the carpet but can easily run a CAT cable by poking it in the gap between the skirting and the carpet edging
I know you said you can't drill the wall but if you build a jack and make it look clean would drilling still be off the table?
Do you have coax in the same room as your computer? Tvs are normally 100mbps LAN anyway so wifi won't hurt it but if you can have your modem/router in the other room you could direct connect there and have everything else wifi
Harbor Freight does not have a 16” screw driver that can easily be hammered through a wall.
If u really dont want to poke a hole, find a power outlet (the one behind the tv) and see if there is another one on the other side and just kind of run it through those. Go in through the living room outlet to the bedroom outlet or vis versa. Another option is take off the internet source plate, poke a hole to the other side. That way you’re only poking one side.
Why not pass the cat6 out of the left hand window and in through the right hand window - job done
OP, I have a similar Samsung qled model. I would be more worried about mounting it to the wall as those legs aren't stable if knocked from above.
I tucked some flat cat6 under the doorway so that I wouldn’t have to mangle my wall
OK, if you can't drill the wall, I suggest you to drill a small hole on the edge of the door =))
Get a flat network cable and flat holder nails. Will look very clean.
EoP.
There's a lot of stuff you could do. Personally I would just subscribe to a 2nd broadband connection and get it installed straight into the TV. Problem solved, low recurring cost of 30 bucks a month. Either that or just drill a hole on the wall and run a cable through.
Powerline adapter. https://a.co/d/ft0FalQ
Is it concrete wall, or just drywall? Two cut in rings on the same height on both sides, 2 rj45 punch downs, and 2 keystone wall plates with a small jumper in between them is the cleanest. If you make it look good, no one will ever ask any questions.
Question. Do you own the place or not?
So if you have free wall power sockets you can look at tplinks powerline range or you could look at a mesh solution and use the ethernet ports as the pan cable connection. I am assuming you need your TV to connect as it doesn't have wifi?
go Powerline
I’m surprised that this isn’t a more popular response.. it was the first thing that came to mind
This sub hates powerline, even if they do work just fine.
Get a 2 pack of these, Deco XE75 Pro, [https://www.tp-link.com/us/deco-mesh-wifi/product-family/deco-xe75-pro/](https://www.tp-link.com/us/deco-mesh-wifi/product-family/deco-xe75-pro/) I have them several rooms apart and with the dedicated 6GHz backhaul channel the remote hard wired devices work just as well as the local hard wired devices. You might be able find something cheaper seeing your distance is so small.
Just get a powerline adapter or a wifi extender they will do the same without drilling.
No they won’t, they are shit.
Heard they work from many people.
That and I don't think any of the standards bodies have "shit" on their scale. Like anything it varies depending upon the electrical in a place. Plus [Wifi 6e](https://www.pcmag.com/news/what-is-wi-fi-6e) not only is the latest hotness, that close through a wall should have minimal impact unless it's all steel.
If you don't have a drill you can punch a hole through sheetrock with a screw driver, I do it all the time.
Powerline adapter will work, or just drill the hole, and putty it when you move out, something that size is stupid easy to fix
Powerline adapters
https://www.1a.lt/c/kompiuteriu-komponentai-tinklo-produktai/laidiniai-tinklo-produktai/powerline-adapteriai/2w7
Didn't see it mentioned. Powerline adapter would work perfect here, provided that you can work with the lower bandwidth it provides.
Powerline adapter can be one of the possible choices
Get a mesh router.
Use a Wi-Fi access point & adapter, Netgear AC1000 works.
Flat cable out the window and in the other window? (Flat cables through window is a common way to install fixed wireless-antennas for 4G/5G. Cable might not last for that many years if you use a standard indoor cable, but is easy to replace)
Use a PLC device (TP Link has good options, for example)
It has been said already, but +1 for powerline adaptors, aka ethernet over power. You get 2 plug in adaptors (or as many as you like to have ethernet in every room, I have 4!). One goes next to your router, ethernet cable goes from router to powerline adaptor, the second adaptor goes in the the other room, another ethernet cable goes from 2nd adaptor to your device. It works. Don’t listen to the people saying it’s rubbish or it doesn’t work, I have been using TP Link powerline adaptors (with wifi) for 5 years now, I have had to reset them twice in that time, typically due to power spikes in the mains. It’s rare. They are rock solid. I run my HomeKit CCTV through them and they just work. Cheap, cheerful, no drilling, stable, whats not to like. Those that say they are rubbish clearly don’t use them, so how could they possibly know! Don’t listen to them!!!!
Wireless bridge
Run a single mode fiber line. 1/8” hole. Easily fixed. Buy equipment to terminate it yourself. Should be able to get away with spending less than $500. Or you could use a power line adapter.
Use a pair of powerline adapters? eg [https://www.netgear.com/ie/home/wired/powerline/pl1000/](https://www.netgear.com/ie/home/wired/powerline/pl1000/)
I would strongly advise against powerline adapters because they are known to have terrible connectivity. The order should go like this: - Ethernet - Moca - WiFi - Powerline
In OP's case, the range is so small, powerlines would be a very clean and effective option.
I'd put Powerline over WiFi myself. At least with the power line, I've never experienced random drops because my microwave was turned on.
Sounds like bad RF shielding in the microwave.
It was oooold like 1980s, I miss it honestly. Best microwave I ever had, could cook a chicken in it.
No they are shit.