Putting Cable On A wall

[smidsy]

The house I've just moved in to has the NBN box in a very stupid place.
I need to run a small phone cable up the wall, across a 2 metre wall, turn a corner, across a 3metre wall, another corner and then along about 6metres of wall.
How can I attach the cable to the wall without knackering the paint?

[Uncle Bob]

You don't usually attache the cable to the wall, you get it installed into the wall cavity.

[jack620]

Inside wall or outside wall?

[havabeer69]

any of the stick on adhesive hooks from bunnings?

sounds like moving your devices to wifi will be easier

[smidsy]

They've put the NBN box in a stupid place.
It's just below the power point I've circled in black, the red line is where I need to run the cable - I need hooks or clips of some kind that won't mar the paint.

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[droog]

Cordless phone with the base next to the router ?

Or
https://www.telstra.com.au/content/d...uide-Final.pdf

Or similar wifi or over power extender.

Best is gets cable run, however if it’s a rental that may not be an option. Stick on clips may also be a bad idea if rental due to future damage when removed.

[A Duke]

Hi,
What sort of floor do you have and is there under floor access?
If so there is your answer, just 2 holes needed.
Regards

[rwbuild]

WiFi, so when you find that one position for your desk is not right, you can move it anywhere and also use other devices all at the same time.

[Chief Tiff]

I’m assuming you’re in a rental and a wireless device isn’t an option…

20+ years ago (and pre-WIFI!) I was in the same situation; I needed to wire my computer to a telephone socket in another room. I did it by purchasing a 20m roll of flat 4-core telephone cable and running it along the skirting boards and around door architraves. I attached it using THESE TYPE OF NAILED CLIPS; ensuring the nail went into the corner joint between the wood and the plaster. When I moved they pulled out smoothly leaving just a tiny hole. A softly rounded teaspoon handle was used to burnish the paint around the holes which closed them up even more; I finally finished by rubbing some very wet filler into them and then rubbing that off with a damp cloth. From memory most of the walls were papered and the skirtings/architraves were painted a gloss magnolia colour. The filled holes were like tiny blobs of white paint; you really had to look to find them and unless you knew they were there you just wouldn’t see them.

[smidsy]

It's the cable from the NBN socket to the NBN modem.
Going wireless for me isn't an option due to cost.