[NoPunIntended]

So, I'm setting up a wired router soon and I want to get my ethernet cable set. My main computer is on the first floor and I'm running the ethernet cable to my bedroom which is directly above my main computer. I have a cable wire running from my basement to the second floor (my bedroom). I want to guide the ethernet cable down alongside the cable wire to my basement and from there its cake. I don't want to have to drill any holes or anything. You guys have any ideas on how I can guide the ethernet cable down the cable wire without having to purchase anything expensive or doing any drilling?

[couturedharlot]

put a weight on it so when you drop it along side the cable, it should just follow the path....i don't know though, depends on how your house is set up

[NoPunIntended]

Yeah, I really should put some weight on it. I think its going to curve a little and it has to pass through a floor plate. I was thinking I could some how attach it to the cable wire and push down on it so it follows the path of the cable wire.

[super_Chris]

fish tape?

[couturedharlot]

or i was thinking, depending on the distance, put a wire up the hole first, then attach the cable to it? just some tricks i've used before...good luck though

[eyezik]

Originally Posted by super_Chris

fish tape?

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[mistawiskas]

Tie a string to a long stiff peice of wire, get the wire through the floor along the rout of the cable. Tie the string to your cat5 and pull it through....easy, just like threading a needle. I alway use a fish tape, but I doubt you'll want to go out and spend 30 bux for a cheap one.

[Pope John]

I never understood how people run wiring through their house without cutting through their drywall much.

you don't need to explain what fish tape is to me, I was an apprenticing electrician. not really, but that's what I say...

[NoPunIntended]

Yeah, fish tape would be handy if I had some. Thats the kind of wire I have been thinking about.