You can run the cable along the skirting board
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They make em wireless now they calling it WiFi or wirelessfireless or something idk
If I read this correctly, an ethernet cable will not increase your down/up speed from your ISP.
If you can go up in to an attic or down to a basement or crawl spapce directly above or below that floor, that would be the easiest.
If not, drill the walls, put in metal or plastic conduit or other allowable raceway where it is minimally obtrusive to the room ifpossible. Pull bulk calble throught the conduits make sure conduits or other raceway will accomodate all the wiring you need, along with bend radiuses. Look for 40% +/- fill after the cabling is in.
Get an electrician to see the job. They'll be able to give you estimates for various options, chasing in interior walls, doing a run outside, or possibly in ceiling cavity. They aren't that expensive.
I’ve used IP-over-AC in the past and it worked well for me. There will be some data loss but it’s a lot less of a hassle to setup. If you own your home though, I’d probably just run the Ethernet cables. If you don’t want to drill holes, run the cables along trim and use coax staples to attach them to the wall or trim.
If you want something that looks good, there are raceways that fit pretty well with the skirting boards and look like they'd be part of them. Otherwise you can tie the network cable to the botton of the wall/skirting board and go in the space under the door. That's what I did at my place.
One thing though, you were good with wifi before, you should still be good as the cable will only affect your local network, which is also what the wifi does. Unless you're using your ISP's router for wifi which you can just get a good access point and use it instead of your ISP's router for wifi.
If you can’t do it correctly, maybe something like monoprice slim run cables tucked under baseboards? I see you’re in the eu so monoprice isn’t an option but I’d bet there are other places to get slim Ethernet cables. They’re like a spaghetti noodle in thiccness
You could try power line ethernet adaptors instead of cutting up your house with cable.
Also, there's no right way to do it exactly it depends on your local building codes. For me, if I run cables though any walls it null and voids my insurance policy as it breaks building codes to have anyone other than an electrician do it. YMMV depending on where you live.
Drill a hole, cable is only about 6-7mm in diameter.
I go thru the floor but my house is made of wood and drywall.
Two options, if the house is "double brick" (IE brick wall that has an airspace between, them) drill a hole, and use plates to hide it again.
If its an old thick stone type building, then Google Chasing Brick Wall. The tools are not expensive, but it is messy and requires filling and repair. but its all you can do.
You can chase a double brick home if you want, but its a bit pointless.
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Wait you have double brick with airspace as a dividing wall? This is interesting, where?
I use Power line ethernet which works via existing electrical cabling. It works great!
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/everything-you-need-to-know-about-powerline-networking/
Go up and then come down? What is the ceiling made of?
Up through the ceiling or down through the floor. Alternatively, surface mount on a tacking strip or hidden in molding. Surface mount and molding hidden is good for a couple cables but not for whole trunks. If you’ve got trunk-like wire bundles you’re stuck with the better of ceiling or under the floor (where is there enough space to run the cables you need? You’re still going to have to drill through brick if going under the floor (or be really mindful of wire length). Ceilings usually have a means of going OVER the brick walls but you may not like the drop wires in the rooms you want a wired connection. It’d be a GREAT start for access points though…
Through a hole of some form.
Just renovating an apartment. We are redoing all the 30 years old pipes and electrical. So I ran CAT7 cables in PVC pipe from rooms to rooms underneath the floor tiles. Hopefully we can move in before Christmas.
Ask around or rent the SDS hammer drill for quick easy work of it. If you need a channel can use an angle grinder with a masonry blade. Use a small pressure sprayer of some sort with water to keep dust down. Use a shopvac and assistant too for the dust. Then with a couple 1" or water deep cuts horizontal use a chisel bit in the hammer drill to chip it out.
You can also use a regular circular saw with masonry blade for horizontal cuts. I've fount it easier to cut say 1" deep to get your quick line and make it straight to start then cut full depth as needed and blade will follow first cut. Again light water spray helps. Concrete patch can fill it then a little paint an nobody will ever know.
On inside use angle grinder to cut rectangle for a box at the location. Then chip out, a 3/4" concrete chisel can do detailed work.
Or run conduit on outside. The exterior grey pvc can be scuffed and painted to match exterior.
There's also lots of different trim options with a groove in back or hollow to run cables.I always suggest 3 cables to every normal location with 5 or so at a tv/media location.
One may be able to run through ceiling/attic area or a basement.
There's lot's of info here and in pinned comments.
Home Networking Basics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjRKID2ucPY&list=PLqkmlrpDHy5M8Kx7zDxsSAWetAcHWtWFl
Outdoor Conduit HowTo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vmX-hona2o&list=PLqkmlrpDHy5M8Kx7zDxsSAWetAcHWtWFl&index=2
Just make sure not to use a hammer drill on modern bricks. They have very fine comb like structures and crack if you look at them the wrong way. For hollow bricks the hammering is a neat feature though.
If you have coaxial cable already in the house, use MoCA (Multimedia over Coax) adapters.
Something like these:
https://www.amazon.com/goCoax-Adapter-Ethernet-Bandwidth-existing/dp/B09RB1QYR9/
Will give you essentially a 2.5Gb pipe between all devices for Ethernet traffic. At the entrypoint of the COAX to your house, place a MOCA filter on the incoming coax line, and this will ensure your network traffic does not leave the house over coax lines:
https://www.amazon.com/Filter-MoCA-Cable-coaxial-networks/dp/B00KO5KHSQ
I've seen some really nice conduit run along the baseboard area, if you do it right!
Why not just using the tubes of the electrical system? Use fiber optic if you are afraid of EMI
If WiFi worked before, there’s no reason it won’t work with a new ISP. It may be that the router provided by the ISP is crappier than your prior one, just buy your own router or AP
If I have to, I always drill near the bottom, behind the baseboard (if my translation is not completely off). I hide the hole behind it and when the next wallpaper change is necessary I make a slit to the normal height and install an outlet. As a short term solution you can use the cover as cable duct until you are ready to do it properly. Keep in mind to always make straight cuts so you always know where your cables are going.