How To Run Ethernet Through Existing Walls Between Floors

It is possible if you can get through walls.

How to run ethernet through existing walls between floors.

Feed the wire through the back of the outlet box insert the box in the wall and mount it in place. Chenmunka feb 26 18 at 9 46. If you have another floor to go you can follow the same steps in the same order. You can get plenum rated lan cable that can run through return air ducts.

Strip the wires and attach them to the wall jack or run them to the device. For the horizontal portion of the cable run this can involve drilling holes in the joists where the cable will pass. Run the cable back to your primary ethernet port drilling holes as needed to pass it through the floor or through walls and stapling it to wall or floor joists as necessary with wire staples. Jsotola feb 26 18 at 2 42.

After drilling down from the floor above i cut a small hole in the ceiling to find the hole inside the wall from the floor above. Run wire through hole. Using a coat hanger i was able to thread the ethernet cable through the space and over to another small hole in the ceiling where i was able to continue the path down the far wall. Hurry to the next floor now and drill a hole in the bottom wall.

When adding or replacing wiring in finished walls most electricians will attempt to make the horizontal portion of the cable run in the unfinished attic or basement crawlspace areas looping the cable down or up through the wall cavity across the floor or ceiling joists then vertically through another stud cavity to the next wall box opening. Drill destination hole in floor.