How To Run A Cat5 Cable Through Walls. Then you can run along walls, poke through them to adjacent rooms, etc. Because of its thickness, if left out and run along the floor, it will not be pleasing to look at and may become a safety hazard.
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If you can run cable through a basement, garage, or attic, you'll avoid tearing into walls or ceilings. I have just run the cable through the wall temporarily. My cable tv is distributed through the attic, so it seemed like a good solution to run my home network through there as well.
Expect to cause some damage in a complicated cable run.
Expect to cause some damage in a complicated cable run. Then you can run along walls, poke through them to adjacent rooms, etc. If you encounter insulation, push it back and work in front of it. Do not pull cut lengths of cat 6 wire.