Cable mess

[unbibium]

My computer desk is built. My desktop computer, sans network and mouse, is hooked up. So how am I going to run my network cable across the room?

I want to run most of my cables on the wall, as opposed to on the floor along the wall. That way, my vacuum cleaner and Roomba are not discouraged from cleaning along the walls. This is especially good for the balcony door, where my cable splitter and a bunch of messy coaxial cables used to be, just begging to trip someone on their way out. I already have the splitter and my cable modem screwed to the wall, never to hog up shelf or floor space again. My dad thinks that looks tacky, though, and says I should just get a doormat to cover them up. I'm skeptical that that'll work; I'm pretty sure it'll result in an unsightly bulge; he says he'll bring one by next weekend and we'll see how it looks.

What do you do to keep cables out of the way? Or do you even bother anymore?

Comments

[pentomino.livejournal.com]

I have a wireless router. If I were to spend $150, it would probably be on the one wireless access point that you can get for a TiVo that can actually do WPA encryption. I think they all do, but only one of them does for a TiVo. And for now, my whole network is on WEP. For all I know, someone's already hacked it.

[tyderian.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure for a TiVo to use WPA you just need the Tivo-brand wireless-G adapter (assuming your router can do WPA). Unfortunately it's like $50.

[pentomino.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was the point I was trying to get across. I can only buy one brand of thing for the TiVo, and it's a bit overpriced in 2007 dollars.