[bastardoperator]

I finally put all my network gear/rack in the garage, where the cable and fiber are, then proceeded to run an outdoor ethernet cable to my office with a small ubiquity PoE switch.

Before that I was running a flat ethernet cable (like you suggested) and tucking it between the carpet and the wall making it invisible for the most part.

Wifi is good in the house, but the speeds I get on wired just blow it out of the water.