That doesnt really make sense to me, could you explain?

I didn't even realize you could splice cat6

I did mention using fish tape. However, if you don’t have one and probably won’t be pulling cables again it’s kind of a waste of time and money to go buy one if you can rig something else together.

Hopefully your vent pipe doesn't terminate in a wall box.

If you've got a vacuum on hand, might as well vacuum it instead of buying a fish stick you'll never use again. Vacuuming in lines is standard practice for long conduit runs, it'd be even easier here (although honestly if it's short with few bends you can just push it).

In this case, OP is going up 2 stories through a lot of bends, at that point they'll need a full fishtape, not sticks.

The problem with this run is it's probably emt with set screw connectors, which will lose vacuum. I'd try the vacuum route, then buy a fish tape and return it.

Yeah you probably need some sort of yard and connecting buildings for that to matter.

The max for 10Gbps is probably shorter.

If you prevent external interference in some other way you can break the rule I guess.

It's pretty tough to make an ethernet run TOO long in a normal residential application. Even Cat5e max recommendation is 100 meters with about 5ns propagation loss per meter. Even in a very large home, 30m or so is about as long as you would typically see.

Why not look into Powerline adapters? They aren't the fastest compared to the best ethernet or wifi, but a good pair of powerline adapters will give you close to 100mbps depending on how good the wiring in the house is.

I had this problem when setting up an office above the garage and bought an older version of these: [TP Link Powerline Adapters] (https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-AV1000-Powerline-Ethernet-Adapter/dp/B08M13B8B6/) and it worked pretty well. Might save you from dealing with the wires.

Agreed, though I will say to date I've never had 1GbE impacted significantly by length and I've surpassed the max many times. Definitely depends on the existing environment.

Use this method at work all the time. Works like a charm.

Or just get a fish tape tool, which is literally designed for this purpose. this

Just dont exceed 100 meters.

Unfortunately just gluing these is always going to respond with an issue like this as the walls and wood are always expanding and contracting slightly with heat/cold and moisture in the house and atmosphere. These types of trim pieces require some pin nailing to remain secure. As someone else mentioned above, once nailed, you can use a wood putty and light sanding, and thin layer of paint and you’ll never see the holes.

i didnt think about the vacuum idea. impressive.

A good quality cable can carry 1Gbps over some 80-100 meters. Splice it and you reduce the maximum significantly (as low as 20 meters before it slows down and maybe 40-50 meters before it fails completely)

MoCA is better imho if you have coax cable in the house and access to change any splitters.

For vacuum I always want short fat pipes, for long pipes pressure works better, because air is stretchy.

Although when you are talking "too long" here you mean WAY too long. Like an extra unnecessary 40 feet. Having an extra 4 feet is no issue.

Works the other way too with a vacuum cleaner, but you're pulling rather than pushing

You can but I would attempted to avoid using male ends as the little retaining clips tend to get broken. If both sides have a conduit box get female ends.

Go to your local computer shop they should be able to sell you bulk cable pretty cheap then grab female ends and face plates.

If you want to run it with the male end attached look at getting something like these guys. It will keep your install looking nice and clean.

https://www.amazon.ca/HuaHengHT-Ethernet-Network-Keystone-Coupler/dp/B099SGQWTP/

Do make sure that you don't make your cable TOO long, especially if you care about fast links (10Gbps, though 1Gbps and 100Mbps can be affected too).

As long as it won't cause interference with something else (such as if the conduit was a vent) then sure. You don't need an electrician for that.

How you physically do it will depend on your house.

Gee thanks.

And at that point you'd be better off asking them to run it since you're paying for the time anyway