>It’s trivial to run some cat 6 through the walls or hide it under carpet.

That's not really that trivial.

as someone with lath and plaster walls and all hardwood floor: this doesn't feel trivial at all.

I'm in the same boat. Things are complicated by the fireplace and chimney being in the middle of the house.

I used an TP-Link Archer C-7 as the main router and an Apple Time Capsule as access point and backup connected via Powerline. Getting inconsistent throughput in the house. Tried moving the Time Capsule around but have knob-and-tube wiring in most of the house and GFCI circuits most of the rest.

Broke down and bought a Netgear Orbi because they have a dedicated 5GHz backhaul circuit. Now I have fast internet all over and the Time Capsule just does backup.

I tried Luma but they don't have the dedicated backhaul circuit and it was impossible to get the satellites set up and operating smoothly. I tried a smaller Orbi setup with the satellite that plugs into the wall but had problems with the satellite losing the connection to the router.

> It’s trivial to run some cat 6 through the walls

Not if you're renting

Almost as good, use these things to route cables along the baseboards: https://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-Circle-cable-clips-100pcs/d...

There's nothing like hardwired when you can get it.

My renter's agreement does not allow me to make holes in the wall, and that still doesn't help me route cables through doors. Unfortunately I'm probably stuck with wireless :( Luckily 802.11ac is surprisingly effective, and I don't have much if any interference from neighbors where I live.

Not even nails?

It's only trivial if you're planning to repaint your walls/put new wallpaper. Punch a hole, reseal. Then repaint or wallpaper.

Doing it without redoing your hole is much more challenging.