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The original was posted on /r/homenetworking by /u/coffee_wrangler on 2023-08-07 17:48:04+00:00.

I’ve never had an attic before - I’m running a bunch of cables (fiber/cat6a) up through the wall stud which will exit out the top plate to the unfinished attic.

I see tons of examples of people doing this but I don’t have any questions about getting to the attic it’s more of what’s the proper thing to do with the cable once I get there.

I’m planning on running some smurf tube from the top plate hole to the in wall IDF / media enclosure which I’ll seal with foam.

But how should I manage the cables coming out in the attic? Do I just run them as if they were power e.g. secure along joists when parallel then use guard strips when going perpendicular? Would be easier going straight up then across - though in a proper environment you’d run conduit for vertical runs.

Existing coax is just in huge unsupported loops of extra cable so I can’t really copy that example lol.

Thanks!