A certain person (may or may not be self, relative, or friend) lives in two-room apartment in a retirement home.
There are coaxial outlets and what appear to be phone jacks in each room. The "phone jacks" are currently unused.
Currently, they have a television in each room, with input coming from the coax.
In Room One, there is a splitter on the coax, which feeds to both the TV and a device labeled "Arris TG1682G".
From this device, there are four cables.
Two grey cables connect to two phones located in Room One. One of these phones is a Closed Caption phone, with an additional blue cable leading to it from the Arris device.
The fourth cable leads to a laptop.
The goal is to move the closed caption phone into the other room, while keeping the laptop and other phone in room One. However, there are some problems/questions:
Because this is a retirement home and not private property, there can be no drilling or altering the walls in any way. This is absolute.
To minimize tripping and tangling hazards given the presence of an elderly person, as well as avoid cable damage, it is preferred not to have to run cables under the door between the rooms, which closes tightly.
While not a MAJOR concern from a security perspective, wireless connections are disliked. The person in question is elderly and needs things to be as sturdy and reliable (and easy to use/not mess up) as possible.
The laptop is often used for online video chats, and a wired connection is preferred for reliability and sense of strength. Also, the outlet to plug the laptop in is on a desk in room one, where most other work online is done, and moving that is a no-go.
Cost is a concern-no new subscriptions/lines (the apartment probably doesn't have that ability anyways), and electronic equipment (modem/router, etc.) should not be extravagant.
There are spare cables of various types available, and acquiring any that are not currently on hand is acceptable, provided the cost is not absurd.
Devices for discretely routing cables under doors (if such exist and are recommended) will be reviewed for reliability, recommendations (consumer reports, etc.), and (to a much lesser extent) cost.
The Arris device is plugged into a surge protector along with the laptop, the non-closed caption phone, and a light. Additional surge protectors are available.