ONQ home and networking questions.

Stormtrooper1

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Nov 17, 2014
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Hi-
I purchased a house that was a model home.
It has an ONQ home system installed. I have a network jack in the family room, the upstairs living room, and the garage.

There is a phone jack in the kitchen, master bedroom, garage, family room, and I'd assume upstairs living room (didn't move the cabinet that is in front to double check)

By removing the face plates on the wall jacks I know the blue cable is my phone.
The dark gray is the data network.

I also have 3 white cat5 cables that have had the ends cut off in a closet where there was a stereo receiver.

There is no way to contact the previous owner or the builder for any info.

I have cable internet only.

I'd like to get networking in the master bedroom. But I'm if things are properly connected in the box. (The dark gray data cables are just hanging out)

Here is a pic of the inside of the ONQ box.
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Does anyone have any advice of what I need to add or do to run a networking cable from here to the bedroom?

Thanks!
Mike
 

imagoon

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Ok so for the fun ride. Those OnQ things are annoying as all hell and expensive to boot.

That 1x6 Advanced telecom unit ties all of the white and blue lines connected to it in to phone lines.

You then have the crappy RJ45 ends on the grey cable (shoddy work in my opinion). If you want to make it all "OnQ" you needs something like this:

https://www.legrand.us/onq/networking/wired-networks/data-modules/ac1000.aspx

From there you use short patch cords to connect to a switch. I would recommend something other than OnQ switches. However if you prefer to spend a butt-ton of cash, you can get something like this:

http://www.legrand.us/onq/networking/wired-networks/routers-switches/da1008.aspx

You could also get OnQ splitters to clean up that cable mess if you wanted to.
 

Stormtrooper1

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Nov 17, 2014
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So replace the ends on the grEy cables with the ONQ network interface.
Patch cord that into a switch
And it should all work?

Then I'd just need to plug the existing router into the switch as well via the existing network connection, and I should be able to access the Internet through the outlets elsewhere in the house, correct?

(I'm thinking now end game may be to just add a 2nd wireless router in the garage from the network port, it shares a wall with the master, and would also boost the signal out there when I'm using pandora or such)

On the cable mess there is a ONQ cable connection there, it's just nothing is attached to it.

Thanks!