>>>Our new house came (mostly) pre-wired with cat-5 and cable going to >>>most rooms. I say "mostly", though, because the cat-5 was never >>>connected into any switch in the OnQ section and one room never got any >>>wiring at all. Since that room happens to be my main computer room, >>>it's the one room that really needs it. >>> >>>So what I need is some outfit that can come out and do the following: >>>1. Install two net cat-5 wires (one each for network and phone) into an >>>existing room. >>>2. Setup my OnQ box to have all rooms be networked >>> >>>I know I could go with the company that installed the system in the >>>first place... but I wasn't very impressed when I talked to them and >>>their prices seemed a bit high. I was hoping that others on this list >>>would have had some work like this done on their house and would have >>>recommendations on good local companies. >> >>My Dad did the wiring in this house, so I don't have any recommendations >>for someone to do that. OnQ box? I'm guessing this is basically a patch >>panel and you need a hub/switch to hook the connections to? That part is >>very easy to do. I maintain the patch panel/wiring at my current job. > > OnQ is indeed the patch panel. I'm sure given some reading, I could handle > the OnQ box itself (put a few connectors on the cat5e cables + add a > switch).. but I'm not about to wire the existing room. It's going to > require crawling up in the attic and I get a bit claustrophobic. I might be able to get a recommendation for someone from my boss to run the cabling, but I can't reach him till next week when he gets back from vacation.