Is a TAE socket no longer needed?

Ah yes. Good, I have now understood that and technically approve of it as well

So, to summarize again for beginners: If you want to use the Fritz as a WLAN "antenna" and the brain of the LAN, you place it wherever it suits you best and put a double socket next to it. Through the double socket, you then send the LAN back into the HAR, where you distribute the wired part of the LAN.

If you want to use the Fritz as a WLAN "antenna" and brain of the LAN, you put it wherever it suits you best ...

Unless you get your internet from the cable provider...

Where do you see the difference there? - the Fritz also has four yellow sockets and two rotating rods.

Where do you see the difference there? - the Fritz also has four yellow sockets and two rotatable sticks.

If it contains the network termination ("cable modem"), then it also has a coax input.

It can also be extended and thus relocated, but not within the world of an ITK patch panel. Then the Fritz may need to go into the connection room and a separate WLAN access point is required.

Or have an empty conduit laid from the connection to the Fritzbox, then the cable can be pulled in, whether it's a telephone cable or coax...