Main distribution with multimedia extension

Hello,

I am currently thinking about the main distribution board.

Framework conditions: SAT (14 cables) and LAN (18 cables) are installed throughout the house, distributed across the basement, ground floor, and upper floor. The main distribution board will be located in the basement.

I would like everything to be nicely and neatly bundled. So all SAT cables including the multiswitch, all LAN cables on the patch panel (?), as well as the router/modem should be housed in the cabinet. I was therefore offered a main distribution board with 2 multimedia panels because one apparently is not enough. The additional cost of gross 1,500 EUR surprised me a bit, and I am now wondering if the solution is unnecessary luxury.

At first, I only see the advantage that the multimedia panel comes with a patch panel on which the LAN cables are connected, and that I would need a 24 port switch if I forgo multimedia expansions. But I find various models with 1 GBit for around 100 EUR. The multiswitch has to be purchased additionally in both solutions.

How did you solve this? If I account for the switch, there are still 1,400 EUR extra costs for more order. Am I making a mistake? I am more inclined to build a separate cabinet for SAT, LAN, and modem.

Also, the prices for room thermostats and roller shutter controls surprised me a bit.

Net prices each:
Roller shutter simple = arrow up/down = 75 EUR
Roller shutter programmable / astro function = 200 EUR
Room thermostat simple = dial from 0 to 5 = 100 EUR
Room thermostat digital display = 220 EUR

We do not want to do without the programmable version for the roller shutters, but the simple version of the room thermostat should suffice given the price difference.

This is more of a side note; mainly I am interested in your opinion on the topic of multimedia in the meter cabinet.

Thanks and best regards!

So I don't have all of that bundled together individually in the meter cabinet... that just makes it unnecessarily expensive...

My SAT distribution is in the attic... power in the HAR on one wall... network then on another...

For the room thermostats, you can safely take the simplest ones, because you will probably only use them for the first six months or so... after that, they will stay in one setting anyway.

For the roller shutters, I would also take the simplest ones and then later install a control as needed that meets the requirements and probably costs only a fraction.

You can alternatively plan for your own cabinet (server cabinet, wall cabinet, 19 inch) for the LAN cabling. A patch panel (CAT6a) goes into it, onto which the electrician connects the LAN cables. Later you can upgrade the switch and server and and and yourself ...

Sorry for the quick question but why don’t you use the network for SAT instead of laying extra cables?

Thank you for your feedback.

I still need to find out exactly what a patch panel is, as I previously thought it would make a switch unnecessary.

Watching TV over LAN would then be an IP solution? I'm even less familiar with that topic. Sky / Pay-TV definitely has to work for me.

Best regards!

I probably still need to find out exactly what a patch panel is, since I previously thought it would make a switch unnecessary.

The patch panel simply converts the ends of the installation cables (cf. patch cables) into a connector (female, i.e. socket). But these are still "only" the individual ends of your star-shaped cabling. To make a network out of this, you have to connect these ends to a router. Typical routers have significantly fewer network ports than needed. So you put a switch in between.

Depending on the switch (managed, Layer 3, ...) various tricks can then be done. In a private house, the only thing that comes to mind is guest Wi-Fi (which a common Fritzbox already includes), but it can be complicated by creating subnets (VLANs) and assigning permissions (from the "home office" network to the internet and the printer, but from the "children's room" network not to the internet... whether sensible or not, just as an example).