Main distribution with multimedia extension

Thank you. I assumed the kind of cables from past gaming days, which are quite flexible. Then just a patch panel in between, 24-port CAT6a I quickly found for around 50 EUR.

I trust myself to crimp. I just watched a tutorial on it. A crimping tool for 20 EUR and RJ45 connectors for 50 cents each, and off we go. That’s 80 EUR for materials plus my time, and I can probably use the tools again later.

For the patch panel, you only need an LSA punch-down tool... I would buy the patch cables between [Patchfeld] and [Switch] ready-made, since you don’t save anything by making them yourself anyway.

Crimping a connector properly (!) on CAT 7 installation cables is not so easy. The patch panel also ensures order and strain relief. Usually, not all cables are routed to a switch port, but only connected as needed. Cables and patch panels are comparatively cheap; switch ports cost money. Of course, this is only transferable to a limited extent to a single-family house, but just to clarify why patch panels are needed at all. Documentation is also easier; you simply write a number on the socket in the room and on the port on the patch panel, for example, and can immediately recognize the connection again. Leave the electrician to mount and terminate on the patch panel; then he can also create a test report and maintain the documentation. SAT with four (or even eight) cables directly to the receiver is of course possible, but not exactly a neat solution. Better to run four cables from the roof to a central location on a multiswitch and then branch off star-shaped from there. The LNB is cheaper, cable lengths are reduced, and the system is expandable. Many receivers have twin tuners, for example for recordings, and a maximum of 8 end devices can be connected directly from the LNB (Octo LNBs are also kind of a thing...). Multiswitches are essential if several satellites are to be used or open up this option.

SAT with four (or even eight) cables directly to the receiver is of course possible, ....

I believe all of that, except for the reduction in cable length. In practice, the SAT wiring was one of the things I didn’t take care of. It is now exactly as the developer (or their electrician) always does it. But for us, most likely, it’s completely fine.