Multimedia and Wi-Fi and connections

Hello everyone,
since I am apparently becoming a homeowner now and have been reading along here for some time, I have my first concrete question for you.
I am currently dealing with multimedia provision and the corresponding cabling. I don’t yet know exactly how telephone, television, and internet will be brought into the house, but starting from the utility room on the ground floor, I would like to equip all rooms (2x living rooms on the ground floor, 3x bedrooms on the first floor, and 2x attic) with a multimedia socket that provides RJ45, TV, radio, and telephone connections. How do you go about that? Do I then need four cables running star-shaped (network, telephone, TV, radio), or can all of that be handled with a single network cable?
Additionally, I want to have WLAN throughout the entire house. In my apartment, I have just a WLAN router, which is no longer sufficient. How do you implement WLAN over three floors so that devices only have to register once?
Thanks and regards!
Hendrik

Hello,

I would implement WLAN over three floors using appropriate repeaters, but only after completion, as that is when you can best limit the areas and avoid dead spots. However, a lot depends on the position of the Fritzbox. Ideally, it should be placed in the middle of the house, i.e., the first floor. This saves at least one repeater, and DECT phones already have sufficient range.

Regarding cable pulling, I would talk to the electrician carrying out the work; with us, he simply pulled the cables through. Normally, you don’t have the necessary chiseling tools at home to create the channels. Therefore, this is the easiest solution, and the sockets would also match those in the house. And most importantly, he knows exactly which cables need to be laid how to avoid interference.

I would have all the TV connections routed from the dish or the cable inlet into the rooms, classic but proven.

Phones can also be connected via network cables - so here "a" duplex cable would be sufficient. TV depends on the technology: cable, antenna, satellite, or IPTV? WLAN: either 1 AP on the middle floor or one per floor, each with the same SSID but on a different channel. Conveniently, POE-capable APs - these can then be hung on the ceiling without a disruptive power supply. There are also affordable systems where the APs can be managed via a server.

Hanging from the ceiling is only possible if there is also a network socket on the ceiling. And instinctively, I would assume that you can cover the house with two access points. Is there also a basement? Probably not, then I would take the ground floor + attic - or just try with the upper floor first (one access point). In any case, you should additionally plan the pure "infrastructure sockets" (for access point, router, etc.).

By the way, I would always recommend star-shaped cabling for TV, because that also works for cable or terrestrial. The other way around (satellite over bus cabling) is still, IMHO, a makeshift solution.

Best regards

K1300S

For media supply, we install empty conduits in all rooms (except bathrooms). Radially from the utility room. The empty conduits each end in 2 flush-mounted boxes, which are initially fitted with blank covers.

This has two advantages:
- Depending on what is needed in the rooms, I pull in the corresponding cables. If the use of the rooms changes, the cables are rearranged.
- Nothing ages as quickly as home electronics and network technology. In 5 years, everything installed today will be outdated or at least worn. Then I remove the old cables and put in new ones. This is not possible with permanently installed cables.

Hello everyone,

wow, thank you very much for the quick and good answers!
There is no basement, no. The utility room is on the ground floor, actually I would have installed the router there as well. What is an access point? Something different from a repeater? What is meant by "pure infrastructure sockets"?
The idea with the empty conduits is good. The network should already be installed from the beginning and end in sockets. What diameter does such a conduit have? Is it quite easy to get cables through it, even if they do not always run vertically?

I wish you a nice day!