Number of RJ-45 sockets "network sockets" - What makes sense?

Hi, I definitely also think four outlets are too few, but I would see it more nuanced. Personally, I think the network connection in the kitchen is overkill. I would orient it somewhat to the expected traffic. Since such a refrigerator/coffee machine in my estimation will hardly need huge bandwidth and certainly won't be constantly chatting, I feel future-proof with WLAN here, even though I personally don’t believe I will ever have an "Internet" refrigerator. The same applies to the coffee machine. The first network-enabled stoves, e.g. Siemens, are just coming onto the market: don’t they consistently go for Wi-Fi? In other words, do they even have a wired Ethernet interface?

Regarding the living room, I am currently torn. On one hand, I would definitely need 4 to 6 LAN ports there. But honestly, I find these batteries of 4-6 outlets plus about 6 sockets quite unaesthetic and excessive. Do you then have double-row socket and LAN outlets?

At the moment, I am rather thinking about taking a 4-gang outlet (for example, from Gira) and then preferably putting a small switch in the cabinet. That seems to me personally the more balanced way.

Basement rooms and children’s rooms, bedrooms all get at least a double outlet, important to me is also one per floor in the hallway or similar for possibly necessary APs. At every corner of the house, a network cable also comes out for future cameras (PoE). Towards the front door/bell, one also comes. In those bathrooms, WLAN is enough for us...

Just as a side note: I would definitely not do without SAT cable in the living room, possibly also in the bedroom/children’s rooms, and set double outlets as well (twin receivers), even if you feed the SAT signal into the LAN.

2x living room + 8-port switch (yes yes I know, but I need that many) 1x dining room 1x kitchen 1x storage room 1x hallway attic 1x bedroom 1x children’s room each (2) 1x bathroom 1x attic 1x at each roof corner (4) when the house is finished, 1x will be installed in each basement room In the end, 18 Cat 7 cables will arrive in the basement and be terminated on the patch panel

Let me guess. You don’t live with 2 teenagers, do you?

I did write what all ran simultaneously during the test. What else do you want to run in parallel to be satisfied? And during this test I still had a clean ping of 50ms while gaming. What more could you want? Best regards

We (mostly I) have opted for the higher-spec equipment:

In every children's room 2 double sockets, in the office 3 double sockets, behind the TV 1 double socket as well as by the TV in the bedroom. In the TV media built-in cabinet 2 double sockets. In the kitchen (Sonos + TV), at the dining table and in the basement by the washing machine/dryer, each one double socket.
Additionally, in the dressing room/hallway upper floor a socket under the ceiling for WLAN access points, as well as connections in the bathrooms for Sonos speakers.

Everything is initially laid together in the LAN cabinet on patch panels. In total, 39 ports of the 2 patch panels are occupied.
As a switch I have a 24 port and an 8 port with 4 Power-over-Ethernet ports.
They power the Ubiquiti access points in the dressing room ground floor and hallway upper floor as well as the door station and a KNX component.

In the children's rooms/bedrooms/kitchen etc., several ports are initially deactivated; if needed, they can easily be swapped with an unused port on the switch.

WLAN is only for mobile devices or laptops on the couch. Everything else I want to run via LAN.
I am fed up with bad WLAN or installing surface-mounted cables.

The Fritzbox is located in the LAN cabinet, WLAN disabled, DECT base station running.

I already wrote what was all running simultaneously during the test. What else do you want to run in parallel to be satisfied? And during this test, I still had a clean ping of 50ms while gaming. What more do you want? Regards

Let two teenagers run the console, be on YouTube with their phone, and maybe have Ben's buddy over. Plus your stuff. Our WiFi went down because of that. Not much was getting through to me anymore. Then I handed everyone a cable, and suddenly I had a chance again.

Let's put 2 teenagers running the console, being on YouTube with their phones, and maybe having Ben's buddy there too. Plus your stuff. Our Wi-Fi went down because of that. Not much got through to me anymore. Then I handed everyone a cable and suddenly I had a chance again.

I’m just imagining the teenagers right now. They don’t sit at the desk with a tower PC. They lie in bed and surf on the laptop, probably without a LAN cable in the laptop.
And as I already wrote – 4 streaming phones, 1 streaming TV, 1 streaming radio, and a laptop gaming with 50 ms latency all at the same time over a Wi-Fi spot in 75 sqm. Then 2-3 on one floor normally are fine without worries.

But at €120 for what was it? 40 ports in the house? Then I would install them too!

Regards