Reasonably changing existing SAT/cable connection botch work

The following situation I have found:

The old cable connection is no longer used. The wiring for it ran from the HÜP up to the attic and from there via a distributor down to several rooms. The cables/sockets mostly still exist but are no longer connected. Then a SAT system (Quad-LNB) was installed and new cables were pulled. These cables lie in the rooms without sockets, i.e., they are plastered in and protrude from the wall.

I am currently renovating and want to optimize this. I first want to stick with the SAT connection but also keep the option open to switch to cable at some point. Since it is not so easy to route the SAT cables to the attic and redistribute them there (that would probably have been the best solution from the beginning, I guess) and the new SAT cables are already partially lying cheaply, I would simply put in tap sockets (?) there. So far so good. Or are there good reasons not to put in any sockets at all?

If I now have 1-2 connections free on the LNB and the cable lies near the old distribution, I could connect to the attic via some socket and connect a device to one of the old cable sockets, right? Do I have to change anything on the sockets or does that just work?

Can I also route the SAT cable in a room (where it is actually not really needed) via a pass-through socket (?) up and star-distribute from the attic to 1-2 other sockets so that I can always use exactly one of them? So only plug in 1 device at all? Or is the mere presence of distributors/pass-through sockets without devices already a problem?

Can I even use the same type of distribution for Sat/cable? (Besides the fact that with cable I can operate several devices on one star distributor and with a star wiring on a Quad-LNB only one device would be usable, that is clear to me).

I hope it is clear what I want? I will try to describe it differently again. I imagine connecting a cable from the LNB to a socket (pass-through?). From there, another cable goes to the attic (that’s where the cable signal used to come from). Upstairs the cable is currently not connected. I would like to connect it to another former cable socket to be able to use either one socket or the other. Also, I still have the option to unplug the LNB and switch on cable from the other side again. Then probably either the cable would have to go directly off the socket or an end resistor would have to be added at the LNB? That’s ok... in the first step it’s about installing the sockets and cables so that I can easily feed one of the old sockets with at least one of the remaining LNB channels. Switching on the attic is not a problem but of course it would be nicer if it could work without that.

If you are already renovating, make sure to plan for proper network sockets.

If you are already renovating, make sure to plan for proper network sockets.

Thanks for the tip. Of course, that's right. Unfortunately, there are hardly any empty conduits available. I only want to lay the necessary minimum of new cables so as not to completely go back to the shell construction. I would also prefer to have new CAT cables in all (important) rooms. But the effort is simply too great for me.

Then at least try to get a basic wiring for reasonably placed access points.

If I had to choose between SAT cable and LAN cable today, I would go with LAN.

I would see it the same way.

The point, however, is that the coaxial cables are there, and I want to use them as sensibly as possible.

Network cables would be great, but I see an unfavorable effort/benefit ratio if I have to tear up so much. I am trying to see how far I can get with the existing cables and where I might be able to retrofit something with manageable effort.

Can anyone say something about the coaxial wiring and the sockets?

I only have very rudimentary knowledge about satellite and cable TV. But as far as I know, the requirement for a SAT cable is definitely higher than for an old cable TV cable, because the frequencies are higher. It could be that the way you wired the system will end up having too much attenuation and reception will no longer be possible.

Maybe it will just have to be tried out.

There must have been a reason why the old cable distribution was replaced by a new satellite wiring.