Telephone connection / LAN wiring

Sorry, but I'm stupid there.... where do I plug in the phone then? And the fax? Both need a TAE socket. In the Accesspoint? And the fax needs a power outlet anyway. And the cordless handset too. And the Panasonic desk phone as well. PoE is then no advantage at all.

We would like to use the DECT function of the Fritzbox in addition to the WLAN. And we are not willing to buy an access point and a new IP-capable DECT phone as well...

No dramas, ladies:

Where an all-in-one thing like a Fritz is used, the explanations for separate components naturally have to be reconsidered accordingly.

So, with ApL and Monopol-TAE in the basement, but Fritz = router WLAN access point telephone system in the office: from the ApL to the first TAE it goes one way or another through the Telekom installer. You can quite well (and even better) plug a supplied connection cable into the TAE, because a TAE to RJ adapter won't have the Fritz-specific wiring at all. The Fritz end of this cable can go into the patch panel, from there (1:1, i.e. without intervention in the wiring) "extended" over the house wiring to the location where the Fritz is set up. It acts as a WLAN access point and you also plug the fax in there. Its LAN output is led back to the patch panel so that it distributes from the house connection room to all computers (and/or IP phones) connected to the LAN not wirelessly (and not located in the same room as the Fritz).

A reasonable access point costs maybe 150 euros. The cabling you have in mind here costs significantly more. Telephone cables should of course be laid from the basement accordingly. But who still needs fax and landline in 2017?

A reasonable access point might cost about 150 euros. The cabling you have in mind here costs significantly more.

That doesn't cancel each other out.

But who still needs fax and landline in 2017?

That's a matter of taste.

Why? Where is the difference between a Gigaset and a mobile phone?