Hello dear community,
we are planning to buy a house, preferably an energy-efficient House 55. To be clear, we are still searching and currently have nothing fixed.
However, I am already thinking a lot about topics such as the home network, home bus system, and TV wiring. I have searched a lot online, but many questions remain. I now have some questions and hope you can help me with your experience:
Home Network
Thank you very much for your help.
we are planning to buy a house, preferably an energy-efficient House 55. To be clear, we are still searching and currently have nothing fixed.
However, I am already thinking a lot about topics such as the home network, home bus system, and TV wiring. I have searched a lot online, but many questions remain. I now have some questions and hope you can help me with your experience:
Home Network
- Which cables should I install, considering future-proofing? Cat 6 or Cat 7?
- How does it work with the cables? They are bought, for example, on a 100 or 200 meter (328 or 656 feet) roll. Do connectors need to be attached afterward?
- How are the cables connected to flush-mounted sockets?
- The central point should be the basement. Everything should come together here. Do you use a patch panel (which I have never heard of before) or a router with switches? Internet will be provided by a cable provider. Would the installation then be as follows? Wall socket in the basement --> cable provider’s modem --> router --> patch panel --> flush-mounted sockets?
- How are the network cables actually routed? One cable from the patch panel to each flush-mounted socket? The sockets should each have 2 ports. Or do you have to run 2 cables per socket? IMPORTANT: At least gigabit is required everywhere, preferably 10 Gb! If you assume one cable per port, that will result in a lot of cables.
- Our house should also be future-proof. I keep reading about KNX/EIB bus systems for homes. Can you recommend them? I am thinking, for example, of programming lights and monitoring and controlling the heating and ventilation system.
- What do you think of the company GIRA (KNX system, sockets, etc.)?
- For security reasons, I do not want the home bus system to be connected to the Internet. I do not need to control the heating via the Internet, etc. Is something like this possible (a private home network)?
- TV wiring is actually related to my questions about network installation. What kind of cables are used here?
- Is one cable installed per socket?
- How is this implemented if you have a satellite dish with one LNB? Can the signal be distributed throughout the house? Can everyone watch what they want? Or is additional equipment needed?
Thank you very much for your help.
Steffen’s argument is an important point!
With SatIP, you also don’t get HD+ or Sky decrypted; that only works semi-legally through streaming solutions, which again require specific set-top boxes that cost money...
You don’t really save anything on the infrastructure either. You still need the satellite dish with LNB and, instead of a multiswitch, a SatIP server. Then there’s the cabling from the multiswitch to the outlets—whether that’s coaxial cable or CAT7 with the appropriate outlet, the cost is probably about the same.
After reconsideration, I see it at most as an addition, for example, to bring satellite TV to a tablet.
With SatIP, you also don’t get HD+ or Sky decrypted; that only works semi-legally through streaming solutions, which again require specific set-top boxes that cost money...
You don’t really save anything on the infrastructure either. You still need the satellite dish with LNB and, instead of a multiswitch, a SatIP server. Then there’s the cabling from the multiswitch to the outlets—whether that’s coaxial cable or CAT7 with the appropriate outlet, the cost is probably about the same.
After reconsideration, I see it at most as an addition, for example, to bring satellite TV to a tablet.
Of course, Alex is right here. Satellite cables are a no-brainer, everyone knows how they work, and they function immediately. In this context, Steffen is also correct that satellite is currently important for resale purposes. Otherwise, TV over the network is still a makeshift solution at the moment.
Personally, I decided against it because I didn’t want a coaxial outlet next to every network socket. I believe that in the future, more and more TV will be delivered over LAN/internet rather than less. If I’m wrong, I will probably have to install coax cables after all, which of course is possible.
Otherwise, I personally like having everything centrally located: TV server, NAS for recordings, etc. I can connect a Raspberry Pi to every network outlet and have TV there with media access and everything. I don’t have receivers cluttering up the place, although many TVs can do this as well, but IPTV from Telekom certainly cannot.
Personally, I decided against it because I didn’t want a coaxial outlet next to every network socket. I believe that in the future, more and more TV will be delivered over LAN/internet rather than less. If I’m wrong, I will probably have to install coax cables after all, which of course is possible.
Otherwise, I personally like having everything centrally located: TV server, NAS for recordings, etc. I can connect a Raspberry Pi to every network outlet and have TV there with media access and everything. I don’t have receivers cluttering up the place, although many TVs can do this as well, but IPTV from Telekom certainly cannot.
I also agree that it’s a personal choice whether to use coaxial cable and LAN or just LAN. There are, of course, Unicable systems (JESS) that reduce the amount of cabling needed for satellite connections, as all outlets can be connected in series. However, the receiver must also support this.
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