XPost: uk.telecom.broadband, alt.comp.networking.routers   
   From: cl@isbd.net   
      
   MissRiaElaine  wrote:   
   > On 16/01/2019 18:33, Abandoned Trolley wrote:   
   > >   
   > > hi there   
   > >   
   > > I am just wondering what the general view is of the astonishing number   
   > > of wireless routers on the market (both xDSL and cable) which are   
   > > offering wireless connections of hundreds of megabits, but have no wired   
   > > connection faster than 100M.   
   > >   
   > > I realise that most connections are directed toward the internet, and   
   > > that that majority of customers have download speeds less than 100M so   
   > > its not really a problem. However, for anybody using a media server or   
   > > any other service on the LAN there's hardly any point in going wireless   
   > > at all   
   > >   
   > > There must be some rationale for this, apart from plain cost cutting -   
   > > what is it ?   
   >   
   > Apathy. Plus the belief of manufacturers that everybody uses wireless.   
   > I'm waiting for a router to come out with no Ethernet ports at all.   
   >   
   All three FTTC routers I've tried (a D-Link, a TP-Link and a Draytek)   
   recently have had four Gigabit ports, though my old Draytek 2820n has   
   only one Gigabit port and three 100Mb/s.  I think *modern* routers do   
   now tend to have all Gigabit.   
      
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