XPost: uk.telecom.broadband, alt.comp.networking.routers   
   From: harrogate3@ntlworld.com   
      
   On Tue 22/01/2019 14:39, Tony van der Hoff wrote:   
   > On 22/01/2019 13:49, Chris Bartram wrote:   
   >> On 16/01/2019 23:57, 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.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >> Already happened. Google IIRC.   
   >   
   > TP-LINK TL-WR902AC   
   >   
   That's because the original design of that unit is to provide a wireless   
   access point on the end of a cable, to provide wireless to something   
   that does not have the capability, or as a wireless repeater.   
      
   Consequently  it DOES have an RJ45 - I've got two of 'em!   
      
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