[SchemaLoad]

I agree that gigabit Ethernet is adequate for the type of product this is. But I do find it funny that the Wifi chip on this is very likely capable of 2Gbit. We somehow entered a world where WiFi is typically faster than Ethernet.

[tempest_]

What do you mean some how?

Most people can't or wont retrofit their homes with wired networking. Those that did in the last couple decades likely used cat5/e.

The demand in the consumer space definitely favours advances in wifi.

[zamadatix]

Cat 5e is rated for 2.5 Gbps at the full 100 m. Practically, I've not gotten any frame errors on a 30 m Cat 5e link up for 100 days @ 10 Gbps - but 2.5G is where the cheap consumer products are anyways.

Wi-Fi for gaming is usually plenty fine though, especially if you're not in a very dense area.

[SchemaLoad]

For pretty much all computing history wired has been faster than wireless. And it seems reasonable that high speed wired should be simpler and easier than wireless. It's only just in the last few years the speed of wifi in devices has overtaken wired.

It almost seems silly to even include a wired port when the wifi chip is faster.

[tempest_]

Wired networking is faster than wireless, just not in the consumer space.

Most data center networking is 10s of gigabits on the lower end. People are throwing out 10/40gb hardware at this point. There just isnt any pressure in the consumer space. Most people don't even have 1gb internet connection and that is where they access most of their data.

[SchemaLoad]

It always has been faster in the consumer space too. It's really only just now with MIMO and 160Mhz wifi bands that wifi is faster on most devices than ethernet.