<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">I see it as a good thing, as it might promote better placement for WiFi coverage, vs where a tangle of wires is tolerated. The POE option further enhances that angle.<div><br></div><div>An unmanaged POE switch is affordable; if one is technical, then a managed one is not much more.</div><div><br></div><div>As a data point, my five-port home router has only two in use: the WAN port, and one LAN/VLAN port connected to the main household managed switch.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Dec 4, 2024, at 2:22 PM, David Lang via Bloat <bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div class="Singleton"><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br>[SM] Ordered One as well... that said, this is a decent AP package, but will likely not be a general all-in-one router (lack of a modem is likely fine, lack of switch ports less so), especially given the price...<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/bloat/wiki/What_can_I_do_about_Bufferbloat/">https://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/bloat/wiki/What_can_I_do_about_Bufferbloat/</a><br></blockquote><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;">I don't think that will be as much of a problem as you think, most people are all-wireless in their houses nowdays, and small, programmable switches are pretty cheap if you need them.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>