Do wired router make sense anymore?

I need something to feed my 2 wireless AP and do DHCP distributing with WAN capability, so that I don't have to route extra cat5 and coax through the wall on my living floor, and just keep everything in the basement.(fios tv using cablecard mess)

I browse newegg quickly and wired router cost so much compare to a norm gigE wireless router.. and look so not consumer friendly

 

I'm a bit confused...

If you have FiOS, you already have a router. All you'd need - presuming I understand the situation correctly to begin with - is a hub with several LAN ports. And these are dirt cheap.

What am I misreading?

 

This sounds really case-specific. Of course wired networking still makes sense. It's vastly more reliable and faster, and 10GigE is coming soon so if you have CAT6 you'll be ready. Also Google Fiber will be much happier on a wired network than a wireless one, if you happen to be in one of the few areas it is being rolled out to.

 

I am dumping the "fios router"because it's interface sucks.~~

So, I am essentially just looking for a plain simple gigE router.
and what I find is wired routers with feature me (average consumer) don't need that cost as much as a wireless router.

Not saying wireless can takeover wired.~~

 

Well...you'll need something that will work with FiOS...no recommendation on this end, sorry to say.

 

Fios can use a cat5 out now, so that is non issue. Ignore the fios crap stuff

 

Hmmm....I'm not sure we're quite on the same page here.

Are you saying that you can feed CAT5 out of your ONT straight into *any* router?

 

yes. that is the case. you can check the detail on dslreport.

 

I'll take your word for it, haven't been on that forum in over two years...

With that said, it looks like a pretty simple choice to me:

a) If your needs are modest, pick up an old wired Netgear that you can likely get for cost of shipping, or a few bucks + shipping if you take the ebay route.

b) Should that not suffice, you may want to look into one of the lower-end Adtran Netvanta routers that corporations are getting rid of through feebay liquidators. The only reason why I'm singling Adtran out is because their tech support is U.S. - based and nothing short of excellent even for older items, at least in my experience, and I've dealt with them a lot, although regarding different type of equipment. YMMV.

Happy shopping.