Are LAN sockets still up-to-date? WLAN/wireless is the future!

The majority of devices used nowadays rely on Wi-Fi and don’t have a LAN port at all...

Sure, if you also connect your washing machine and coffee machine, then naturally many more devices run over Wi-Fi. It also always depends on your own needs. For us, 75% of the devices would be stationary and therefore wired (2x PC, 1x printer, 2x TV/FireTV, 1x stereo receiver, 1x NAS, ...). On Wi-Fi, if it weren’t for the poor LAN situation in the apartment, we would only have two smartphones and one tablet.

As I said, we currently live in a Wi-Fi house. It’s okay, but I would still plan for LAN sockets where possible. In my eyes, Wi-Fi is not a luxury; rather, it’s the LAN sockets that are.

Another factor: with every device connected to the Wifi, a fundamental security risk is added. A Wifi can easily be attacked from outside while a LAN, as always, requires physical access. Not without reason, in larger companies Wifi and LAN are two separate networks and Wifi is only provided for Internet access for guests.

Sure, if you also plug in your washing machine and coffee machine, then of course significantly more devices run over WLAN. It always depends on your own needs. For us, 75% of the devices would be stationary and therefore also wired (2x PC, 1x printer, 2x TV/FireTV, 1x stereo receiver, 1x NAS, ...). In WLAN we would have - if it weren’t for the bad LAN living situation - only two smartphones and a tablet.

As I said, we currently live in a WLAN house. It’s okay, but where possible I would still plan LAN sockets. WLAN is not a luxury in my eyes, rather it’s the LAN sockets that are.

I think you’re right, it’s also an individual thing: all stationary PCs have long been mothballed here. Everyone just uses a notebook or tablet or smartphone around here. I would also want to connect a decent printer in the household to LAN, as well as the TVs in the obvious spots. NAS would go directly into the technical room, so it wouldn’t be a socket in any room...

Another factor: with every device connected to the wifi, a fundamental security risk is added. Wifi can easily be attacked from the outside, whereas a LAN still requires physical access as always.

It is no coincidence that in larger companies wifi and LAN are two separate networks and wifi is only provided for internet access for guests.

I consider the argument irrelevant for the single-family house where no 007 lives. Business is a completely different matter. Even there, many companies often prefer remote wifi work.

Your gamer kids will curse you if you only have Wi-Fi ...

One argument for LAN sockets might be that you can definitely turn off Wi-Fi at night while sleeping, while stationary devices can continue running to, for example, record something on the TV, perform an update, ...