I'm surprised there have been no responses to this question...
The routers built in to the new XFI gateways are supposed to be pretty good. This would allow me to get rid of the router and it's associated wall wart power supply, and the Ethernet cable between the modem and the router. I do use an Ethernet cable to my streamer rather than Wifi, but I do stream video via Wifi to various parts of the house, so it would have to be equal to my Netgear R7000 for that purpose. Given how much attention everyone pays to the Ethernet components and power supplies, I can't help but think that fewer components, cables and wall warts would be better. The obvious exception would be those people that need switches for extra needed ports.
Hopefully someone can chime in.
The routers built in to the new XFI gateways are supposed to be pretty good. This would allow me to get rid of the router and it's associated wall wart power supply, and the Ethernet cable between the modem and the router. I do use an Ethernet cable to my streamer rather than Wifi, but I do stream video via Wifi to various parts of the house, so it would have to be equal to my Netgear R7000 for that purpose. Given how much attention everyone pays to the Ethernet components and power supplies, I can't help but think that fewer components, cables and wall warts would be better. The obvious exception would be those people that need switches for extra needed ports.
Hopefully someone can chime in.