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Other mesh networks such as Eero and soon Luma support hard wiring your sattelites. I think its extremely important Netgear Orbi does the same. Especially for those of us who can.
assuming was your first mistake , being shocked it doesnt have it just means you didnt do you homework before purchasing
if you have structured ethernet you dont need any mesh or distributed type devices you just need wireless access points cause they are designed to work over copper its just physics :)