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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.
Thanks NetGear for your lack of response to this issue as it was in this ever-growing thread where I finally found the 'wireable' solution I will now purchase: the Eero Pro.