Why are routers much cheaper than a 4-port network card?

Question

network hardware

The price for the cheapest gigabit pci network card on the market is more than 7k rubles, while the price for the cheapest gigabit router with 4 lan ports is less than 2k rubles.
How to understand this and are there gigabit network cards for 4 ports for 2k rubles?

UPD: I understand that there are expensive routers, and that in terms of functionality, the network card of a cheap router is much worse than Intel for 7k, but excuse me if I need a network card for 4 gigabit ports, then where can I get not Intel, but some huivai, but for 2k?

Answer 1

Question from the series "why can you buy a car from the salon for 520k rubles, and a bicycle for almost 1200k rubles"

under the cut is not advertising, but proof

https://www.lada.ru/cars/granta/sedan/about.html
https://pro-bike.ru/product/specialized-s-works-ae...

As one joke said, "this is how you look at THIS world and THESE trousers!"
So you look at THIS car and THIS bike!
So you look at THIS router and THIS network card!
A network card with 4 ports is a server hardware that is needed only by those who understand why this is needed.
A router for 2k rubles either ceases to be supported by the manufacturer approximately from the moment it enters the market, or it is a Mikrotik, which is well supported, but it saved so much on flash volume that without crutches it is not enough for a simple firmware update.
The number of ports plays not the first role (and often not even the second) in pricing. Important functionality. Characteristics are important. Reliability matters. Support is important.
So you can buy four simple network cards for ~ 500 rubles. per piece and the amount will be 2k.

Answer 2

4 ports means Intel in the majority. (or broadcom)
They also have single-port ones starting from more than 2k.
And you have a direct path to Avito or rather to ebay or Alik
For example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/333907525039?hash=item4db...

Answer 3

understand it as "if you need a four-port router - it will cost you at least 2000 rubles, and if you need a four-port network card - it will cost you 7000 rubles."

Answer 4

Consumer goods tend to be cheaper due to mass production in large batches

Answer 5

Hm... in order not to compare warm with soft, it's worth looking for a router that can ports in LACP, for example. And be surprised at its price.

Answer 6

if I need a network card for 4 gigabit ports, then where can I get not intel, but some huivai, but for 2k?

Usually, the question "where" is answered either "in Karaganda", or a shorter version of five letters :) A four-port network card is a highly specialized server product, in those areas where it is used, the price very often has not even a secondary, but a decimal value: )
A two-rouble five-port router is a Sokhov barn that can only show YouTube for an undemanding user.

Answer 7

Because they are made on completely different chips, the router will not give a bandwidth of 4 gigabit full duplex, and such a network card will give with a guarantee