I use a flint2 as the router for my 2Gbs internet connection, a Wireguard VPN server and to provide network connectivity for devices in my garage which is where the router lives.

I use the 2.5Gbs WAN/LAN port to uplink it to a switch in my basement where all my cabling terminates and a small rack lives. This switch then provides a mixture of 2.5, 5 and 10Gbs ports.

The point being that the flint2 doesn’t limit me to 1Gbs.