One USB-C link carries the picture, the peripheral data, a wired network connection and 90W of charge at once. Evetech's CU34E4CW does all four for R7,999, which is why the RJ45 socket on the back of a monitor matters more than it looks.
A monitor's RJ45 socket is the port people notice last on a spec sheet and appreciate most once it is actually wired up. Wired Ethernet through a screen rather than a router-side adapter sounds like a small detail, but it is what lets one USB-C cable replace an entire pile of separate connections at a laptop desk.
One USB-C link from a laptop to the CU34E4CW carries the video signal, the USB peripheral data, a wired network connection through the monitor's RJ45 socket, and up to 90W feeding straight into the battery, simultaneously. Evetech prices this panel at R7,999, and the RJ45 socket on the back is the piece that gets a laptop off Wi-Fi entirely without adding a separate network adapter to the desk.
Each of these is a distinct data path running down the same physical wire, not one feature doing four things.
USB-C's DisplayPort Alt Mode carries the video signal to the panel, while a separate USB data channel on the same cable carries everything connected to the monitor's own USB ports, including the RJ45 network adapter built into the screen. Power Delivery, the same standard used for laptop charging bricks, runs the 90W charge back to the laptop over the same physical connector. None of these three data paths interferes with the others, which is what makes combining them into one cable technically possible rather than a marketing simplification.
A wired connection through the monitor solves a specific problem that Wi-Fi cannot, regardless of how strong the signal reads.
Wi-Fi bandwidth is shared across every device connected to the same router at once, so a video call can visibly degrade the moment someone else in the house starts a large download or a streaming session. Running a cable into the monitor's own RJ45 socket bypasses that contention entirely, since it carries a dedicated signal rather than competing for wireless airtime. It also removes Wi-Fi signal strength as a variable altogether, which matters in a home where the router sits far from the desk or behind several walls.
Getting the network connection working through the monitor is close to plug-and-play on both major operating systems.
Feed a cable from the router, or the wall port it terminates in, straight into the RJ45 socket on the back of the panel, and leave the laptop's own USB-C lead as the only other thing you touch. Neither Windows nor macOS asks for a driver to recognise it; the operating system simply sees a new wired adapter and, in most cases, quietly starts preferring it over Wi-Fi on its own. Where a laptop stubbornly stays on wireless despite the cable being live, open its network settings and disable Wi-Fi outright, or set the wired adapter as the priority connection, since some machines default to whichever link came up first rather than the more reliable one.
For the cable itself, network cables covers lengths and categories suited to a home office run, and the wider wired networking range is worth a look if your router setup needs an upgrade to support a fully wired desk built around the office monitor range specifically.
No. Both Windows and macOS recognise the monitor's RJ45 port as a standard wired network adapter automatically.
In almost all home setups, yes, since it removes shared bandwidth contention and signal strength as variables entirely.
Technically yes, though Windows will usually prefer one connection over the other rather than combining them, so check your network settings if you want the wired connection prioritised.
No. The network pass-through relies on the monitor being powered on, so a fully powered-off screen also disconnects the wired network link.
A standard Cat6 cable comfortably handles typical home office speeds and is the common choice for a desk-to-router run of a few metres up to several tens of metres.
Ready to get your work laptop off shared Wi-Fi? Run a network cable into the monitor's RJ45 port, then let the single USB-C lead handle everything else.
No. Both Windows and macOS recognise the monitor's RJ45 port as a standard wired network adapter automatically.
In almost all home setups, yes, since it removes shared bandwidth contention and signal strength as variables entirely.
Technically yes, though Windows will usually prefer one connection over the other rather than combining them, so check your network settings if you want the wired connection prioritised.
No. The network pass-through relies on the monitor being powered on, so a fully powered-off screen also disconnects the wired network link.
A standard Cat6 cable comfortably handles typical home office speeds and is the common choice for a desk-to-router run of a few metres up to several tens of metres.
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