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> scans channels 1-13 in the 2.4GHz band Really? No 5GHz support? US channels only? > LAN network You guys should just say LAN. LAN network is like ATM Machi

> scans channels 1-13 in the 2.4GHz band Really? No 5GHz support? US channels only? > LAN network You guys should just say LAN. LAN network is like ATM Machine.

sengork 9y ago
I guess if one was interested in monitoring traffic of example their mobile phone, one could fix the phone to connect at 2.4GHz only. This would allow a capture to be made using this device. Regardless 5GHz would have been handy to include.
mastax 9y ago
US only goes up to channel 11. Channel 14 is only used in Japan AFAIK.
- aexaey 9y ago
  Channel 14 is only used in Japan ...and even there, only in legacy 802.11b mode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels#ref_C https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels#ref_C
an_account 9y ago
No need to call out “ATM Machine” or “LAN Network”. Repeating the last letter of an acronym in full is common in the English language because it provides clarity, flow, and disambiguation.
- captn3m0 9y ago
  RAS Syndrome is a real thing
- hueving 9y ago
  It is neither providing clarity nor disambiguation. Flow is subjective but I find it really disruptive because I know what the initialism means. Seriously, how many people won't know what you mean when you say, "I need to stop by the ATM," but know what you mean when you add "machine"?
  - jaclaz 9y ago
    Just in case: http://www.acronympolice.org/ http://www.acronympolice.org/ >Section 2: Single Acronym Violations (Punishable by shaking of the head in disgust with a slight grin and/or slightly audible groan or chuckle) 2.1 Single Word Acronym Violations: Single Word Acronym Violations consist of using one of the words contained in the acronym immediately before or after the acronym. An example of this would be ATM Machine. Since ATM stands for “Automated Teller Machine” saying ATM Machine is actually saying Automated Teller Machine machine.
    - dspillett 9y ago
      Maybe the machine is capable of many other tasks but is currently emulating an ATM, in which case it really is a machine being an ATM, or an ATM machine...
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- walshemj 9y ago
  As an English speaker I have never heard of this, best practice in formally written documents is to expand acronyms when first used eg LAN (local Area Network)
  - fhood 9y ago
    Also as an English speaker, you make a good point, which is regrettably obscured by your lack of commas.
    - eeZah7Ux 9y ago
      Honest question - should that comma be a colon in: "Also as an English speaker, you make a good point"?
      - fhood 9y ago
        Maybe, I don't know. As long as something is used for delimiting I don't really mind what it is. I only made the comment because I had to read the sentence three times before I figured out what it was saying.

> scans channels 1-13 in the 2.4GHz band Really? No 5GHz support? US channels only? > LAN network You guys should just say LAN. LAN network is like ATM Machine.

sengork 9y ago

I guess if one was interested in monitoring traffic of example their mobile phone, one could fix the phone to connect at 2.4GHz only. This would allow a capture to be made using this device. Regardless 5GHz would have been handy to include.

mastax 9y ago

US only goes up to channel 11. Channel 14 is only used in Japan AFAIK.

aexaey 9y ago
Channel 14 is only used in Japan ...and even there, only in legacy 802.11b mode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels#ref_C https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels#ref_C

an_account 9y ago

No need to call out “ATM Machine” or “LAN Network”. Repeating the last letter of an acronym in full is common in the English language because it provides clarity, flow, and disambiguation.

captn3m0 9y ago
RAS Syndrome is a real thing
hueving 9y ago
It is neither providing clarity nor disambiguation. Flow is subjective but I find it really disruptive because I know what the initialism means. Seriously, how many people won't know what you mean when you say, "I need to stop by the ATM," but know what you mean when you add "machine"?
- jaclaz 9y ago
  Just in case: http://www.acronympolice.org/ http://www.acronympolice.org/ >Section 2: Single Acronym Violations (Punishable by shaking of the head in disgust with a slight grin and/or slightly audible groan or chuckle) 2.1 Single Word Acronym Violations: Single Word Acronym Violations consist of using one of the words contained in the acronym immediately before or after the acronym. An example of this would be ATM Machine. Since ATM stands for “Automated Teller Machine” saying ATM Machine is actually saying Automated Teller Machine machine.
  - dspillett 9y ago
    Maybe the machine is capable of many other tasks but is currently emulating an ATM, in which case it really is a machine being an ATM, or an ATM machine...
- deleted 9y ago
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walshemj 9y ago
As an English speaker I have never heard of this, best practice in formally written documents is to expand acronyms when first used eg LAN (local Area Network)
- fhood 9y ago
  Also as an English speaker, you make a good point, which is regrettably obscured by your lack of commas.
  - eeZah7Ux 9y ago
    Honest question - should that comma be a colon in: "Also as an English speaker, you make a good point"?
    - fhood 9y ago
      Maybe, I don't know. As long as something is used for delimiting I don't really mind what it is. I only made the comment because I had to read the sentence three times before I figured out what it was saying.