On 2023/01/21 14:00, Thomas Dunn wrote: > Hello, > > The man page for ifmedia(4) identifies the media modes defined for IEEE802.11 > Wireless LAN under the heading "MEDIA TYPES AND OPTIONS FOR IEEE802.11 > WIRELESS LAN". > > For better consistency, I suggest changing "TYPES" to "MODES" in this heading. > > Also, back on Oct. 3, 2018, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced "Wi-Fi 4" and "Wi-Fi > 5" as alternative nomenclatures for IEEE802.11 ”11n” and ”11ac” respectively. > This alternative generation-based naming convention subsequently gained > relatively widespread use and popularity. For better clarity, I suggest > updating the descriptions of the corresponding media modes by replacing > "[11n]" and "[11ac]" with "[11n (Wi-Fi 4)]" and "[11ac (Wi-Fi 5)]" > respectively. > > Thank you for your assistance. > > Respectfully, > > Thomas Dunn > > Sent from my iPad
I'm not convinced the marketing names add enough information to this technical page to make such a hash of the column alignment on a standard width terminal as listing them would cause.
