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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 Machine.

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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.

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"?

Just in case: 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.

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...

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)

Also as an English speaker, you make a good point, which is regrettably obscured by your lack of commas.

Honest question - should that comma be a colon in: "Also as an English speaker, you make a good point"?

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.

RAS Syndrome is a real thing

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.

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

  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

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