Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] 802.1q versus 802.1Q

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From: "Coombes, Kenneth" <kcoombes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:06:09 -0500

Hi, I know someone will say “oh brother” and roll their eyes, but I have a hang-up about seeing “802.1q Virtual LAN” (lowercase “q”) in the Ethereal GUI.  May we have this changed to an uppercase “Q” so that it meets 802.1 naming conventions:

 

http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/1/ (see last paragraph under “Additional Information.”)

 

kind regards,

 

Kenneth Coombes

NEC Unified Solutions, Inc.