Talk:Medium access control

message: An adress is a descriptor that describes a location within a framework.  If one has knowledge of the framework and its rules, the address is sufficient to locate something.  This is not true of a MAC.  Despite its common usage, a MAC is not an address.  it is an identifier, and a reasonable attempt at a globally unique one.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Enkidofriend (talk • contribs) 21:49, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is it and Address? 

message: The correct form as used in the standards is "MEDIA access control". Whether that's correct grammatically is up for debate in some forum (fora?) perhaps - but not here please.--Snori 19:06, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've searched the IEEE 802.3 (2012) standard and see a handful of "Medium access control" instances and hundreds of "Media access control" instances. I propose we go with the later which would mean renaming the article. ~Kvng (talk) 14:50, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: On the other hand, IEEE 802 (2014) says "medium access control" more than it says "media access control", as does IEEE 802.11 (2016).  I propose we ask somebody at the IEEE which we should use. :-) Guy Harris (talk) 20:53, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: If you're serious, I do have contacts in IEEE Standards that I could ask about this. WP:TITLE basically says we should go by what readers are likely to be most familiar with. On Wikipedia I see 70 instances of "Medium access control" and 180 for "Media access control". On Google, results are more evenly split. ~Kvng (talk) 16:39, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: "Medium" denotes an individual node, whereas "Media" indicates multiple nodes. While it is not incorrect to say "medium" in this context, it is improper. Referring to the "Media Access Control" or "MAC" sublayer is to properly mention its function: to talk to the "media" (as in "many mediums"). I have worked in IT and have held multiple industry certifications, and this is the first time I've seen the single-case word "Medium" used in the name. 71.125.11.157 (talk) 19:56, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: "Medium" denotes an individual medium ("The materials or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass."), whereas "Media" indicates multiple media (plural of medium).  A medium, such as a thick yellow cable, may have multiple hosts attached to it as nodes. Guy Harris (talk) 22:18, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: That is what I said. Yes, a "medium" is an individual piece of material or other such item (wave, signal, etc) that the signal passes to/through/from. Media is the industry term for the collection of items which pass the signal, thus it is known as the Media Access Control layer. For reference, please look at Comptia and Cisco's certifications. Here's information from Professor Messer: https://www.professormesser.com/network-plus/n10-007/access-control/ I hope this helps. 71.125.11.157 (talk) 17:18, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

text: If we agree that medium is singular and media is plural, then our current title would arguably be the preferred title per WP:SINGULAR. In any case, there doesn't appear to be a clear consensus to change the title. ~Kvng (talk) 14:33, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is it Media or Medium Access Control Layer? 

message: I felt certain before reading this article that all forms of reliability insurance measures were the alotted responsibility of the Logical Link Control sublayer of the Data link layer, rather than of the MAC layer. If I'm right, shouldn't the point on error detection and correction by means of checksum verification belong in the article on the Logical Link Control sublayer?
- Dominio
: I think I found the precise information. See my contrib. Regards. Gtabary 13:44, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Checksum verification in the MAC sublayer? 

message: The statement "the MAC address is not actually handled in the MAC layer" seems suspect. Is there a reference for this? I have seen hardware that directly contradicts this (Look at the altera TSE which runs at 1G for instance). Also letting the hardware handle address filtering doesn't preclude the use of software ARP.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.215.48.7 (talk) 15:28, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Function of MAC (controller)

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