docs: fix typos and common misspellings (#1668)

2019-03-10 20:15:25 +01:00 · 2019-03-10 20:15:25 +01:00 · 170c494f40
commit 170c494f40
parent e8b37b2d7c
51 changed files with 74 additions and 74 deletions
--- a/docs/dev/basics.rst
+++ b/docs/dev/basics.rst
@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ rerun
 `make update` also applies the patches that can be found in the directories found in
 `patches`; the resulting branch will be called `patched`, while the commit specified in `modules`
-can be refered to by the branch `base`.
+can be referred to by the branch `base`.
-After new patches have been commited on top of the `patched` branch (or existing commits
+After new patches have been committed on top of the `patched` branch (or existing commits
 since the base commit have been edited or removed), the patch directories can be regenerated
 using
--- a/docs/dev/hardware.rst
+++ b/docs/dev/hardware.rst
@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ target supports *per-default rootfs*).
 Configuration
 '''''''''''''
-The ``config`` command allows to add arbitary target-specific OpenWrt configuration
+The ``config`` command allows to add arbitrary target-specific OpenWrt configuration
 to be emitted to ``.config``.
 Notes
--- a/docs/dev/packages.rst
+++ b/docs/dev/packages.rst
@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Feature flags provide a convenient way to define package selections without
 making it necessary to list each package explicitly.
 The main feature flag definition file is ``package/features``, but each package
-feed can provide additional defintions in a file called ``features`` at the root
+feed can provide additional definitions in a file called ``features`` at the root
 of the feed repository.
 Each flag *$flag* without any explicit definition will simply include the package
--- a/docs/dev/web/config-mode.rst
+++ b/docs/dev/web/config-mode.rst
@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Config Mode
 ===========
 The `Config Mode` consists of several modules that provide a range of different
-condiguration options:
+configuration options:
 gluon-config-mode-core
    This modules provides the core functionality for the config mode.
--- a/docs/dev/web/model.rst
+++ b/docs/dev/web/model.rst
@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ Classes and methods
    - *Form:write* ()
-      Is called after the form has beed submitted (but only if the data is valid). It
+      Is called after the form has been submitted (but only if the data is valid). It
      is called last (after all options' *write* methods) and is usually used
      to commit changed UCI packages.
      The default implementation of *write* doesn't do anything, but it can be
      overridden.
-  - *Section* (usually instanciated through *Form:section*)
+  - *Section* (usually instantiated through *Form:section*)
    - *Section:option* (*type*, *id*, *title*, *description*)
--- a/docs/features/monitoring.rst
+++ b/docs/features/monitoring.rst
@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Information to be announced is currently split into three categories:
    interfaces. This data can be used to determine the network topology.
 All categories will have a ``node_id`` key. It should be used to
-relate data of different catagories.
+relate data of different categories.
 Accessing Node Information
 --------------------------
@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ The supported requests are:
 gluon-neighbour-info
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The programm `gluon-neighbour-info` can be used to retrieve
+The program `gluon-neighbour-info` can be used to retrieve
 information from other nodes.
 ::
--- a/docs/features/multidomain.rst
+++ b/docs/features/multidomain.rst
@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ domain.conf only variables
   -  prefix4
   -  extra_prefixes6
-  To prevent accidential bridging of different domains, all meshing
+-  To prevent accidental bridging of different domains, all meshing
-   technologies should be seperated:
+   technologies should be separated:
   -  domain_seed (wired mesh)
--- a/docs/features/private-wlan.rst
+++ b/docs/features/private-wlan.rst
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Private WLAN
 ============
-It is possible to set up a private WLAN that bridges the WAN port and is seperated from the mesh network.
+It is possible to set up a private WLAN that bridges the WAN port and is separated from the mesh network.
 Please note that you should not enable ``mesh_on_wan`` simultaneously.
 The private WLAN can be enabled through the config mode if the package ``gluon-web-private-wifi`` is installed.
--- a/docs/features/wired-mesh.rst
+++ b/docs/features/wired-mesh.rst
@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Wired mesh encapsulation
 Since version 2018.1, Gluon supports encapsulating wired mesh traffic in
 `VXLAN <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Extensible_LAN>`_, a new standard with
-usecases similar to VLANs, but a much greater ID space of 24bit; in addition, VXLAN
+use cases similar to VLANs, but a much greater ID space of 24bit; in addition, VXLAN
 packets pass through VLAN-aware switches without any special configuration.
 Encapsulating mesh traffic has two advantages:
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Welcome to Gluon
 ================
-Gluon is a modular framework for creating OpenWrt-based firmwares for wireless mesh nodes.
+Gluon is a modular framework for creating OpenWrt-based firmware images for wireless mesh nodes.
-Several Freifunk communities in Germany use Gluon as the foundation of their Freifunk firmwares.
+Several Freifunk communities in Germany use Gluon as the foundation of their Freifunk firmware.
 .. toctree::
--- a/docs/package/gluon-config-mode-domain-select.rst
+++ b/docs/package/gluon-config-mode-domain-select.rst
@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ the node will be placed in. If the selection has changed the upgrade scripts in
 ``/lib/gluon/upgrade/`` are triggered to update the nodes configuration.
 Hiding domains could be useful for default or testing domains, which should not
-be accidentally selected by a node operater.
+be accidentally selected by a node operator.
 domains/\*.conf
 ---------------
--- a/docs/package/gluon-radv-filterd.rst
+++ b/docs/package/gluon-radv-filterd.rst
@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Selected router
 ---------------
 The router selection mechanism is independent from the batman-adv gateway mode.
-In contrast, the device originating the router advertisment could be any router
+In contrast, the device originating the router advertisement could be any router
 or client connected to the mesh, as radv-filterd captures all router
 advertisements originating  from it. All nodes announcing router advertisement
 **with** a default lifetime greater than 0 are being considered as candidates.
--- a/docs/package/gluon-scheduled-domain-switch.rst
+++ b/docs/package/gluon-scheduled-domain-switch.rst
@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ in time. This is needed for switching between incompatible transport
 protocols (e.g. 802.11s and IBSS or VXLAN).
 Nodes will switch when the defined *switch-time* has passed. In case the node was
-powered off while this was supposed to happen, it might not be able to aquire the
+powered off while this was supposed to happen, it might not be able to acquire the
 correct time. In this case, the node will switch after it has not seen any gateway
 for a given period of time.
--- a/docs/package/gluon-web-admin.rst
+++ b/docs/package/gluon-web-admin.rst
@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ gluon-web-admin
 This package allows the user to set options like the password for ssh access
 within config mode. You can define in your ``site.conf`` whether it should be
-possible to access the nodes via ssh with a password or not and what the mimimum
+possible to access the nodes via ssh with a password or not and what the minimum
 password length must be.
 site.conf
--- a/docs/releases/v2014.3.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2014.3.rst
@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ and slowly increase to 1 until ``PRIORITY`` days have passed. From then, the pro
 be configured in ``site.conf``. If the autoupdater is unable to determine the correct time, it will fall back to
 a behavior similar to the old implementation (i.e. hourly update attempts).
-Seperation of announced data
+Separation of announced data
 ----------------------------
 The data announced by alfred has been split into two data types:
@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ which allows simple configuration of batman-adv on the WAN interface.
 Site validators
 ---------------
-The content of the ``site.conf`` is now validated when the images are built to make it less likely to accidentially
+The content of the ``site.conf`` is now validated when the images are built to make it less likely to accidentally
 build broken images.
 gluon-firewall
--- a/docs/releases/v2014.4.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2014.4.rst
@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ See the *Site changes* section for details.
 Experimental support for batman-adv compat 15
 ---------------------------------------------
-As batman-adv has broken compatiblity starting with batman-adv 2014.0
+As batman-adv has broken compatibility starting with batman-adv 2014.0
 (bumping the "compat level" to 15), Gluon users must decide which
 batman-adv version to use. The package for the old batman-adv version
 ``gluon-mesh-batman-adv`` has been renamed to ``gluon-mesh-batman-adv-14``,
--- a/docs/releases/v2015.1.2.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2015.1.2.rst
@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Bugfixes
 ~~~~~~~~
 * Fix download of OpenSSL during build because of broken OpenSSL download servers (again...)
-* Fix another ABI incompatiblity with the upstream kernel modules which prevented loading some filesystem-related modules
+* Fix another ABI incompatibility with the upstream kernel modules which prevented loading some filesystem-related modules
 * Fix potential MAC address conflicts on x86 target when using mesh-on-wan/lan
 * Fix signal strength indicators on TP-LINK CPE210/510
 * Fix the model name string on some NETGEAR WNDR3700v2
--- a/docs/releases/v2015.1.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2015.1.rst
@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ All config and expert mode modules contain both English and German texts now. Th
 locale should always be enabled in ``site.mk`` (as English is the fallback language),
 German can be enabled in addition using the ``GLUON_LANGS`` setting.
-The language shown is autmatically determined from the headers sent by the user's
+The language shown is automatically determined from the headers sent by the user's
 browser.
 Mesh-on-LAN
@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ the WLAN adapters' transmission power can be changed in this package.
 fastd "performance mode"
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 The new package `gluon-luci-mesh-vpn-fastd` allows the user to switch between the `security` and
-`performance` VPN settions. In `performance mode`, the method `null` will be prepended to the
+`performance` VPN sections. In `performance mode`, the method `null` will be prepended to the
 method list.
 The new option ``configurable`` in the ``fastd_mesh_vpn`` section of ``site.conf`` must be set to `true`
@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ ffmap backend has been adjusted accordingly.
 Nested peer groups
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 Nested peer groups for the `fastd-mesh-vpn-fastd` package can now be configured in ``site.conf``,
-each with its own peer limit. This allows to add additional constaints, for example to connect
+each with its own peer limit. This allows to add additional constraints, for example to connect
 to 2 peers altogether, but only 1 peer in each data center.
 Autoupdater manual branch override
--- a/docs/releases/v2016.1.1.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2016.1.1.rst
@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ Build
 Don't overwrite the opkg repository key on each build.
-AirOS 5.6.x compatiblity
+AirOS 5.6.x compatibility
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 Downgrading to AirOS 5.5.x before flashing Gluon on Airmax M XM/XW devices
 (NanoStation, Bullet, ...) is not necessary anymore.
@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ Downgrading to AirOS 5.5.x before flashing Gluon on Airmax M XM/XW devices
 Status page
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
-* Fix purging of disappered neighbours from the list
+* Fix purging of disappeared neighbours from the list
 * Don't clear the signal graphs when scrolling in mobile browsers
-* Improve browser compability (don't assume the Internationalization API is available,
+* Improve browser compatibility (don't assume the Internationalization API is available,
  fixes the display of numbers in Firefox for Android)
 Config mode
@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Known Issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd/announced API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2016.1.2.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2016.1.2.rst
@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Known Issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2016.1.3.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2016.1.3.rst
@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Known Issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2016.1.4.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2016.1.4.rst
@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Known Issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2016.1.5.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2016.1.5.rst
@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Known Issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2016.1.6.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2016.1.6.rst
@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Known Issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2016.1.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2016.1.rst
@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ New features
 Kernel module opkg repository
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-We've not been able to keep ABI compatiblity with the kernel of the official OpenWrt images.
+We've not been able to keep ABI compatibility with the kernel of the official OpenWrt images.
 Therefore, Gluon now generates an opkg repository with modules itself.
 The repository can be found at `output/modules/` by default, the image output directory has
@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ Known Issues
 * batman-adv causes stability issues for both alfred and respondd/announced (`#177 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/177>`_)
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd/announced API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2016.2.1.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2016.2.1.rst
@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Known Issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2016.2.2.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2016.2.2.rst
@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Known Issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2016.2.3.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2016.2.3.rst
@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Known Issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2016.2.4.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2016.2.4.rst
@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Known Issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2016.2.5.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2016.2.5.rst
@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Known Issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2016.2.6.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2016.2.6.rst
@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Known Issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2016.2.7.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2016.2.7.rst
@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Known Issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2016.2.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2016.2.rst
@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ Known Issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2017.1.1.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2017.1.1.rst
@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Known issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2017.1.2.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2017.1.2.rst
@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Known issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2017.1.3.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2017.1.3.rst
@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Bugfixes
  CVE-2017-14492, CVE-2017-14493, CVE-2017-14494, 2017-CVE-14495 and
  2017-CVE-14496
-  While many of the most severe (remote code execution) vulnarabilities are in
+  While many of the most severe (remote code execution) vulnerabilities are in
  the DHCP component of dnsmasq, which is not active on a Gluon node unless in
  Config Mode, CVE-2017-14491 does affect us. An attacker can cause memory
  corruption and possibly remote code execution by deploying a malicious DNS
@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Known issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2017.1.4.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2017.1.4.rst
@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Known issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2017.1.5.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2017.1.5.rst
@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Known issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2017.1.6.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2017.1.6.rst
@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Known issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2017.1.7.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2017.1.7.rst
@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Known issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2017.1.8.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2017.1.8.rst
@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Bugfixes
  and a number of other minor issues)
  The listed bugs could lead to high rates of batman-adv management traffic
-  (causing considerable load), trigger warnings about packet checksum failues
+  (causing considerable load), trigger warnings about packet checksum failures
  in certain non-standard interface configurations, and possibly other issues.
@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Known issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2017.1.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2017.1.rst
@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ x86-generic
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
 The *x86-kvm* and *x86-xen_domu* targets have been removed; the *x86-generic*
-images now support these usecases as well, so no separate targets are needed
+images now support these use cases as well, so no separate targets are needed
 anymore.
 x86-geode
@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ Known issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2018.1.1.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2018.1.1.rst
@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Known issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2018.1.2.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2018.1.2.rst
@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Known issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2018.1.3.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2018.1.3.rst
@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Known issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2018.1.4.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2018.1.4.rst
@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Bugfixes
 * Fix unintended difference between autoupdater version comparison and dpkg/opkg
  Alphanumeric characters were considered less than end-of-string, when the
-  intended bahaviour (as implemented by dpkg and opkg) is that only ``~`` is
+  intended behaviour (as implemented by dpkg and opkg) is that only ``~`` is
  less than end-of-string. This broke relations like the following:
  * ``1.0`` < ``1.0a``
@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Known issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2018.1.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2018.1.rst
@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ anymore.
 Filtering IGMP/MLD queries directed towards the mesh ensures that each node becomes the multicast querier
 for its own clients (unless there are other multicast-aware switches connected to the node), rather
 than electing a single, basically arbitrary node in the mesh to become the querier. Overall,
-this should significantly improve the reliablity of multicast in the mesh. This is especially
+this should significantly improve the reliability of multicast in the mesh. This is especially
 important for IPv6, as the IPv6 Neighbour Discovery Protocol (NDP) is based on local multicast.
 See also the documentation of the :ref:`site.conf mesh section <user-site-mesh>`.
@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ Public key in respondd data (optional)
 ======================================
 If desired, the fastd public key of a node can be included in the respondd nodeinfo data,
-faciliating the correlations of VPN peers and nodes. As the VPN key is transmitted unencrypted
+facilitating the correlations of VPN peers and nodes. As the VPN key is transmitted unencrypted
 in the fastd handshake, this would theoretically allow an ISP to determine which nodes
 are operated behind which internet line. Therefore, this feature must be enabled explicitly
 by setting *mesh_vpn.pubkey_privacy* to ``false`` in *site.conf*.
@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ Known issues
 * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
-  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/releases/v2018.2.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v2018.2.rst
@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ Known issues
  disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
  This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected
-  (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
+  (like VMware when promiscuous mode is disallowed).
 * Inconsistent respondd API
  (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
--- a/docs/user/faq.rst
+++ b/docs/user/faq.rst
@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Consider these key values:
 - Payload: Allow for the transport of IPv6 packets, by adhering to the minimum MTU
  of 1280 Byte specified in RFC 2460
  - and configure `MSS clamping`_ accordingly,
-  - and announce your link MTU via Router Advertisments and DHCP
+  - and announce your link MTU via Router Advertisements and DHCP
  .. _MSS clamping: https://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Adv-Routing-HOWTO/lartc.cookbook.mtu-mss.html
@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ For reference, the complete MTU stack looks like this:
 Minimum MTU
 -----------
-Calculcate the minimum transport MTU by adding the encapsulation overhead to the
+Calculate the minimum transport MTU by adding the encapsulation overhead to the
 minimum payload MTU required. This is the lowest recommended value, since going
 lower would cause unnecessary fragmentation for clients which respect the announced
 link MTU.
--- a/docs/user/getting_started.rst
+++ b/docs/user/getting_started.rst
@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ GLUON_PRIORITY
 GLUON_REGION
  Some devices (at the moment the TP-Link Archer C7) contain a region code that restricts
  firmware installations. Set GLUON_REGION to ``eu`` or ``us`` to make the resulting
-  images installable from the respective stock firmwares.
+  images installable from the respective stock firmware.
 GLUON_RELEASE
  Firmware release number: This string is displayed in the config mode, announced
--- a/docs/user/site.rst
+++ b/docs/user/site.rst
@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ site_code
 domain_seed
    32 bytes of random data, encoded in hexadecimal, used to seed other random
    values specific to the mesh domain. It must be the same for all nodes of one
-    mesh, but should be different for firmwares that are not supposed to mesh with
+    mesh, but should be different for firmware that is not supposed to mesh with
    each other.
    The recommended way to generate a value for a new site is:
@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ wifi24 \: optional
    don't want users to connect to this mesh-SSID, so use a cryptic id that no
    one will accidentally mistake for the client WiFi.
-    ``ibss`` requires two parametersr: ``ssid`` (a string) and ``bssid`` (a MAC).
+    ``ibss`` requires two parameters: ``ssid`` (a string) and ``bssid`` (a MAC).
    An optional parameter ``vlan`` (integer) is supported.
    Both ``mesh`` and ``ibss`` accept an optional ``mcast_rate`` (kbit/s) parameter for
@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ mesh
      throughput is at least 1500 kbit/s faster than the throughput of the
      currently selected gateway. 
-    For details on determining the threshhold, when to switch to a new gateway,
+    For details on determining the threshold, when to switch to a new gateway,
    see `batctl manpage`_, section "gw_mode".
    .. _batctl manpage: https://www.open-mesh.org/projects/batman-adv/wiki/Gateways
@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ Feature flags
 With the addition of more and more features that interact in complex ways, it
 has become necessary to split certain packages into multiple parts, so it is
-possible to install just what is needed for a specific usecase. One example
+possible to install just what is needed for a specific use case. One example
 is the package *gluon-status-page-mesh-batman-adv*: There are batman-adv-specific
 status page components; they should only be installed when both batman-adv and
 the status page are enabled, making the addition of a specific package for this