User's Manual

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v1.0, October 2006
About This Manual
This chapter describes the intended audience, scope, conventions, and formats of
this manual.
Audience, Conventions, Formats and Scope
This manual assumes that the reader has basic to intermediate computer and
Internet skills. However, basic computer network, Internet, firewall, and VPN
technologies tutorial information is provided in the Appendices and on the
NETGEAR website.
This guide uses the following typographical conventions:
This guide uses the following formats to highlight special messages:
Table 1-1. Typographical Conventions
italics Emphasis, books, CDs, URL names
bold User input
fixed Screen text, file and server names, extensions, commands, IP
addresses
Note: This format is used to highlight information of importance or
special interest.
Tip: This format is used to highlight a procedure that will save time or
resources.
Warning: Ignoring this type of note may result in a malfunction or
damage to the equipment.