About This Manual; Audience; Scope - NETGEAR FVS318 - ProSafe VPN Firewall Router Reference Manual

Congratulations on your purchase of the NETGEAR
The FVS318 VPN Firewall provides connection for multiple personal computers (PCs) to the
Internet through an external broadband access device (such as a cable modem or DSL modem).

Audience

This reference 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.

Scope

This manual is written for the FVS318 VPN Firewall according to these specifications.:
Table 1-1. Manual Specifications
Product Version
Product Final Assembly Number
Firmware Version Number
Manual Part Number
Manual Publication Date
Note: Product updates are available on the NETGEAR web site at
www.netgear.com/support/main.asp. Documentation updates are available on the
NETGEAR, Inc. web site at www.netgear.com/docs.

About This Manual

FVS318 Broadband ProSafe VPN Firewall .
®
FVS318 Broadband ProSafe VPN Firewall
FA-FVS318-02
1.4
M-10146-01
June 2003
M-10146-01
Chapter 1
About This Manual
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