ABOUT THIS GUIDE

This guide describes 3Com routers and how to configure them.

Conventions

Table 1 and Table 2 list conventions that are used throughout this guide.

 

Table 1

Notice Icons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Icon

 

Notice Type

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information note

 

Information that describes important features or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

instructions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caution

 

 

Information that alerts you to potential loss of data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or potential damage to an application, system, or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

device.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warning

 

 

Information that alerts you to potential personal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

injury.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 2

Text Conventions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Convention

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

Screen displays

 

This typeface represents information as it appears on the screen.

 

 

 

 

 

Keyboard key names

 

If you must press two or more keys simultaneously, the key names are

 

 

 

 

 

linked with a plus sign (+), for example:

 

 

 

 

 

Press Ctrl+Alt+Del

 

 

 

 

 

The words “enter”

 

When you see the word “enter” in this guide, you must type

 

and type”

 

something, and then press Return or Enter. Do not press Return or

 

 

 

 

 

Enter when an instruction simply says “type.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Words in italics

 

Italics are used to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emphasize a point.

 

 

 

 

 

Denote a new term at the place where it is defined in the text.

 

 

 

 

 

Identify command variables.

 

 

 

 

 

Identify menu names, menu commands, and software button names.

 

 

 

 

 

Examples:

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the Help menu, select Contents.

 

 

 

 

 

Click OK.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Words in bold

 

Boldface type is used to highlight command names. For example, “Use

 

 

 

 

 

the display user-interface command to...”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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