About This Manual 1-1
v1.1, October 2006
Chapter 1About This Manual
This chapter describes the intended audience, scope, conventions, and formats of this manual.

Audience, Scope, Conventions, and Formats

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.
This guide uses the following typographical conventions:
This guide uses the following formats to highlight special messages:
This manual is written for the DG834 ADSL Modem Router according to these specifications:
Table1 -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.
Table 1-2. Manual Scope
Product Version DG834 ADSL Modem Router
Manual Publication Date October 2006
Note: Product updates are available on the NETGEAR, Inc. Web site at
http://kbserver.netgear.com.