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Preface

About This Manual

Congratulations on your purchase of the NETGEAR® MR814v2 Cable/DSL Wireless Router.
The MR814v2 router provides connection for multiple personal computers (PCs) to the Internet
through an external broadband access device (such as a cable modem or DSL modem) that is
normally intended for use by a single PC.

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.

Typographical Conventions

This guide uses the following typographical conventions:
italics Media titles and URLs.
bold times roman User input.
courier font Screen text.
[Enter] Named keys in text are shown enclosed in square brackets. The notation [Enter] is
used for the Enter key and the Return key.
[Ctrl]+C Two or more keys that must be pressed simultaneously are shown in text linked
with a plus (+) sign.
SMALL CAPS File and directory names.