NETGEAR FVS318 - ProSafe VPN Firewall Router User Manual

About This Manual 1-1
January 2005
Chapter 1
About 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 Web site.
This guide uses the following typographical conventions:
This guide uses the following formats to highlight special messages:
This manual is written for the FVS318v3 VPN Firewall according to these specifications.:
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.
Table 1-2. Manual Scope
Product Version FVS318v3 ProSafe VPN Firewall
Manual Publication Date January 2005
Note: Product updates are available on the NETGEAR, Inc. Web site at
http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/FVS318v3.asp.

NETGEAR FVS318 - ProSafe VPN Firewall Router Specifications

General

Model	FVS318
Category	Firewall
WAN Ports	1
LAN Ports	8
VPN Pass-through	Yes
VPN Tunnels	8
SPI Firewall	Yes
Data Link Protocol	Ethernet, Fast Ethernet
VPN Protocol	IPSec
Compliant Standards	IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u
RAM	8 MB
Flash Memory	4 MB
Power Supply	External power adapter
Network / Transport Protocol	TCP/IP, UDP
Encryption Algorithm	3DES
Features	NAT support, URL filtering, DHCP server, DoS attack prevention
Status Indicators	Port status, power