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About This Guide
Major Sections of This Guide
User Guide Conventions
For More Information

About This Guide


This section contains information about the Cisco DialOut Utility User Guide, including document organization and conventions, and where to find more information.

This guide is intended for the person installing, configuring, and using Release 2.0 of the Cisco DialOut Utility. You should be familiar with the Microsoft Windows operating system that you will be using. If you are the system administrator, you should also be familiar with WAN, server, and router planning, implementation, and administration.

Major Sections of This Guide

Table 1   Major Sections of This Guide

Chapter Title Topics Covered

About This Guide

The audience, organization, and conventions of this book

Introduction to Cisco DialOut Utility

An overview of Cisco DialOut Utility—Its features, system requirements, and specifications

Installing and Preconfiguring Cisco DialOut Utility

Installing, configuring, and uninstalling Cisco DialOut Utility

Using Cisco DialOut Utility

Using and reconfiguring Cisco DialOut Utility

Troubleshooting Information

Troubleshooting Cisco DialOut Utility, including timesaving tips and resources for service and support

System Messages

Explanations of the system messages

Changes to Windows Files and Registry Entries

Additional information you might need, including the names of the files installed by Cisco DialOut Utility and changes to the Windows Registry

Sample NAS Configurations for Cisco DialOut Utility

Sample network access server (NAS) configurations

Information for the System Administrator

Troubleshooting information for the system administrator

Table 1 provides a brief description of each chapter in this guide.

User Guide Conventions

Table 2   User Guide Conventions

Convention Description

boldface font

Commands and keywords.

italic font

Command input that is supplied by you.

[     ]

Keywords or arguments that appear within square brackets are optional.

{ x | x | x }

A choice of keywords (represented by x) appears in braces separated by vertical bars. You must select one.

^ or Ctrl

Represent the key labeled Control. For example, when you read ^d or Ctrl-d, you should hold down the Control key while you press the d key.

screen font

Examples of information displayed on the screen.

boldface screen font

Examples of information that you must enter.

<     >

Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, appear in angled brackets.

[     ]

Default responses to system prompts appear in square brackets.

Note

Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to additional information and material.

Timesaver

This symbol means the described action saves time. You can save time by performing the action described in the paragraph.


Caution

This symbol means reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.

Table 2 describes the format conventions used in this guide.

For More Information

You will need your Microsoft Windows documentation.

Your Cisco DialOut Utility includes two quick reference cards to help you quickly install and configure the software. The quick reference cards are located in the Documentation directory of your Cisco DialOut Utility CD-ROM. You can also refer to the Cisco DialOut Utility online help system.


Note      Be sure to read the README.DOC file, Release Notes, and Cisco DialOut Utility Compatibility Matrix for information that becomes available after this user guide is released. The README.DOC file is located in the Documentation directory of your Cisco DialOut Utility CD-ROM. The Release Notes and the Cisco DialOut Utility Compatibility Matrix are accessible from the Cisco DialOut Utility Planner page of Cisco Connection Online at http://www.cisco.com.


If you are the system administrator, you will need the documentation for your Cisco NAS and the Cisco IOS software documentation, including the Telnet Extensions for Dialout supplement.

You might also want to refer to the Cisco Internetworking Terms and Acronyms guide.

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