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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Held, Gilbert, 1943
Enhancing LAN performance/Gilbert Held.4th ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8493-1942-0 (alk. paper)
1. Local area networks (Computer networks)Evaluation. I. Title.
TK5105.7. H4383 2004
004.68-dc22 2003063686
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