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Ethernet
The Definitive Guide
Charles E. Spurgeon
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Ethernet: The Definitive Guide
by Charles E. Spurgeon
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Spurgeon, Charles (Charles E.)
Ethernet: the definitive guide / Charles E. Spurgeon
p. cm.
ISBN 1-56592-660-9 (alk. paper)
1. Ethernet (Local area network system) I. Tit