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<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
consolidated   balance   sheet,   consolidated   statement  of  operations   and
consolidated statement of cash flows included in the Company's Form 10-K for the
period ending  December 31, 1997,  and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                        Digital Link Corporation
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