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<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
consolidated  balance sheet,  consolidated  statement of income and consolidated
statement  of cash  flows  included  in the  Company's  Form 10-Q for the period
ending  March 31,  1998,  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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