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US 5,297,138 · App. 07/693,980

Determining physical topology across repeaters and bridges in a computer network

Inventor: Chuck A. Black
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Granted: Mar 22, 1994 Filed: Apr 30, 1991
Inventor
Chuck A. Black
Assignee (at issue)
Hewlett-Packard Company, L.P.

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Patent No.
US 5,297,138
App. No.
07/693,980
Filed
1991-04-30
Granted
1994-03-22
Kind
A