A person who manages a wide area communications network (WAN). Such individuals are responsible for the configuration, implementation and monitoring of all networking hardware such as modems, DSU/CSUs, routers and switches. See network administrator.
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- Software downloads 2009-08-26
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- Software downloads 2009-05-04
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- Discussion threads 2009-03-25
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- Software downloads 2009-02-06
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- Webcasts 2008-09-30
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
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- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
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- Product reviews 2007-09-06
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- Software downloads 2006-09-20
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- Discussion threads 2006-08-30
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- Software downloads 2005-11-09
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