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LAN Times was a print and online information journal dedicated to covering issues of technology and network computing, including local area network information. The publication was headquartered in San Mateo, California, [1] and published print journals as well as online articles from 1988 to 1999.

The publication featured an online help forum for network administrators, and published a variety of books on computer networking. [2] It was published on a biweekly basis. [3]

It was published by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. until May 1998, when it was sold to CMP Media. [4] [5] Following the change over the ownership the magazine continued to be based in San Mateo, California. [1] The print publication was shuttered in 1999 [6] and lantimes.com was redirected to networkcomputing.com

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