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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For Marketing: brianne@wildpackets.com
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WILDPACKETS (fka AG GROUP, INC.) ANNOUNCES INTENT TO ACQUIRE NET3 GROUP, INC.

Acquisition will enhance products, product development

WALNUT CREEK, California - September 22, 2000

WildPackets, formerly known as AG Group, Inc., developers of EtherPeek and a leading provider of software tools that deliver real-time, strategic information about an organization's network and Internet presence, announced today that it intends to sign a definitive letter of agreement to acquire Net3 Group, a software development and professional services company. Net3 Group fills a market niche by focusing exclusively on network analysis in the areas of consulting, training, and value-added software. Their current product offerings include NetSense™, ProConvert™, NetDoppler™ and IP Subnet Calculator.

"The acquisition of Net3 Group adds extra dimension to our product offerings, as well as technical expertise that complements our existing development and training resources," states Mahboud Zabetian, President and CEO of WildPackets. "More importantly, it fits with our strategy of enhancing our product mix around our core competencies - packet analysis and packet stream building. Net3 Group's products and services fall neatly in line with our goal of extending our reach to new areas of network management."

The first project resulting from the combined organization will be a NetSense Plug-in for EtherPeek that will add real-time expert client/server and peer-to-peer transaction analysis capabilities to the software.

Scott Haugdahl, President of Net3 Group, says "We have been OEM Partners with AG Group, now WildPackets, for years, and have enjoyed a strong and mutually beneficial business relationship. We couldn't be happier with this intended acquisition, and look forward to making WildPackets an even more viable developer of network and packet analysis tools."

About Net3 Group, Inc.

Net3 Group fills a market niche by focusing exclusively on network analysis in the areas of consulting, training, and value-added software. To that end, they offer on-site network analysis and troubleshooting, hands-on class analysis instruction, and network analysis enhancement software.

Their software is designed to assist users of virtually any protocol analyzer by making it easier to share files (ProConvert™), and by providing a unique perspective on peer-to-peer packet transactions and expert client/server assistance (NetSense ProAnalyst™).

Net3 Group's products also include the IP Subnet Calculator™, a very popular Windows 95/98/NT/2000 freeware utility that assists in assigning IP addresses, subnetting or planning IP networks, and their newest utility, NetDoppler™, a powerful tool that performs route discovery, latency tests, and throughput tests to remote hosts. With NetDoppler, you can easily build a tree of hosts to baseline and discover the bottlenecks in your network.

 

About WildPackets, Inc. (fka AG Group, Inc.)

WildPackets, Inc., formerly known as AG Group, Inc., is a 10-year-old network software company based in Walnut Creek, CA that is privately held by its employees. Our products - high performance tools that deliver real-time, strategic information about an organization's network and Internet presence - lead the industry in innovation and ease-of-use.

Currently, WildPackets offerings include award-winning network and protocol analyzers EtherPeek and TokenPeek, LAN/WAN and Internet traffic monitors WatchPoint and Skyline/Satellite, iNetTools TCP/IP test utilities as well as network management and protocol-specific training classes. Large enterprise customers that have standardized on WildPackets software or have added WildPackets Packet Analysis training to their class schedules include Lucent Netcare Professional Services, Cisco International and Motorola University.

For more information on WildPackets solutions and services, please visit http://www.wildpackets.com.