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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For Marketing: nancy@wildpackets.com
For Sales: sales@wildpackets.com

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WildPackets Completes Acquisition of Net3 Group

Combined company poised for exponential growth in network management market

WALNUT CREEK, California and ST. PAUL, Minnesota - November 20, 2000

WildPackets, 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 they have finalized an agreement to acquire Net3 Group, a software development and professional services company based in St. Paul, Minnesota.

"WildPackets is moving into a new phase, fueled by the broad acceptance of EtherPeek as the packet analyzer of choice for many small, medium and large enterprise customers, by the exponential growth of our training division and by our imminent foray into the wireless packet analysis market." states Mahboud Zabetian, President and CEO. "The Net3 Group acquisition brings the company vital talent and the additional resources necessary to reach our very aggressive product development, professional services and revenue goals for the next three to five years."

Since its inception four years ago, Net3 Group has gained industry-wide recognition for expertise in network analysis and troubleshooting. Knowledge gained by the company from years of consulting and troubleshooting experience led to the development of unique tools such as NetDoppler, ProConvert, NetSense, and the IP Subnet Calculator, which were specifically created to complement the feature sets of protocol and network analyzers.

Net3 Group's founder, J. Scott Haugdahl, brings many years of product design and engineering experience to his new role as Vice President of Analysis Technology for WildPackets. He is also a well-known writer and frequent contributor to industry publications, and the author of "Network Analysis and Troubleshooting", the first book to focus on practical analysis and troubleshooting techniques while avoiding lengthy rehashing of previously well-documented protocol standards.

"Now that the acquisition is complete, we are looking forward to integrating our software and expertise into the WildPackets product family and to having a strong marketing and sales force behind our efforts." says Mr. Haugdahl. "In particular, WildPackets' EtherPeek analyzer will be enhanced to offer the best balance of protocol analysis and expert technology at the most affordable price point in the industry, bar none."

According to a recent study by Infonetics Research, network management hardware and software expenditures in the US will grow to $2.4 billion by 2004. "WildPackets has worked for many years to develop and market superior network management products." posits Janice Spampinato, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "Our acquisition of Net3 Group adds needed dimension to the products we can offer the IT Professional, and moves us into position to capitalize on the anticipated growth in the network management market".

About Net3 Group Products

Net3 Group network analysis enhancement software, which will now be "WildPacket-ized" and sold through the web-based store at http://www.wildpackets.com, includes NetSense ProAnalyst™, an expert packet trace analysis tool, ProConvert™, a trace file conversion utility, NetDoppler™, a powerful tool that performs route discovery, latency tests, and throughput tests to remote hosts, PacketScrubber™, the first product which allows the removal of confidential information from protocol analyzer trace files layer by layer and protocol by protocol, the IP Subnet Calculator™, a freeware utility that assists in assigning IP addresses, subnetting or planning IP networks, and the Network Calculator, which includes the IP Subnet Calculator, the Hexpert Calculator for binary to decimal to hexadecimal base conversion and the Latency Calculator for estimating the time a packet requires to traverse a user-definable network topology.

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

WildPackets, 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 offers award-winning network and protocol analyzers EtherPeek and TokenPeek, WatchPoint and WebStats web monitoring and analysis applications, iNetTools IP test utilities and industry-leading network and protocol analysis training classes. Large enterprise customers that have standardized on WildPackets software and professional services include Lucent NetCare Professional Services, Cisco International BV and Motorola.

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