Press Release

WildPackets Releases EtherPeek™ v4.2

New Version of Industry's Leading Packet Analyzer Provides Multiple Filtering and Decoding Upgrades, More

Walnut Creek, California - August 2, 2001

WildPackets Inc., developers of comprehensive, affordable network and internet management tools, today released a new 4.2 version of EtherPeek that provides upgraded filtering and decoding options that make the feature-rich packet and network analyzer even simpler to learn and use.

"EtherPeek and its 802.11b WLAN counterpart, AiroPeek™, have become preferred analysis tools for a broad range of IT Professionals - from the single network administrator tasked with assuring productivity in a small business environment, to field consultants providing networking support for customers of major Professional Service Providers, to large, geographically-dispersed global enterprise IT groups requiring solid, sensibly-priced tools for deployment of emerging and converging technologies," states Janice Spampinato, WildPackets' Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "EtherPeek and AiroPeek have increasingly sophisticated feature sets housed in a user interface that makes the products accessible and immediately useful to networking professionals at any level of experience."

EtherPeek v4.2 Enhancements (partial list):

• New 3-Pane Decoded Packet Display
• Value Filter Auto-Creation from Decode Displays
• Smart Select Related command ("By Address", "By Protocol", etc.)
• Nodes and Conversations Views Limited to "Top X"
• "Accept Matching" and "Reject Matching" Filter Modes
• New decodes for NNTP and SLP v1 and v2
• Auto-Resize Columns in Capture Windows

About EtherPeek

EtherPeek sets the industry standard for ease-of-use while delivering superior diagnostic and analysis capabilities at an affordable price. Key features include real-time and post-capture packet filtering; plug-ins for expert packet analysis; powerful, real-time decoding with support for all major protocol suites; node, protocol, address, conversation, and filtered packet monitoring statistics; a summary statistics window for baselining key traffic elements; flexible triggers and alarms, and more. iNetTools™ IP test utility suite and EtherHelp distributed packet capture application are included in the purchase price. For complete product information, please visit http://www.wildpackets.com/products/etherpeek.

Pricing and Availability

EtherPeek v4.2 with 1 Year Maintenance = $1,295.00
AiroPeek with 1 Year Maintenance = $2,495.00
LAN/WLAN Analysis Bundle (includes EtherPeek, AiroPeek, NetSense, EtherHelp, iNetTools) $4,695.00

Multi-user site license discounts available. Maintenance owners receive all product upgrades for free. WildPackets product bundles offer significant savings over single product license purchases. EtherPeek v4.2 is available through our domestic and international partners, located through our Partners pages at http://www.wildpackets.com/partners/, through sales@wildpackets.com, and via our on-line store at http://www.wildpackets.com/products.

About WildPackets Inc.

For more than eleven years, WildPackets has been an industry leader in the development of affordable tools designed to simplify the complex tasks associated with designing, maintaining, troubleshooting and optimizing computer networks. Information on the company is available at www.wildpackets.com. WildPackets' Academy courses and Professional Services offerings are visible from www.wildpacketsacademy.com. WildPackets' Network Analysis Expert (NAX) Certification Program details live at www.nax2000.com.