Press Release

WildPackets Announces Aruba Remote Adapter for AiroPeek NX™

WLAN Analyzer Now Easily Launched from RF Director™ Platform

Walnut Creek, CA - September 24, 2003

WildPackets Inc., innovators in advancing network analysis technology, announced availability of the Aruba Remote Adapter for AiroPeek NX, allowing WildPackets’ award-winning WLAN analyzer to be launched from Aruba’s RF Director platform. Aruba and WildPackets worked closely to develop integration between their products. This partnership extends AiroPeek NX’s remote capture and troubleshooting functionality by allowing customers to capture and analyze packets from WLAN switches.

"For some time, we have recognized the value that AiroPeek NX brings to managing centralized wireless LAN architectures," said Keerti Melkote, Aruba co-founder and VP of Product Management and Marketing. "Partnering with WildPackets to incorporate their full spectrum of advanced wireless security and analysis into RF Director was an early priority."

"More and more, Enterprises are demanding better network management information and security. Furthermore, network administrators have increased their focus on packet-level analysis across applications and want a solution that ties into an integrated platform and manages the entire wireless network," said Aaron Vance, wireless and security analyst at Synergy Research Group, Inc. in Phoenix

The Aruba Remote Adapter for AiroPeek NX is available from Aruba Wireless Networks. Aruba also provides support for this adapter, and installation and usage notes by contacting support@arubanetworks.com. Registered AiroPeek NX owners interested in Aruba’s RF Director should contact sales@arubanetworks.com.

About AiroPeek NX

AiroPeek NX allows IT professionals to manage every segment of their enterprise WLAN network with powerful problem detection heuristics and 802.11-specific diagnostic capabilities. For extended networks, AiroPeek NX can receive traffic from one or multiple RFGrabber™ probes to perform Expert analysis, in real- time, on remote segments. Product information and system requirements can be found at http://www.wildpackets.com/support.

About RF Director

RF Director is Aruba's umbrella platform for providing support for Aruba RF management tools as well as third-party RF applications. RF Director provides a single point for all WLAN configuration and policy management and was designed to solve key enterprise headaches related to Wi-Fi deployment. RF Director runs on all Aruba WLAN switches and provides basic switch configuration and management including events, alarms and statistics. Aruba’s RF Director application is free and comes integrated with every Aruba WLAN switching system.

About Aruba Wireless Networks

Founded in February 2002, Aruba Wireless Networks is a privately held wireless networking company based in San Jose, California credited with innovating the first modular wireless LAN switching system. Named one of the "Top 10 Startups to Watch" by Network World, the company develops enterprise-class Wi-Fi switching systems. Backed by top tier venture capital firms, Matrix Partners and Sequoia Capital, the company began shipping its WLAN switching system to customers around the world in June 2003. For more information, visit Aruba Wireless Networks at http://www.arubanetworks.com.

About WildPackets Inc.

Since 1990, WildPackets has been developing affordable tools designed to simplify the complex tasks associated with monitoring, securing, and troubleshooting network systems. WildPackets is committed to bringing better information on more of the network, to more people. WildPackets’ products are sold in over 60 countries through a broad network of channel and strategic partners to a range of enterprise customers, including Cisco Systems, Agilent, D-Link, EDS, Microsoft, Siemens AG, Unisys, Motorola, and Deutsche Bank. WildPackets enjoys strategic partnerships with Agere Systems, Aruba, Atheros Communications, 3Com, Intel, Proxim, SysKonnect, and Symbol Technologies. WildPackets is a member of the Wi-Fi Alliance and WLANA. Information on the company is available at www.wildpackets.com.

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