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WildPackets Debuts Industry’s First VoWiFi Expert Analyzer at Wi-Fi Planet

AiroPeek VX™ Combines Voice and Network Analysis in One Solution

Walnut Creek, CA - June 8, 2004

WildPackets Inc., innovators in advanced network services fault analysis, today announced AiroPeek VX, a Voice over wireless (VoWiFi) and WLAN analyzer. AiroPeek VX addresses the specific requirements of 802.11 traffic, providing both WLAN and VoIP diagnostics in real-time in one solution.

AiroPeek VX targets a market that is experiencing the convergence of two powerful trends in networking - the increasing popularity of WiFi, and the rapid adoption of VoIP. As enterprises realize the benefits of ubiquitous connectivity through their WLANs, they are beginning to deploy mission-critical Voice over IP applications on their networks to gain operational efficiency and lower costs. AiroPeek VX supports these goals by increasing network uptime and improving find-to-fix times for wireless network and VoIP problems. AiroPeek VX meets the needs of field service, product development, support, and network administrators for troubleshooting VoIP problems and verifying Quality of Service (QoS) on wireless networks.

AiroPeek VX follows on the heels of the EtherPeek VX roll-out at Networld+Interop Las Vegas last month. "When we demonstrated our VoIP technology for Ethernet networks, we received tremendous interest in a similar product for WLANs," stated Scott Haugdahl, Chief Technology Officer for WildPackets. "With our modular technology, deploying VoIP capability on various topologies is relatively straightforward. Analyzing VoIP in wireless during proof-of-concept, roll out, and on-going operation is critical, as there are even more variables that can affect the voice quality and service level compared to wired networks."

About AiroPeek VX

AiroPeek VX can analyze up to 100 open calls simultaneously, without requiring any expensive hardware, to provide unsurpassed value for post-deployment analysis. The product provides per-call analytics and supports multiple signaling protocols. The media plane analysis looks at packet-level details of RTP and RTCP streams and evaluates packet delay variations, packet loss, jitter, and provides passive MOS scores for each call. In addition to these objective quality metrics, AiroPeek VX includes a comprehensive call playback mechanism to allow subjective VoIP quality assessment. This unique feature allows users to playback calls with varying jitter, and thereby provides an easy way to gauge the impact of changing network resources on call quality.

About WildPackets Inc.

Since 1990, WildPackets has been advancing the science of network fault analysis. From the desktop to the datacenter, from wireless LANs to Gigabit backbones, on local segments and across distributed networks, WildPackets products enable IT organizations to quickly find and fix problems affecting mission-critical network services. WildPackets products are sold in over 60 countries through a broad network of channel and strategic partners. Customers across all industrial sectors use WildPackets products including Agilent, Cisco Systems, Comcast, EDS, Microsoft, Siemens AG, Unisys, Motorola, and Deutsche Bank. Strategic partners include Aruba, Atheros, Cisco, 3Com, Intel and Symbol Technologies. On the Net: www.wildpackets.com.

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