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WildPackets Upgrades Omni Platform

New Releases Enhance Distributed Wireless and Security Features

Walnut Creek, California, November 16, 2005 – WildPackets Inc., celebrating 15 years of advanced network analysis innovation, today released Omni v3.1 distributed enterprise network analysis platform. Omni delivers the ability to troubleshoot and optimize distributed networks from a central location in real time, deploy and maintain VoIP and wireless infrastructure, and ensure the performance of applications that run across the network. The new release includes significant enhancements for wireless monitoring and analysis and supports the establishment and enforcement of wireless network security policies.

In addition to WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) decryption support, OmniPeek now allows users to decrypt network traffic using a WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) pre-shared key. This allows OmniPeek to decode and decrypt wireless traffic and perform application layer analysis. The Visual Expert within Omni has also been enhanced to include a “What If” view estimating effects of changing network and application parameters on network performance. Other robust features designed to simplify analysis include an updated security audit template, GPS support, noise measurement, and more.

“Wireless networks are an integral extension of wired networks,” says Dovid Coplon, director of product management for WildPackets. “With the Omni platform, customers have a solution for all of their network analysis needs across their distributed, multiple topology network, with the ease of either central or portable analysis."

About Omni

The Omni enterprise network analysis platform gives network engineers real-time visibility into every part of the network—including Gigabit, 10/100, 802.11 wireless, VoIP, and WAN links to remote offices. Using Omni’s centralized console, distributed engines, and expert analysis, engineers can rapidly troubleshoot faults and fix problems, restoring essential services and maximizing network uptime. Of all network analysis consoles available today, only OmniPeek enables network engineers to monitor multiple parts of the network simultaneously and independently—an important capability when engineers know there’s a problem but not where it is.

Flexibility

Another unique value for WildPackets customers is its WildPackets Developer Network (WPDN), a community of developers who build upon the powerful and flexible nature of WildPackets architecture. Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Software Developer Kits (SDKs), and extensibility tools are available to support developers in integrating data from WildPackets software into their own unique network analysis applications and processes. Visit http://wpdn.wildpackets.com.

About WildPackets Inc.

WildPackets develops solutions that provide more network information to more people, increasing both productivity and the integrity of data in motion. Sold in over 60 countries through a broad network of channel and strategic partners, WildPackets products are deployed in all industrial sectors, including 80% of the Fortune 1000. For further information, please visit www.wildpackets.com.

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