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Trapeze Networks Standardizes on WildPackets for Wireless VoIP Analysis and Troubleshooting

WildPackets’ AiroPeek enables collaborative analysis, leveraging expertise throughout the organization

Walnut Creek, California, March 14, 2006 - WildPackets Inc., innovators in advanced network analysis, today announced that Trapeze Networks™, award-winning provider of the wireless LAN (WLAN) Mobility System™, has standardized on WildPackets’ AiroPeek VX for wireless VoIP analysis during product development and quality assurance testing. Trapeze field engineers use AiroPeek NX to provide expert network analysis during implementation and troubleshooting of wireless VoIP deployments.

“AiroPeek provides us with an extremely flexible and cost-effective solution for wireless VoIP analysis,” says James Reeves, Vice President of Engineering at Trapeze Networks. “As a software-only solution, AiroPeek is highly portable and affordable, allowing wide distribution and usage across key functional areas, including development, QA, field engineering and support. The collaborative nature of AiroPeek, along with its advanced VoIP capabilities, made WildPackets an easy choice.”

“Trapeze is a cutting-edge, forward-looking company in wireless mobility. We’re pleased that Trapeze has chosen WildPackets as the solution for this important area of their work,” said Mahboud Zabetian, WildPackets President and CEO.

The AiroPeek product line covers the full spectrum of wireless LAN management requirements, including site surveys, security assessments, client troubleshooting, WLAN monitoring, remote WLAN analysis, complete VoIP analysis, and application layer protocol analysis. WildPackets AiroPeek products provide network engineers with the real-time analysis they need to keep WLANs secure and performing optimally.

AiroPeek VX

AiroPeek VX, WildPackets’ Expert Voice over Wireless LAN Analyzer, offers a comprehensive solution for the deployment and maintenance of VoWiFi (Voice over wireless) by providing both wireless and VoIP diagnostics in real time. In addition to its advanced wireless network analytics, AiroPeek VX offers per-call analysis and supports multiple signaling protocols.

AiroPeek NX

AiroPeek NX, WildPackets’ Expert Wireless LAN Analyzer, provides network engineers with the expert diagnostics they need to deploy, secure, and troubleshoot wireless LANs.

AiroPeek SE

AiroPeek SE, WildPackets’ Wireless LAN Protocol Analyzer, is designed to identify and solve wireless network anomalies.

“With AiroPeek, we’ve created a product line of flexible, interoperable products for analyzing wireless networks” says Jay Botelho, Senior Product Manager at WildPackets. “This approach, offering customers a choice of tools while maintaining interoperability, turns out to provide significant value to our customers. For Trapeze Networks, this interoperability enables them to use AiroPeek NX to capture data in the field, including wireless VoIP traces, and send the data back to the development team for in-depth analysis. With AiroPeek VX, the developers use signaling and media analyses on a per-call basis to perform intelligent VoIP diagnosis, including call-playback features that take the guess-work out of estimating call quality, and ‘what-if’ analyses that provide insight into possible hardware configuration changes.”

Trapeze Networks delivers the power of business applications and services to the mobile enterprise workforce. The company's wireless LAN Mobility System enhances productivity, introduces new efficiencies and accelerates business response time by delivering secure mobility for roaming users and sophisticated services for both users and IT, all while offering the lowest total cost of ownership of any WLAN infrastructure provider. Trapeze announced a partnership with Motorola (NASDAQ: MOT) in August 2005, a partnership with 3Com Corp. (NASDAQ: COMS) in August 2004, a partnership with both D-Link and Nortel (NYSE/TSX: NT) in March 2005, and a partnership with Enterasys Networks in May 2005. Trapeze has also been the recipient of eleven industry awards, including InfoWorld's Technology of the Year award for the best WLAN solution in recognition of its product and technology strength. Founded in March 2002, Trapeze has raised $72.5 million in venture funding to date and is headquartered in Pleasanton, California, U.S.A. For more information, please visit www.trapezenetworks.com.

About WildPackets Inc.

Since 1990 WildPackets has been developing innovative, high-quality, easy-to-use and valuable solutions to maintain the health and integrity of critical data-in-motion. From the desktop to the datacenter, wired to wireless, distributed and local, WildPackets products enable IT organizations to monitor, troubleshoot, and secure their network systems. 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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