ARC Wireless Solutions' Subsidiary Winncom Technologies Signs Distribution Agreement with Packeteer.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SOLON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2002

ARC Wireless Solutions, Inc. (OTCBB:ARCS) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Winncom Technologies Corp., has signed a Distribution Agreement to become a North American distributor for Packeteer (Nasdaq:PKTR) bandwidth and network management products.

Winncom is a leader in supplying Wi-Fi product as well as wireless LAN/WAN networking systems, data communications infrastructure products, and related software to VARs and system integrators. Winncom also provides a full range of value-added services, including system design, installation, reseller training and certification, and technical support. Through its large network of resellers, Winncom supports a wide range of applications and markets, including wireless local and wide area networking, public area Internet access "hotspots," healthcare, education, the military, industrial automation, data acquisition, and telecommunications, among others.

"Many companies are now realizing that certain applications have considerable impact on network performance and cost," stated Gregory E. Raskin, President and CEO of Winncom Technologies. "As an example, deployers of 'hotspots' must contend with similar problems, as well as with security. A Packeteer-managed network provides improved performance at lower cost. We think Packeteer is the ideal solution for enabling improved performance and enhanced services on wireless networks. Packeteer will be an important part of Winncom's solutions that incorporate security, wireless, VPN, VoIP, and other bandwidth-critical technologies," Mr. Raskin added.

Network security and enhanced services are important considerations today. The ability to manage each user's traffic is key to generating incremental revenue through enhanced services, and Packeteer enables a network operator to offer different levels of service and specific enhanced services like VoIP or streaming video to specific users.

"Winncom's technical expertise, coupled with its focus on delivering end-to-end wireless solutions, makes it a strong partner for Packeteer," stated Jim Baker, Packeteer's Vice President of American Sales. "Using Packeteer solutions will add to the ability of Winncom and its resellers to deliver quality of service and application performance, both of which are contributors to broad adoption of wireless technology."

About ARC Wireless Solutions, Inc.

ARC Wireless Solutions, Inc. is involved in marketing, distributing and servicing, as well as selective design and manufacturing, of a broad range of wireless components and network products and accessories. The Company develops, manufactures and markets proprietary products, including base station and other antennas, through its Wireless Communications Products Division; it is a value added distributor of Wi-Fi and other wireless networking products through its Winncom Technologies Corp. subsidiary; and it designs, manufactures and distributes cable assemblies for cable, satellite and other markets through its Starworks Wireless Inc. subsidiary. The Company's products and systems are marketed through the Company's internal sales force, OEMs, numerous reseller distribution channels, retail, and the Internet. ARC Wireless Solutions, Inc., together with its Wireless Communications Products Division and its Starworks Wireless subsidiary, is headquartered in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. The Company's Winncom Technologies Corp. subsidiary is located in Solon, Ohio. For more information about the Company and its products, please visit our web sites at www.arcwireless.net, www.antennas.com, www.winncom.com and www.starworkswireless.com

This is not a solicitation to buy or sell securities and does not purport to be an analysis of the Company's financial position. This Release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements and assumptions upon which forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations and assumptions will prove to have been correct. See the Company's most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB and Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for additional statements concerning important factors, such as demand for products, manufacturing costs and competition that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations.