AirMagnet Unveils New Wireless LAN Management Products.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 2003

Mobile 3.0 Suite Includes New Handheld, Laptop and Reporter Products,

22 New Features Include 802.11g Support, Service Level Monitoring

AirMagnet, Inc., the leading developer of wireless LAN administration and assessment solutions, today introduced the third generation of its laptop and handheld-based wireless LAN (WLAN) security and performance management products. The AirMagnet Mobile 3.0 suite -- AirMagnet Laptop "Trio" and AirMagnet Handheld 3.0 -- adds 22 new features, including the industry's most comprehensive support for 802.11g, service level monitoring and assurance for Wi-Fi and voice-over-IP (VoIP), new denial-of-service protection and expanded signal quality and Quality of Service (QoS) assessment. The company also introduced "AirMagnet Reporter," a product that aggregates data captured by the mobile products in any format the user chooses. AirMagnet products perform WLAN troubleshooting, intrusion detection and security policy enforcement for more than 1,500 customers worldwide.

"With the increasing concerns surrounding WLAN security and the proliferation of low cost rogue access points that can easily breach an otherwise secure site, there is a serious need for products that can pervasively and automatically identify related exposures," said Rob Enderle, Principal Analyst for the Enderle Group. "Air Magnet's Mobile 3.0 appears to be a relatively inexpensive way to address this critical need as well as wireless LAN reliability and I believe it to be an indispensable tool for any network manager whether or not they are intentionally operating a wireless LAN."

AirMagnet Laptop Trio

AirMagnet's new Laptop Trio adds 802.11g support to 802.11a and 802.11b, providing users with an integrated view of their entire WLAN environment and the ability to preemptively identify any performance or security issues that may arise in any Wi-Fi band, on any channel and in any country. As customers migrate from .11b to .11g, they may experience a variety of mixed-mode performance problems that AirMagnet can resolve. Independent research firm Dell'Oro Group recently reported that 802.11g-based product revenues rose by 48 percent and accounted for 24 percent of the total market for WLAN products in the 2nd quarter of 2003. Dell'Oro predicts that by 2007, the consumer market will have transitioned from 802.11b to 802.11g and the enterprise market to multimode 802.11a/802.11g(1). Research firm CIR anticipates that 802.11g chipsets will make up 26 percent of chipsets sold in 2003 and grow to 44 percent in 2004(2). AirMagnet's Laptop Trio protects even those companies that decide not to upgrade or support 802.11g from unsanctioned, 802.11g-based "rogues."

Laptop Trio includes 22 new alarms that address the latest threats to wireless security and performance, including:

-- Six alarms that pertain to 802.11g, including the ability to

identify pre-standard 802.11g devices and competition between

802.11b and 802.11g clients that negatively affects

connectivity and lowers available throughput.

-- A new coverage feature that allows network managers to monitor

service levels and ensure that they are in compliance with

service level agreement components, including voice-over-IP

(VoIP) requirements, minimum and maximum user support,

throughput rates and other parameters.

-- A new signal quality tool that detects signal fluctuations and

correctly identifies their sources as malfunctioning access

points (APs), multi-path interference or a range of other

possible problems.

-- The ability to identify multiple SSIDs within a single AP.

This allows WLANs to recognize different classes of users, or

set up multiple functions on a single AP by designating one

SSID for VoIP and one for WLAN data.

-- The ability to identify the latest developments from hardware

vendors, including multiple radios within a single device.

AirMagnet Reporter

AirMagnet Reporter is an optional product for AirMagnet Handheld and AirMagnet Laptop customers. Reporter aggregates information from the AirMagnet mobile products to create 50+ different types of WLAN management reports, including overall network health, security threat summaries, rogue access point logs, critical network outage and performance degradation, bandwidth utilization trends, packet error and re-transmission rate trends, channel RF signal strength and signal-to-noise ratios across multiple frequency bands. Network managers can export reports from their handheld or laptop in all common file formats, including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Acrobat and HTML.

AirMagnet Handheld 3.0

AirMagnet Handheld 3.0 is the latest release of AirMagnet's 802.11b-based solution for PocketPC devices. Handheld 3.0 includes 16 new alarms, coverage and signal measurement tools. The product's small form factor and locator functionality make it the ideal tool for network managers who need to identify the source of network problems, track down rogue APs, and locate interference sources even in hard-to-reach places.

"We've added 159 new customers in the last three months, and every one of them uses our products to solve a different set of problems," said Dean Au, chief executive officer of AirMagnet. "Our experience with a diverse range of customers across multiple market segments has allowed us to stay ahead of the most current challenges IT professionals face in the deployment and operation of WLANs, and we've incorporated all that expertise into our third-generation products."

Pricing and Availability

AirMagnet Laptop Trio starts at $3,495, and AirMagnet Handheld 3.0 at $2,995. AirMagnet Reporter is priced at $1,495. All products are available immediately. For additional information please call AirMagnet at 408-400-0200 or e-mail [e-mail].

About AirMagnet

Founded in 2001, AirMagnet, Inc., provides the most trusted WLAN management and security software systems for the enterprise in handheld, laptop and distributed configurations. Used by IT professionals at more than 1,500 companies worldwide in manufacturing, financial, retail, service, health care, utility, transportation, education and government sectors, AirMagnet solves Wi-Fi connection problems, tracks down unauthorized access, simplifies site surveys, and locks in unprecedented levels of network performance, security and reliability. Unlike traditional packet scanners and protocol analyzers that have been adapted from their original purpose to analyze wired networks, AirMagnet solutions were designed specifically for wireless LANs. Additional information about AirMagnet and its products is available on the Web at www.AirMagnet.com.

AirMagnet (R) and AirWISE (R) are registered trademarks of AirMagnet, Inc. Pocket NOC and the AirMagnet logo are trademarks of AirMagnet, Inc. All other products names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.

(1) As reported in Broadband Business Report, August 26, 2003 (2) As reported in RCR Wireless News, July 14, 2003