AIRMAGNET AND VIVATO PARTNER ON WI-FI INTEROPERABILITY

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and SAN FRANCISCO, March 17, 2003 - AirMagnet, Inc., the leading developer of wireless network management systems and security assessment solutions, and Vivato, a wireless networking infrastructure company and the creator of Wi-Fi switching, today announced a partnership to allow their industry-leading technologies to interoperate.

"Enterprise wireless LANs are being deployed and integrated into more and more networks, and as the technology becomes more robust and sophisticated, it's important for network engineers to be aware of the best-of-breed Wi-Fi technologies and tools available to ensure a successful installation," said Chris Marco, President of TerraWave Solutions, an authorized distributor for both AirMagnet and Vivato. "AirMagnet helps companies' secure and monitor their network, and Vivato's switch offers a revolutionary Wi-Fi solution for the enterprise. Together, these companies offer a way to easily secure and monitor high-bandwidth Wi-Fi network that can increase productivity and mobility and reduce costs."

AirMagnet and Vivato will work together to allow AirMagnet's award-winning mobile suite of wireless LAN management products to survey and manage the unique radio frequency (RF) attributes of Vivato's Wi-Fi switch products in any environment. Integration with AirMagnet will allow business customers to install, deploy, manage and secure the Vivato switch more effectively.

"AirMagnet's products are extremely valuable for installation, management, maintenance and security of wireless LANs, and have already gained significant traction in the enterprise," said Ken Biba, chief executive officer of Vivato. "We've built a product that changes the parameters of Wi-Fi deployment. This partnership will make it much easier to deploy, manage and troubleshoot wireless LANs in enterprise environments."

AirMagnet's wireless LAN (WLAN) management and security solutions, including the AirMagnet Handheld and AirMagnet Laptop, help companies deploy, administer and secure their wireless networks. Built on the AirWISE intelligent analytical engine, this unique suite of management tools extends the expertise of network professionals by detecting security threats, monitoring network performance and pinpointing and solving WLAN problems. AirMagnet provides the only family of wireless management solutions designed from the ground up to address the unique security, performance and reliability challenges presented by WLANs.

Vivato's Wi-Fi switch provides enterprises and service providers with a new architecture for deploying 802.11 wireless local area networking. Designed to support standard 802.11b Wi-Fi devices, the Vivato 2.4 GHz Outdoor Wi-Fi Switch provides three simultaneous beams of Wi-Fi throughout the coverage area. Its unique PacketSteering™ technology directs up to 33 Mbps of Wi-Fi capacity to active clients through an electronically controlled phased array antenna that creates high gain beams of Wi-Fi. The antenna system and switching electronics of the outdoor switch are integrated into a single flat panel about the size of a plasma television screen.
"Vivato's switch changes the physics and the economics of wireless LANs," said Dean Au, chief executive officer of AirMagnet. "We've attempted to design the most comprehensive set of products available for installation, maintenance and security of wireless LANs. Interoperability with Vivato takes us one step closer to that goal."

About Vivato
Vivato is the inventor and first manufacturer of Wi-Fi switches for enterprises and service providers designed to enable high bandwidth Wi-Fi wireless networks everywhere: in the enterprise, across campuses and throughout metropolitan areas. Vivato is headquartered in San Francisco with a research and development center in Spokane, Wash. For more information, please visit www.vivato.net or call 415.495.1111.

About AirMagnet
Founded in 2001, AirMagnet, Inc. provides complete wireless LAN management and security software systems for the enterprise. Used by IT professionals in the manufacturing, financial, retail, service, education and government sectors, AirMagnet tracks down unauthorized access, locks down approved access points and locks in unprecedented levels of network performance, security and reliability. Unlike traditional packet sniffer and protocol analyzers that have been adapted from their original purpose to analyze wired networks, AirMagnet solutions were designed specifically for wireless LANs. AirMagnet has received financing from the VenGlobal Capital Fund and other private investors. Additional information about AirMagnet and its products is available on the Web at www.AirMagnet.com.