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Enterprise Wireless Growth Slow but Steady: Page 9 of 13

• Sprint PCS Vision, Sprint, (800) 480-4727. www.sprintpcs.com

Wireless LAN Analyzer

Winner: AirMagnet Handheld Wireless LAN Analyzer 2.5, AirMagnet, (888)-828-3772, (650) 694-6754. www.airmagnet.com

Organizations just starting out with wireless LANs are often impressed by how well WLANs work right out of the box. But as wireless networks grow, and as users sneak low-cost rogue wireless devices into the workplace, the potential for problems increases rapidly. Without good analysis tools, you're running blind. AirMagnet recognizes this need and has delivered a toolset that gets the job done. Although not as sophisticated as a true protocol analyzer, AirMagnet gives IT managers a high-level view of the health of their wireless networks, providing alerts and alarms for a range of performance and security problems. AirMagnet won't help you fire the guy who installed rogue wireless access or stop the war-driver trying to break into your network, but at least it will help you understand the problems they're causing.

Finalists:

• Yellowjacket WLAN test receiver 3, Berkeley Varitronics Systems, (732) 548-3737. www.bvsystems.com