FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEW EtherPeek v.3.5 for Macintosh

Walnut Creek, California – January 27, 1998 – The AG Group, Inc. ships the
new version 3.5 of EtherPeek for Macintosh, an upgrade to its popular 3.1
version. The award-winning Ethernet network and protocol analyzer adds a
new Summary Statistics window for baselining and monitoring key traffic
statistics to its rich set of capabilities. Key features of the software
include real-time and post-capture packet filtering, Plug-ins for expert
packet analysis, powerful decoding with support for all major protocol
suites (including IP, AppleTalk, Netware IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, NetBIOS, DECnet,
SMB, OSI TARP and more), ProtoSpecs? technology for fine delineation of
packet type, simple “Make Filter” command for address, protocol and offset
filtering creation/modification, real-time utilization statistics for node,
protocol, and filtered packet monitoring, HTML traffic statistics output,
enhanced protocol definitions, and more.

EtherPeek v.3.5 Feature Enhancements

EtherPeek software, designed to make the often complex tasks of
troubleshooting mixed-platform, multi-protocol networks easy, has all the
superior diagnostic and analysis capabilities expected of a full-featured
analyzer. The 3.5 version of EtherPeek, now shipping, includes the
following enhancements:

* New Summary Statistics window to baseline key network data at requested
intervals
* Superior capture performance with new OT Module extension
* Automatic name for ethernet MAC address translation
* Statistics windows now combine and show “All Multicasts”
* Decoder additions, including NetBIOS over TCP/IP and OSI TARP
* Optimized support for PowerBook 3400, 2400 and G3 models
* Power Macintosh G3 Series built-in interface compatibility
* New “Land Attack” plug-in
Land attacks consist of internet packets that can crash many different
operating systems and can originate from a LAN, WAN or the internet.
* Year 2000 compliance
* Enhanced “Name Lookup Options” dialog
* More!

Availability, System Requirements, Training & Pricing

EtherPeek v. 3.5 for Macintosh is now shipping. The EtherPeek 3.5 upgrade
is FREE to all EtherPeek maintenance owners. Owners of EtherPeek versions
3.1.x or earlier can purchase and upgrade to 3.5 for $250.00.

EtherPeek SRP: US $995.00
EtherPeek UPGRADE: US $250.00
EtherPeek 12-month Extended Maintenance: US $250.00
EtherPeek 3-Day OffsiteTraining Class: US $1,295.00
EtherPeek Product+Training Bundle – Corporate Acct. $1787.00
EtherPeek Product+Training Bundle – Education Acct. $1470.00

Minimum Suggested System Requirements:
68040 based Macintosh with 16 Mb of RAM
System 7.1 or higher
Supported Ethernet hardware interface
Color Monitor strongly recommended

EtherPeek is also available for Windows 95 and Windows NT4.0.

About The AG Group, Inc.

The AG Group specializes in the development of powerful, cost-effective
network management software solutions to troubleshoot, optimize and
maintain mixed-platform, multi-protocol environments. We are dedicated to
bringing superior technology, ease-of-use, value and flexibility to the
Network Manager’s desktop. AG Group product offerings include network
protocol analyzers, LAN traffic monitors and internet utilities, as well as
network management training and consulting services.

For more information, visit AG Group’s Web Site (http://www.aggroup.com/)

sheri najafi
marketing manager
the ag group, inc.
2540 camino diablo, suite 200
walnut creek, ca 94596
voice: 800.466.2447, ext. 19
fax: 510.937.2479
mail: sheri@aggroup.com
http://www.aggroup.com/