Ixia's IxChariot Adds Enhanced Wireless & Security Testing Features

Ixia (Nasdaq:XXIA), a leading, global provider of IP network testing solutions, announced today that its release of IxChariot 6.0 introduces a new and easy way to measure the scalability and functional compliance of thousands of traffic policies deployed in a typical network. The IxChariot 6.0 release also provides a unique way to correlate the quality and roaming performance of a wireless link with network application performance and Voice over IP (VoIP) Mean Opinion Score (MOS) test results. These features strengthen IxChariot's lead as the primary network test tool for performance verification of devices and networks under realistic load conditions.

With this release, IxChariot users are now able to freely associate TCP, UDP and RTP payloads with any test script using IxChariot's new "script-embedded payloads" feature. Use of the new script-embedded payloads provides far greater flexibility and realism in testing the ability of content-aware network devices to enforce policies that rely on deep packet inspection. These correlations are especially important because "intelligent" networking devices, such as firewalls or traffic shapers, make traffic forwarding decisions based on deep packet (payload) inspection, and these devices are becoming standard network components.

The IxChariot 6.0 release, in support of its large WLAN testing user community, now includes integrated metrics for key 802.11 parameters, such as the Received Signal Strength Index (RSSI) indicator and the ability to correlate the Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) used in wireless LAN networks with the wide range of enterprise, Internet, and VoIP traffic types. The new 802.11 measurements in IxChariot 6.0 make it possible for users to determine the critical roaming performance of a WLAN switch or Access Point infrastructure while the test station running a standard Windows or WinCE Performance Endpoint is emulating latency and packet-loss sensitive applications, such as VoIP, multicast and streaming video, with or without Quality of Service policies applied.

Other key new features in this release of IxChariot are:

-- Extended peer-to-peer (P2P) script library, including popular eDonkey and Bittorrent client applications

-- New payload script library, including revised HTTP, PoP3, SMTP and FTP scripts that maintain Layer 7 payloads and default destination port numbers

-- MAC 10.3 Performance Endpoint for 32-Bit systems (G4)

To learn more about IxChariot: www.ixiacom.com/IxChariot

Product Now Available: IxChariot 6.0

About Ixia

Ixia is a leading, global provider of high performance IP network testing solutions. Its highly scalable solutions generate, capture, characterize, and emulate network and application traffic, establishing definitive performance and conformance metrics of network devices or systems under test. Ixia's testing solutions are used by Network Equipment Manufacturers, Semiconductor Manufacturers, Service Providers and large Enterprises to validate the functionality and reliability of complex IP networks, devices and applications. Ixia's patented Real World Traffic(TM) Suite addresses the growing need to test applications and networks prior to deployment under realistic load conditions. Ixia's analysis solutions utilize a wide range of industry-standard interfaces, including Ethernet, SONET and ATM, and are distinguished by their performance, accuracy, reliability and adaptability to the industry's constant evolution.

For more information, contact Ixia at 26601 W. Agoura Road, Calabasas, CA 91302; 818-871-1800, Fax: 818-871-1805; Email: info@ixiacom.com or visit our Web Site at http://www.ixiacom.com.

IxChariot, Ixia, and the Ixia logo are registered trademarks of Ixia.

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