Xirrus Enhances World’s Most Popular Wi-Fi Gadgets / Widgets

Xirrus, Inc., the only Wi-Fi “Power-Play” that can replace Ethernet workgroup switches with Wi-Fi as the primary network connection, announced today a new release of its highly popular Wi-Fi Monitor utility, available as both a Windows Vista gadget and Windows XP widget. Gadgets and widgets are simple, mini-applications that run on a user’s computer desktop and provide quick access to useful information and functions.

The new 1.1 version of the Xirrus Wi-Fi Monitor includes support for:

— 802.11n, the new high performance Wi-Fi specification with 300Mbps speeds and above

— Locate (Geiger counter) mode, for visually and audibly locating Wi-Fi networks

— Laptop Wi-Fi control (Connect/Disconnect and Enable/Disable) direct from the utility

— Eight new color skins

The Xirrus Wi-Fi Monitor enables users to monitor, secure, and troubleshoot Wi-Fi networks quickly and easily. With a simple, graphical display, the Wi-Fi Monitor provides useful at-a-glance Wi-Fi information on the user’s desktop, plus an additional rich level of details about available Wi-Fi networks.

Practical applications for the Xirrus Wi-Fi Monitor include:

— Searching for Wi-Fi networks

— Verifying Wi-Fi coverage

— Locating Wi-Fi devices

— Viewing and controlling laptop Wi-Fi settings

— Detecting rogue APs

— Aiming Wi-Fi antennas

— Education on Wi-Fi

Since their initial introduction in late 2007, the Xirrus Wi-Fi Monitor tools have become the most popular of their kind, with well over 400,000 downloads worldwide. The Xirrus Wi-Fi Monitor is available on Windows Vista, Windows XP, and MacOS platforms.

The Xirrus Wi-Fi Monitor tools can be downloaded from the following websites:

— All versions: Xirrus website at www.xirrus.com/library/wifitools.php

— Windows Vista Gadget: Microsoft Live Gallery at gallery.live.com, search for “Xirrus”

— Windows XP and MacOS: Yahoo! Widget Gallery at widgets.yahoo.com, search for “Xirrus”

About Xirrus

Xirrus, the leader in high performance Wi-Fi, designs and manufactures the patented Wi-Fi Array. The Xirrus Wi-Fi Array obsoletes traditional Wi-Fi offerings by integrating 4, 8, or 16 radios and high-gain directional antennas into a single device along with an onboard Gigabit Switch, Wi-Fi Controller, Firewall, dedicated Wi-Fi Threat Sensor, and embedded Spectrum Analyzer, providing the performance and security to replace Ethernet workgroup switches with Wi-Fi technology. The Xirrus Wi-Fi Array delivers more range, more coverage, more bandwidth, more throughput, and more intelligence per cable drop than anything else available today – resulting in a solution that uses 75% fewer devices, cabling, switch ports, and installation time compared with any other offering. Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays are ideal for any organization moving towards Wi-Fi as their primary network connection, especially those that must cover large areas, support large user populations, and/or use high bandwidth/throughput applications.

Xirrus is a privately-held company headquartered in Westlake Village, California. For more information, please visit xirrus.com.

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