In order to provide customers the best solution for VoIP, video surveillance and Wi-Fi over mesh, Firetide has included the following features and capabilities to support a growing number of applications:

-- Performance: The Firetide mesh now features flow-based routing for up to 32 Mbps throughput. A comprehensive set of new bandwidth metrics, including link quality and capacity, link type, and hop count enable flexible management and intelligent routing decisions. Other performance enhancements to ensure consistent service include load balancing, static routes, and broadcast containment.

-- Quality of Service: Expanded QoS and prioritization, including Layer 2 802.1p, optimize the network for multi-service offerings including latency sensitive voice and video applications.

-- Network Security: In addition to its existing encryption, packet encapsulation and filtering features, Firetide has added WPA2 encryption, digital certificates, firmware signatures and expanded password protection for multi-layer enterprise-class security.

-- Mobility: Mobile mesh nodes can now roam seamlessly throughout a Firetide mesh with zero-packet loss and zero-handoff delay. Firetide's new 3.3 software, coupled with the HotView Pro 3.3 management tool, provides a flexible, secure and easy to manage network

-- regardless of scale and size. Beta customers such as North American Midway, AdSpace Networks and Rockford Housing Authority have tested Firetide's wireless mesh with the new software offering: -

- Rockford Housing Authority in Rockford, Illinois uses Firetide's mesh with HotView Pro 3.3 software for wireless video surveillance in high- crime areas. The network cameras have already provided significant decreases in criminal activity for the community. -- North American Midway, a company that specializes in traveling amusement parks utilizes Firetide's mesh with 3.3 software as a park- wide network for wireless ticket sales.

-- AdSpace Networks adopted Firetide's mesh with 3.3 software for audio/video digital advertising networks deployed in shopping malls in Chicago and Connecticut. "We are continually setting up the network in new towns with unknown conditions," said John Gallant, IT manager for North American Midway. "Version 3.3 has made our system a lot faster in addition to being extremely reliable. The new software has a link elimination feature that allows me to tweak and tune the Firetide network to achieve peak throughput in crowded RF environments." "What our customers need and are now looking for is something beyond basic Wi-Fi data mesh networks," said Firetide CEO Bo Larsson. "They need secure, flexible, wireless solutions that are easy to install and manage and work with even more demanding applications such as high speed video and voice over IP."