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Packet Design unveils route analysis system that brings routing-path visibility, monitoring, and reporting to networks running Cisco's EIGRP

February 23, 2004

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PALO ALTO, Calif. -- A route analysis system that for the first time brings routing-path visibility, monitoring and reporting to networks running Cisco's Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), which is used on more than half of all enterprise networks today, has been introduced by Packet Design.

The new Route Explorer/EIGRP Edition gives network engineers a real-time layer 3 topology view of their networks not previously available in complex EIGRP environments, enabling them to more quickly and effectively diagnose and troubleshoot network problems.

The addition of EIGRP capability makes the Route Explorer family the only route analysis solution to support all four major routing protocols in common use within large enterprises and service providers: EIGRP, OSPF (Open Shortest Path First), IS-IS (Intermediate System-Intermediate System) and BGP (Border Gateway Protocol).

Jeff Raice, Packet Design's vice president of marketing and sales, said, "EIGRP has enabled highly flexible network architectures and been deployed in many extremely large networks. But, unlike OSPF or IS-IS, EIGRP is a 'distance vector' protocol, which does not contain network-wide routing information. This has not only increased the complexity of EIGRP problem diagnosis and troubleshooting, but also posed a huge obstacle to developing effective management tools. Route Explorer/EIGRP Edition is the first solution to address this need, greatly enhancing the network engineer's ability to view the logical operations of EIGRP networks while simplifying network maintenance and growth."

Packet Design Inc.

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