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Trapeze Networks and D-Link form strategic worldwide OEM partnership

PLEASANTON, Calif. and FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. - March 14, 2005 - Trapeze Networks™, maker of award-winning wireless local area networking (WLAN) systems, and D-Link®, the global leader in the design and development of connectivity and communications technologies, today announced a partnership agreement focused on the co-development of enterprise-level wireless networking solutions through a series of licensing and engineering projects.

Under the terms of the agreement Trapeze will sell a newly designed D-Link Access Point fully compatible with the recently announced Trapeze Open Access Point Initiative (OAPI).  Future plans under the agreement include several co-development projects that will expand both company's product and solution breadth to target new and existing market opportunities in the enterprise networking space.

"Partnering with D-Link is the right thing to do for Trapeze at this stage of our life-cycle," said Jim Vogt, president and CEO of Trapeze Networks.  "They have unmatched design and manufacturing capabilities and the products we'll jointly deliver will allow us to address the tremendous opportunity in the enterprise space.  D-Link is a leader in wireless networking equipment and we look forward to working with them on extending this lead."

"The enterprise wireless LAN market continues to grow and now is the right time to partner with a leading vendor like Trapeze Networks." said Keith Karlsen, executive vice president of D-Link. "Combining our award-winning hardware solutions with their proven software capabilities allows us to deliver an extremely robust solution to the marketplace"

About D-Link

D-Link is the global leader in connectivity for small and medium and large enterprise business networking. The company continues to strive for excellence as an award winning designer, developer, and manufacturer of networking, broadband, digital electronics, voice and data communications solutions for the digital home, Small Office/Home Office (SOHO), Small to Medium Business (SMB), and Workgroup to Enterprise environments. With millions of networking and connectivity products manufactured and shipped, D-Link is a dominant market participant and price/performance leader in the networking and communications market. D-Link U.S.A., Canadian, and Mexico headquarters are located at 17595 Mt. Herrmann Street, Fountain Valley, CA, 92708. Phone (800) 326-1688 or (714) 885-6000; FAX (866) 743-4905; Internet www.dlink.com.

About Trapeze Networks

Trapeze Networks delivers the power of business applications and services to the mobile enterprise workforce. The company's wireless LAN Mobility System enhances productivity, introduces new efficiencies and accelerates business response time by delivering secure mobility for roaming users and sophisticated services for both users and IT, all while offering the lowest total cost of ownership of any WLAN infrastructure provider. Trapeze announced a partnership with 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS) in August, 2004 and has been the recipient of eight industry awards, including InfoWorld's Technology of the Year award for the best WLAN Solution in 2004, in recognition of its product and technology strength. Founded in March 2002, Trapeze raised $50 million in venture funding to date and is headquartered in Pleasanton, Calif., U.S.A. For more information, please visit www.trapezenetworks.com.