Nashua, 
    NH – May 21, 2001 – Leading network simulation tools provider 
    Gambit Communications today announced the release of MIMIC™ Simulator 5.00. 
    MIMIC provides an inexpensive way for enterprises, device vendors, management 
    software developers and outsourcers to demo, test, develop, train and certify 
    management applications without purchasing all the equipment and maintaining 
    labs for those functions.
“Gambit Communications is committed to ensuring that MIMIC 
    users have access to the latest protocols and technology,” said Pankaj Shah, 
    Vice President of Marketing of Gambit Communications. “We are very excited 
    about this release, because it fully integrates cable modem simulation capabilities. 
    These new features make MIMIC particularly attractive to ISPs, Cable Modem 
    and CMTS vendors.“
New features and enhancements in the latest version of MIMIC 
    offer many improvements, including:
    
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    Complete SNMPv2c and 
    SNMPv3 support;
    
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    DOCSIS compliance;
    
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    Scalable TFTP support;
    
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    Time of Day (ToD) support;
    
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    Enhanced Java-based 
    Topology Editor;
    
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    Improved trap management; 
    and,
    
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    Random value support 
    for static MIB variables.
MIMIC provides an inexpensive 
    way for enterprises, device vendors, management software developers and outsourcers 
    to demo, test, develop, train and certify management applications without 
    purchasing equipment and maintaining labs for those functions. MIMIC has the ability to simulate up to 10,000 devices 
    from one workstation. MIMIC simulations can be distributed over multiple platforms 
    for enterprise simulation testing of even larger environments. MIMIC includes 
    user-friendly wizards for importing new MIBs, recording large networks, creating 
    device simulations and network topologies, and provides full support for SNMP(v1, 
    v2, v3), DHCP and TFTP, as well as RMON(1, 2).
    
     
    
    
Founded 
    in 1995, Gambit Communications is a leader in network simulation tools that 
    enhance the productivity of management software developers and enterprise 
    users while lowering their costs. MIMIC Simulator is a modular family of simulators 
    used by leading networking vendors for use in applications from development 
    and testing to operator training and disaster simulations. Gambit Communications’ portfolio of over 100 customers includes: Computer 
    Associates, Hewlett Packard, MCI, Cisco, Nortel, Alcatel, Marconi, Lucent, 
    Riversoft, BMC, InfoVista, and Ericsson. For more information on Gambit 
    and MIMIC, please visit www.gambitcommunications.com.
    
    
    
    
    
     
    
    
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© 2001 Gambit Communications, 
    Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    
     
    
    
MIMIC and Gambit Communications are trademarks of Gambit 
    Communications, Inc.
    
     
    
    
All other trademarks 
    or service marks are the property of their respective owners.
    
     
    
    
Contact:    Daryle Lamoureux
                 
    Gambit Communications, Inc.
                 
    (603) 881-3500 x52