FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SNAPGEAR ANNOUNCES NEW USB/PCMCIA REFERENCE DESIGN FOR WIRELESS AND BROADBAND
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - December 21, 2001 - SnapGear Inc, a leading supplier
of consumer VPN Router appliances and OEM custom design solutions has
developed a new reference platform that brings together USB, PCMCIA, WAN,
LAN, and serial connectivity in a single powerful appliance design.

The platform, known as an SE2900, is a highly integrated reference platform
in a single board design that has two 10/100BaseT ethernet ports, two USB
host ports (compliant with OHCI specifications), RS-232 port. The PCMCIA slot
works with traditional 16-bit PC Cards as well as the 32-bit 33 MHz CardBus,
accomodating Type I/II/III PCMCIA cards. The board has JTAG interface support
primarily intended for AMD's JTAG software debugger.

Powered by the Linux 2.4.10 kernel the board can be configured with 8MB or
16MB of Flash, 1MB of Boot Flash, 64MB of SDRAM, and uses an AMD SC520
processor running at 133MHz.

Chief Software Wizard, Greg Ungerer, said: "Basic board bring-up only took a
day or so and we were able to use standard kernel drivers so it was largely
just a configuration issue. Then we really needed a way of demonstrating the
versatility of the board and that's where we had some fun". Using a regular
USB camera, PCMCIA wireless LAN card, and standard Linux tools the unit was
quickly set up as a mobile, streaming-video web server.

Ungerer said: "We just attached a battery to it and walked around outside the
building while friends and co-workers watched through their desktop web
browsers. Next time we'll add a USB audio input source to the other USB port
and we can give walking tours of the area to people over the Internet!".

The board presented considerable design challenges in being able to integrate
so many PCI devices cleanly and in a small form factor.

Availability
The SE2900 Reference Platform is available immediately. For further
information on the SE2900 USB/PCMCIA design please visit
http://www.secureedge.net/products.html. Hi-res photo available from
http://www.secureedge.net/images/se29001073x681.jpg 

About SnapGear, Inc.
SnapGear Inc produces the popular SnapGear VPN Routers along with SecureEdge
custom design solutions. SnapGear Inc has produced turnkey development,
design, and even manufacturing and fulfillment services for large blue-chip
companies. SnapGear solutions are characterised by affordability, tight
integration, and design ingenuity. Recent examples include a sport/racing
control terminal, an advanced VPN gateway router, and a network access point
connecting petrol bowsers to the Internet. For more information on SnapGear
please visit http://www.snapgear.com. For more information on SecureEdge
reference designs and services please visit http://www.secureedge.net

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