CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY SELECTS MERU NETWORKS FOR CAMPUS-WIDE, ALL-WIRELESS NETWORK

Sunnyvale, CA — September 18, 2006

Meru Networks, the global innovation leader in wireless infrastructure for the All-Wireless Enterprise, today announced that Cedarville University, an accredited, Christ-centered, Baptist university of arts, sciences, professional, and graduate programs, has deployed a campus-wide, all wireless network using the Meru Networks Wireless LAN System.  Cedarville is using its WLAN to give its faculty, staff and 3,100+ students access to email, the Internet, library research materials, administrative functions such as class registration, and the school's online directories.

Located in Southwestern Ohio on a 400 acre campus, Cedarville University has had a long-standing commitment to leveraging technology within its learning environment and for operational purposes. The University's CedarNet campus-wide network has won numerous awards. Over 95% of Cedarville's student and faculty population use its network on a daily basis for a wide variety of applications that range from standard Internet access to research and instruction in the classroom to class registration. With such a high usage environment, Cedarville recognized that its initial wireless deployment had to be expanded to accommodate the large number of users, the increasingly dense environments where users were simultaneously trying to access the network and to provide mobility and anytime, anywhere access to its users.

After an extensive evaluation of four major wireless LAN vendors, the University selected the Meru Networks Wireless LAN System because of its high capacity, support for high density environments and ease of management. With Meru's WLAN System, Cedarville expanded its wireless coverage to include all of its residence halls, classrooms, open seating areas of the major academic buildings on campus and all conference centers. Students can access the Internet, email, library resources, registration forms and materials and the school's online directory from their dorm rooms or virtually any gathering spot on campus, while faculty can prepare course materials, communicate with students and deliver instruction in the classroom, using the wireless LAN.

"Cedarville's vast experience with technology and our commitment to delivering innovation to our learning environment made us a very demanding customer when it came to selecting a wireless LAN solution," said David Rotman, associate vice president for technology and CIO, Cedarville University. "Key objectives for our campus including improved mobility, ubiquitous access to the numerous applications offered on our network and lower costs. The Meru Networks WLAN System was the only platform that could address all of our requirements."

Although Cedarville's Fall Semester has just begun, already 1,500 student-owned wireless devices are registered on the wireless LAN and the University is already accommodating average simultaneous connections of approximately 700 systems. The Meru WLAN System's Virtual Cell technology is critical to enabling this kind of high density support. In addition, because Cedarville is always seeking new ways to integrate technology into its academic environment, Meru's built-in support for toll-quality voice was a compelling feature. The University plans to deploy Voice over WLAN in the near future.

About Meru Networks
Meru Networks is the global leader in wireless infrastructure solutions that enable the All-Wireless Enterprise. Its industry leading innovations deliver pervasive, wireless service fidelity for business-critical applications to major Fortune 500 enterprises, universities, healthcare organizations and local, state and federal government agencies. Meru's award-winning Air Traffic Control technology brings the benefits of the cellular world to the wireless LAN environment, and its WLAN System is the only solution on the market that delivers predictable bandwidth and over-the-air Quality of Service with the reliability, scalability, and security necessary to deliver converged voice and data services over a single WLAN infrastructure. Founded in 2002, Meru is based in Sunnyvale, California. For more information on Meru Networks and its products, visit www.merunetworks.com or call (408) 215-5300.