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Foundry Demonstrates The Industry's Highest-Performance IPv6 Routing And Layer 4-7 Security Solutions At Networld + Interop

San Jose, CA, May 11, 2004 - Foundry Networks®, Inc. (Nasdaq: FDRY) a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, announced today that it will demonstrate the industry's highest-performance IPv6 and Layer 4-7 technologies at the Networld + Interop (N+I) tradeshow which opened this week in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Foundry will demonstrate wire-speed, 480 million packets-per-second IPv6 switching and routing using its flagship Terabit-class 10-Gigabit Ethernet switch, the BigIron MG8®. The BigIron MG8 switch will be equipped with 32 ports of 10-Gigabit Ethernet and the demonstration will employ the Spirent SmartBits performance analysis system to generate IPv6 traffic. Foundry announced the industry's first wire-speed IPv6 10-Gigabit Ethernet switching and routing solutions earlier this month, and the N+I tradeshow will mark their worldwide debut. (Booth #1735)

Foundry also will demonstrate the industry's highest connection performance and Denial of Service (DoS) attack protection with its most innovative ServerIron® Layer 4-7 switches. The demonstration uses one of the largest Layer 4-7 test beds using Spirent performance analysis technologies. Foundry's ServerIron Layer 4-7 switches deliver the industry's most powerful DoS attack protection while maintaining peak application performance and uptime. Additionally, the ServerIron switches maximize application availability and scalability with the most intelligent load balancing and Layer 7 content switching. (Booth #2235)

"Once again we are demonstrating that Foundry is the performance and innovation leader in LAN switching, IP routing and Layer 4-7 technologies," said Bobby Johnson, president and CEO of Foundry Networks. "We continue to lead and please customers in both enterprise and Service Provider markets around the globe because of our ability to deliver cutting-edge technology solutions with the industry's leading price/performance."

About Foundry Networks

Foundry Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FDRY) is a leading provider of high-performance enterprise and service provider switching, routing, security and Web traffic management solutions, including Layer 2/3 LAN switches, Layer 3 Backbone switches, Layer 4-7 application switches, wireless LAN and access points, metro routers and core routers. Foundry's customers include the world's premier ISPs, metro service providers, and enterprises, including e-commerce sites, universities, entertainment, health and wellness, government, financial and manufacturing companies. For more information about the company and its products, call 1.888.TURBOLAN or visit www.foundrynet.com.

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