PROXIM SIGNS MERISEL TO DISTRIBUTE WIRELESS LAN ADAPTERS

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 13, 1993 -- Proxim Inc., the world's leading
supplier of spread spectrum wireless networking products, today announced
that it has signed an agreement with Merisel, Inc. to distribute its
RangeLAN and RangeLAN2 families of wireless LAN adapters for desktop and
portable PC users.

"Merisel's world class distribution capability is of strategic importance
to Proxim as computer users increasingly recognize the value of wireless
networking," said Mack Sullivan, director of marketing for Proxim.
"Merisel will help fill the growing channel demand for wireless LAN
adapters for mobile systems, desktops and servers."

"As the industry's only full-line channel specialist, we take a unique
approach to distribution by providing the entire reseller channel with
leading products and unparalleled services designed to meet the needs of a
very diverse and extensive reseller base," said Steve Hart, Merisel's
director of connectivity. "Our new partnership with Proxim provides added
depth to our wireless networking solutions offering, and an opportunity
for Proxim to reach new customers."

Proxim's RangeLAN2 offers the longest range and lowest power consumption of
any wireless LAN product in its class. Based on frequency hopping spread
spectrum technology in the 2.4-2.483 GHz band, RangeLAN2 delivers an
uncompressed data rate of 1.6 Mbps per channel over 10 independent
channels. The RangeLAN2 family includes RangeLAN2/PCMCIA for notebook and
handheld computers, RangeLAN2/ISA for desktop PCs and servers, and
RangeLAN2/Bridge for plug-and-play network access to standard wired LAN
environments. All RangeLAN2 systems come bundled with Proxim's unique
RangeLAN2/Roaming software, allowing mobile computer users the
unprecedented ability to move seamlessly from one LAN access point to
another without ever losing connection to the network.

Proxim's award-winning RangeLAN family of products, which began shipping in
early 1992, are designed for less data-intensive LAN applications such as
E-mail, printer-sharing and file transfer, as well as many
industry-specific mobile computing applications. Operating at a data rate
of 242 Kbps per channel across three independent channels, the original
RangeLAN family has a range of 300-500 feet in normal office environments
and 800-1000 feet in outdoor or open space environments. The RangeLAN
family includes RangeLAN/PCMCIA for portable computers, RangeLAN/ISA for
desktop PCs and servers, RangeLAN/LT for Compaq Computer's Contura and LTE
notebook computers, RangeLAN/Parallel for connection to the parallel port
of any PC, and RangeLAN/Roaming.

Merisel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MSEL) is the world's largest publicly held
distributor of microcomputer hardware and software products. Founded in
1980, the company maintains 27 sales offices and operates 21 distribution
centers that serve the US., Canada, Europe, Latin America and the Pacific
Rim, with an export sales group that serves the rest of the world. To
support the sales of more than 20,000 products from over 700
manufacturers, Merisel offers extensive pre- and post-sales training and
educational services to its customer vase of more than 65,000 computer
resellers. Merisel has been recognized by Forbes magazine as one its
Forbes 500 companies for 1991 and 1992. It was the third largest on the
Fortune 100 list of the fastest-growing US. companies in terms of revenue
in 1992, and is the largest of all the companies rated in 1993.

Founded in 1984, Proxim, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif, is
the world's leading supplier of spread spectrum wireless networking
products for end users, systems integrators, VARs and OEMs. The company
designs, manufactures and markets an industry leading family of
off-the-shelf wireless LAN adapters for desktop and portable systems, as
well as spread spectrum radio modules and wireless RF modems for custom
applications. To date, Proxim has shipped over 55,000 spread spectrum
radio products.

Proxim, Inc. 
295 North Bernardo Ave, Mountain View, CA 94043
415-960-1630,    Fax: 415-964-5181

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