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EXHIBIT 24.2
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that Robert W. Bass whose signature
appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints Errol Ginsberg and Thomas B.
Miller, and each of them (with full power of each to act alone), as his
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
Amendment No. 1 to Ixia's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No.
333-42678) and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments), and any and all registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with or related to
the offering contemplated by such Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement and
its amendments, if any, and any other documents and instruments incidental
thereto, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
government or regulatory authority), granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents and/or any
of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Date: September 1, 2000
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/s/ ROBERT W. BASS
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Robert W. Bass
