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Exhibit 23.5
CONSENT OF KOST, FORER & GABBAY, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the reference to our firm under the Caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Terayon
Communication Systems, Inc. for the registration of 534,487 shares of its common
stock and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated February
20, 2000 (except for Note 1c, as to which the date is April 18, 2000), with
respect to the consolidated financial statements of ComBox Ltd. included in
Terayon Communication Systems, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on June
29, 2000 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Kost, Forer and Gabbay
A Member of Ernst & Young International
Tel-Aviv, Israel
January 10, 2001