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EXHIBIT 23.1
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
Efficient Networks, Inc.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form
S-3 (No. 333-41848, 333-41852 and 333-48268) and the registration statements on
Form S-8 (Nos. 333-33036, 333-45454, 333-46128, 333-46130 and 333-46132) of
Efficient Networks, Inc. of our reports dated November 9, 2000, related to the
consolidated balance sheets of Efficient Networks, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
June 30, 2000 and 1999 and the related consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders' equity (deficit) and cash flows and related schedule for each of
the years in the three-year period ended June 30,2000, which reports appear in
the Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 16, 2001 of Efficient Networks,
Inc.
KPMG LLP
Dallas, Texas
January 16, 2001
