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Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form S-4 of
Sycamore Networks, Inc. of our report dated August 23, 1999, except for the
information presented in the fourth paragraph of Note 6 for which the date is
February 11, 2000, relating to the financial statements of Sycamore Networks,
Inc., which appears in such Registration Statement. We also consent to the
references to us under the headings "Experts" and "Selected Financial Data" in
such Registration Statement.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
June 26, 2000
