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Exhibit 23
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
(Form S-8 No.'s 33-09117, 33-24517, 33-44397, 33-58108, 33-73584, 33-86968,
333-19015, 333-35025, 333-68753, 333-69993, 333-33538 and 333-33832) pertaining
to the 1992 Stock Option Plan, 1992 Restricted Stock Plan, Employee Stock
Purchase Plan, 1986 Stock Option Plan, the Adaptive Broadband Tax-deferred
Savings and Deferred Profit Sharing Plan, the Non-Qualified Stock Option
Agreement between California Microwave, Inc. and Frederick Lawrence dated
effective as of July 16, 1997, and the Supplemental Executive Deferred
Compensation Plan of our report dated July 21, 2000, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of Adaptive Broadband Corporation included in
the Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended June 30, 2000.
Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of Adaptive
Broadband Corporation listed in Item 14(a)(ii). This schedule is the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, the financial statement schedule
referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial
statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the
information set forth therein.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Palo Alto, California
August 28, 2000
