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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

   We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-3 of Dynatech Corporation of our report dated April 26,
1999 relating to the financial statements, which appears in the Annual Report
on Form 10-K. We also consent to the references to us under the headings
"Experts" and "Summary Historical and Pro Forma Financial Data" in such
Registration Statement.

                                          PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
May 30, 2000



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