NETRIX CORP
S-8, EX-5, 2000-07-28
COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
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                                                                       EXHIBIT 5

                            KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP
                               Two Stamford Plaza
                              281 Tresser Boulevard
                           Stamford, Connecticut 06901
                                 (203) 324-1400

                                  July 27, 2000

Board of Directors
Netrix Corporation
13595 Dulles Technology Drive
Herndon, VA 20171

Ladies and Gentlemen:

                  We have  acted as counsel  to Netrix  Corporation,  a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with a Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (the "Registration  Statement") relating to the Company's registration under
the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),  of 1,826,372  shares (the
"Shares") of the Company's common stock, par value $.05 per share,  that will be
issuable upon the exercise of stock options granted or to be granted pursuant to
the Amended and  Restated  AetherWorks  Corporation  1997 Stock Option Plan (the
"Plan").

                  We have examined such documents and have reviewed such matters
of law deemed  necessary  by us in order to deliver the within  opinion.  In the
course of such  examination  and review,  we have assumed the genuineness of all
signatures,  the  authority  of all  signatories  to sign  on  behalf  of  their
principals,  if  any,  the  authenticity  of all  documents  submitted  to us as
original  documents and the  conformity  to original  documents of all documents
submitted  to us as  certified  or  photostatic  copies.  As to certain  factual
matters,  we have relied  upon  information  furnished  to us by officers of the
Company.

                  Based on the foregoing and solely in reliance  thereon,  it is
our  opinion  that the Shares  have been duly  authorized  and,  upon  issuance,
delivery and payment  therefor in accordance with the terms of the Plan, will be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

                  We hereby  consent to the filing of this  letter as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement, and to all references to our firm included in the
Registration Statement, as of the date hereof. In giving such consent, we do not
admit that we are in the  category of persons  whose  consent is required  under
Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

                                             Very truly yours,

                                             KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP

                                             By:  /S/ JOHN T. CAPETTA
                                                  -------------------------
                                                    A Member of the Firm



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