EXHIBIT  23.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the inclusion of our report dated March 10, 2000, except as to
Note 13, which is as of June 21, 2000, with respect to the consolidated balance
sheets of Atmosphere Networks, Inc. and subsidiary as of December 31, 1999 and
1998, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders'
equity and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended
December 31, 1999, which report appears in this Form 8-K/A of Ditech
Communications Corporation dated September 12, 2000.

                                           /s/ KPMG LLP

Mountain View, California
September 12, 2000