EXHIBIT 23.1


                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
DATA RACE, INC.:


          We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated September 22, 1999, related to the
financial statements of Data Race, Inc. as of June 30, 1999 and 1998 and for
each of the years in the three-year period ended June 30, 1999, which report is
included in the June 30, 1999 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Data Race, Inc.


                                        /s/ KPMG LLP
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                                        KPMG LLP

May 23, 2000
San Antonio, Texas