SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549


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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED):              DECEMBER 22, 1999



                               NETRIX CORPORATION
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



          DELAWARE                    000-20512                  54-1345159
(State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)      (I.R.S. Employer
     of Incorporation)                                       Identification No.)



                               NETRIX CORPORATION
                          13595 DULLES TECHNOLOGY DRIVE
                             HERNDON, VIRGINIA 20171
          (Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
                                (703) 742-6000
             (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



                                 NOT APPLICABLE
        (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)






ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

     On  December  22,  1999,  Netrix   Corporation,   a  Delaware   corporation
("Netrix"),   and  OpenROUTE   Networks,   Inc.,  a  Massachusetts   corporation
("OpenROUTE"),   voted,  at  separate,  special  meetings  of  their  respective
shareholders,  to  approve  the  Agreement  and  Plan  of  Merger  (the  "Merger
Agreement")  that they had entered into on September  30, 1999.  Upon receipt of
such  approval,  the merger of the two companies was  consummated.  The combined
company will begin doing  business as Nx Networks on December 23, 1999, and will
trade under the NASDAQ symbol NTRX.

     The transaction had been approved  previously by the boards of directors of
both companies,  but remained  contingent upon, among other things,  approval by
the stockholders of both Netrix and OpenROUTE.

     Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Netrix stockholders retained
their shares and OpenROUTE were converted on a one-for-one  basis into shares of
Netrix common stock.  Options to purchase shares of OpenROUTE  common stock also
were converted on a one-for-one  basis into options to purchase shares of Netrix
common stock in the same number and at the same exercise  price per share as was
held under the option to purchase OpenROUTE shares.

     The Merger constituted a tax-free reorganization.


ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

(a)   Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.

      Not Applicable

(b)   Pro Forma Financial Information.

      Not Applicable

(c)   Exhibits.

      The following exhibits are filed with this Report:

      EXHIBIT NO.                      DESCRIPTION.

      99.1        Press Release of Netrix Corporation dated September 30, 1999.


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                                   SIGNATURES


            Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                            NETRIX CORPORATION



Date:  December 23, 1999                    By: /s/ Peter J. Kendrick
                                               _____________________________
                                                Name:  Peter J. Kendrick
                                                Title: Chief Financial Officer


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                                  EXHIBIT LIST




   EXHIBIT NO.    DESCRIPTION

      99.1        Press Release of Netrix Corporation dated September 30, 1999.



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