EXHIBIT 23.2

              CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 pertaining to the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the 2000 Stock
Option Plan, the Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Option Plan, the Third Amended
and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan and the 1998 Directors' Stock Option Plan of
our report dated February 11, 2000 with respect to the consolidated financial
statements of Metawave Communications Corporation included in its Registration
Statement (Form S-1 No. 333-30568), filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.


Seattle, WA                                    ERNST & YOUNG LLP
April 27, 2000