EXHIBIT 23.1 Consent of Independent Auditors The Board of Directors and Shareholders Network Computing Devices, Inc. We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 33-51594 and 33-65638) of Network Computing Devices, Inc. of our reports dated February 9, 1999, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Network Computing Devices, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1998, and the related schedule, which reports appear in the December 31, 1998, annual report on Form 10-K of Network Computing Devices, Inc. KPMG LLP Mountain View, California March 30, 1999