EXHIBIT 23.2
    
 
               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
   
        We consent to the references to our firm under the captions "Selected
Financial Data" and "Experts" and to the use of our report dated February 5,
1999, except for Note 11, as to which the date is April 30, 1999, with respect
to AdForce, Inc. and our report dated October 29, 1998 with respect to StarPoint
Software, Inc. in Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement (Form S-1) and
related Prospectus of AdForce, Inc. for the registration of shares of its common
stock.
    
 
        Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of AdForce,
Inc. listed in Item 16(b). This schedule is the responsibility of AdForce's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. In
our opinion, the financial statement schedule referred to above, when considered
in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly
in all material respects the information set forth therein.
 
                                          /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
 
   
San Jose, California
May 7, 1999