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                                                                     EXHIBIT 5.1

April 27, 2001

SpectraLink Corporation
5755 Central Avenue
Boulder, Colorado 80301

Ladies and Gentlemen:


We are counsel to SpectraLink Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and in such capacity have examined the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement"), being filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the offering of a maximum of 2,900,000
shares (the "Shares") of the Company's Common Stock, to be issued pursuant to
the SpectraLink Corporation 2000 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). We are familiar
with the proceedings undertaken by the Company in connection with the
authorization, reservation and registration of the Shares. Additionally, we have
examined such questions of law and fact as we have considered necessary or
appropriate for purposes of this opinion.

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly
authorized and, upon issuance, delivery and payment therefore as contemplated by
the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We hereby consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement.


Very truly yours,

IRELAND, STAPLETON, PRYOR & PASCOE, P.C.


By: /s/ John G. Lewis
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    John G. Lewis, Vice President