SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K




                             Current Report Pursuant
                          to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934


       Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): November 8, 2001


                              Hybrid Networks, Inc.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in this charter)


                                    Delaware
                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)



           0-23289                                     77-02520931

(Commission File Number)                 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)



                  6409 Guadalupe Mines Road, San Jose, CA 95120
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


                                 (408) 323-6250
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)






ITEM 5.  Other Events


On November 8, 2001, Hybrid Networks, Inc. issued the following Press Release.

         SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 8, 2001 - Hybrid Networks  Inc. (Nasdaq:  HYBR),
the  worldwide   leader  in   high-capacity   MMDS  fixed   broadband   wireless
Internet-access   systems,  today  announced  that  Michael  D.  Greenbaum,  the
company's president and CEO, will lead its sales and marketing  initiatives.  He
will  assume the  additional  responsibilities  of Deborah L.  Burton,  Hybrid's
former vice president of sales and marketing, who has left the company.

         Greenbaum,  who has been  president  and CEO of Hybrid  Networks  since
January  2000,  has more  than 39 years of  senior-level  management,  sales and
marketing  experience  with both  publicly  traded and private  companies in the
technology and telecommunications industries

About Hybrid Networks

         Headquartered  in San  Jose,  Calif.,  Hybrid  Networks  Inc.  designs,
develops,  manufactures and markets fixed broadband wireless systems that enable
telecommunications  companies,  wireless systems operators and network providers
to offer  high-speed  Internet access to businesses and  residences.  Hybrid was
first to market with patented two-way  wireless  products that focus on the MMDS
and WCS spectrum in the United States.  Hybrid's  customers include the nation's
largest MMDS spectrum holders as well as several system integrators and regional
ISPs. With systems in use in 75 markets across six continents, Hybrid is part of
more fixed broadband wireless deployments than all of its competitors  combined.
For more information, call (408) 323-6252 or visit www.hybrid.com.

                                   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, thereunto duly authorized.



Dated:  November 8, 2001          Hybrid Networks, Inc.



                                  By:    /s/ Michael D. Greenbaum
                                         --------------------------------------
                                         Michael D. Greenbaum
                                         President and Chief Executive Officer

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