Exhibit 5.1


                [LETTERHEAD OF KOHRMAN JACKSON & KRANTZ P.L.L.]

                                March 20, 2001




The IXATA Group, Inc.
8989 Rio San Diego Drive
San Diego, California 92108

     Re:  Registration Statement on Form S-8 of The IXATA Group, Inc.

Gentlemen:

     The IXATA Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), is filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form S-8
(the "Registration Statement"), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act").  The Registration Statement relates to the offering and sale by the
Company of up to 7,533,863 shares (the "Shares") of the Company's common stock,
par value of $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), pursuant to stock options
("Options") granted or to be granted under the 1997 Stock Option Plan, as
amended (the "Plan"), and stock grants pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award
Agreement between the Company and Michael W. Wynne and Letter Agreements between
the Company and Cheryl Monblatt Allen, Lacretia Bachhofer, Maureen Dime, Luciana
Manfredi and John Yzaguirre (collectively, the "Grant Agreements").  We have
acted as counsel to the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of
the Registration Statement.  Capitalized terms used in this opinion letter and
not otherwise defined have the meanings attributed to them in the Registration
Statement.

     In connection with this opinion letter, we have examined and relied upon
the original or a copy, certified to our satisfaction, of (i) the Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the By-laws of the Company; (ii)
resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company; (iii) the Plan and
Amendment No. 1 to the Plan; (iv) the Grant Agreements; and (v) such other
documents and instruments as we have deemed necessary for providing this opinion
letter.

     We have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all
documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents
of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies.  We have
made such investigations of law as we deem appropriate as a basis for rendering
the opinions expressed below, and as to various questions of fact material to
the opinions, we have relied, to the extent we deem appropriate, upon
representations or certificates of officers or directors of the Company and upon
documents, records and instruments furnished to us by the Company, without
independently verifying the accuracy of such documents, records and instruments.

     Based upon the foregoing examination, we are of the opinion that assuming
(i) the Company maintains an adequate number of authorized but unissued Shares
available for issuance


to those persons who exercise Options granted in accordance with the Plan and
(ii) the Shares are duly delivered against payment therefor in accordance with
the terms of the Plan and the Grant Agreements, the Shares issued pursuant to
the exercise of Options granted in accordance with the Plan and pursuant to the
Grant Agreements are or will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

     We express no opinion other than as to the Federal law of the United States
and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.  In giving such consent, we do not admit that we come
within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Act
or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
thereunder.


                                 KOHRMAN JACKSON & KRANTZ P.L.L.

                                 /s/ Kohrman Jackson & Krantz P.L.L.
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